Refreshing forthrightness

Joe Biden said two weeks ago he'll run for president if he thinks there's money and, by extension, influential support.

More people are hearing about it now since he's doing a round of interview shows on the bi-partisan proposal to make Bush provide status reports on Iraq.

What a nice change from the coy-answer mode that's so much the convention among prospective presidential candidates.

I like Biden. I like his politics, his style and his humor. I'll want to be in the Hillary camp, for sisterhood and lots of other reasons, but I do like Biden, always have. The two of them on a ticket could be just the ticket.

I do hope Hillary will be as forthright. I don't quite like the way she tries so hard to run toward the center when you (think you) know what she really believes. It's the way the game is played, I know, but it's as disingenuous as a Republican barking out his sympathy for the underclass in a stump speech.