Biden may join Edwards in using federal campaign funding
Joe Biden, whose fundraising has been anemic, announced this afternoon his campaign has taken the first step in the process to gain public funding for his campaign -- a route John Edwards has already taken. Biden's campaign said it would make the final decision later this month.
And like Edwards, the Biden campaign tried to make it sound like a good thing -- and well it could be if it means more cash to press on. John McCain is considering the same step in the GOP race.
"The ground is beginning to move in Iowa and the other early states as poll numbers continue to show movement and endorsements continue to pile up," said Luis Navarro, Biden's campaign manager. "And we are taking every step to ensure that we will have the necessary resources to compete in Iowa and the other early states."
Mind you, this comes less than two months before the Iowa caucuses and the ground needs to move an awful lot for the senator from Delaware to land the job he's dreamed of for years. More money can't hurt, but ...
-- Scott Martelle
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Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
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