Joe Biden Is Pretty Smart After All

I have to give credit to Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware) as he has announced that he will be at the debate sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and to be moderated by Fox News Channel. HT Politico http://politico.com.
Of course it may turn out to be a laugh fest because the only other announced Democrat candidates that will be there is congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel. But whether it turns out to be a joke or not shows a serious problem for the Dems in general.
So what if they are questioned by people from Fox News? I mean, if they think that Brit Hume, Wendell Goller and Chris Wallace did not ask good, penetrating questions of the Republicans in South Carolina, they can ask for three liberals-and there are liberals-from Fox to be the inquisitors. How about Juan Williams, Mara Elliason and Morton Kondracke? I do not think one would call any of the three conservative hacks. In fact, Mr. Williams and Miss Elliason work for-get this-National Public Radio.
The problem is that the Dems would rather make Fox News Channel a boogieman and mock it rather than going into the belly of the beast, so to speak, and take them on. This shows absolute cowardice on the part of people like John Edwards, Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson. They mock Fox News and want the American people to believe that they will take on the Islamofacists with both cannons and better than President Bush and or any Republican candidate. This proves that wrong.
Every candidate needs to get his or her message out to the widest audience possible and Fox News Channel, like it or not, is the number one cable news channel in the United States. Not all the viewers are conservative Republicans. Some of middle of the roaders and they will be the ones they will have to convince to vote for them. When these candidates, pressured by moveon.org and its ilk say they will not participate in a debate because it is sponsored by Fox News Channel, they will turn off some people who may actually vote for them. People will look harder at the Republicans because, for all our rightful indignation of the Dinosaur, Drive-By, Mainstream Media, we know to reach as wide an audience as possible, we have to be part of, not rejecting a part of the process.
So, I think that some people may watch to see whether Mike Gravel or Dennis Kucinich will make the most hilarious comment or statement, but I will watch to see a very serious candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, and what he has to say and how he stands up to being questioned by people from Fox News Channel. It is too bad that the rest of the serious Dems do not feel the same.