Monday, January 8, 2007

Biden unbowed by potential high-profile rivals for White (Barack obama) House

Democratic Sen. Joe Biden promoted his presidential bid on Sunday, saying he thinks he can hold his own against potential high-profile rivals such as fellow Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told a standing-room only crowd at the White County Fairgrounds Floral Hall that American people are hungry for "straight talk" from their leaders.
WASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold plans to introduce legislation Monday with Sen. Barack Obama to strengthen ethics laws for members of Congress. "This could be one of the best moments in many, many years, in terms of ethics in Washington," Feingold said in a telephone interview Monday.
The snows of New Hampshire and Iowa had barely turned a slushy brown with the footprints of presidential aspirants before a front-page story in yesterday's Washington Post raised the question of cocaine use by one of them. What took so long, you ask? In his first book more than a decade ago, Senator Barack Obama was open about trying drugs as a teenager. ``Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd ...