Dems: Blow-dried and Blowhards

Great Higgins cartoon today on Hillary. And here's Sen. Joe Biden, who I normally don't quote as a voice of authority, but in this case I'm prepared to be generous. The New York Observer reporter meets Joe in a diner in Delaware (you get the feeling Biden fears the Clintons' goons are lurking about, even in his home territory):

Addressing Mrs. Clinton’s latest proposal to cap American troops and to threaten Iraqi leaders with cuts in funding, Mr. Biden lowered his voice and leaned in close over the table.

“From the part of Hillary’s proposal, the part that really baffles me is, ‘We’re going to teach the Iraqis a lesson.’ We’re not going to equip them? O.K. Cap our troops and withdraw support from the Iraqis? That’s a real good idea.” The result of Mrs. Clinton’s position on Iraq, Mr. Biden says, would be “nothing but disaster.”
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“Everyone in the world knows her,” he said. “Her husband has used every single legitimate tool in his behalf to lock people in, shut people down. Legitimate. And she can’t break out of 30 percent for a choice for Democrats? Where do you want to be? Do you want to be in a place where 100 percent of the Democrats know you? They’ve looked at you for the last three years. And four out of 10 is the max you can get?”

Biden describes Obama as offering "charming but insubstantial fluff" and Edwards "doesn't know what he's talking about". I concur with all of that. He also refers to the party's past two nominees as "perfect blow-dried candidates" who couldn't connect. The reporter has a little fun:

The targets of Mr. Biden’s criticism, whether out of shock, indifference or a calculation that it would be unwise in this case to meet fire with fire, declined to respond in kind.

Biden's one of the Senate's blowhards, has no chance to win the presidency, but he nails his Democrat colleagues.

(Link in previous post to Bret Stephens on Biden's plan.)