Withdrew: Jan. 3, 2008
Biden declared his candidacy for president on January 31, 2007, although he had discussed running for months prior. [24] In the January 23, 2006 edition of The News Journal, Delaware's largest daily newspaper, columnist Harry F. Themal reported that Biden "occupies the sensible center of the Democratic Party." Themal concludes that this is the position Biden desires, and that in a campaign "he plans to stress the dangers to the security of the average American, not just from the terrorist threat, but from the lack of health assistance, crime, and energy dependence on unstable parts of the world." He goes on to quote Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen as saying that Biden's "manic-obsessive running of the mouth" could be the character weakness that disqualifies him. Things went very poorly his last attempt at the white house in 1988, as he was accused of plagiarism after striking resembelence to a speech by British leader Neil Kinnock.
After some believed that he could be a suprise candidate, his campaign did nothing all the way up until dropping out after the Iowa Caucus.