Why Is Biden On The Sunday Talk Shows All The Time?

[Dinger]

Serious question. I have no idea, at least none that make me say "Eureka, that's it!" "Bingo," whatever.
It's not a matter of IF Joe is on a Sunday talk show, it's which one (s)?

[babylonsister]

1. LOL! Good point. He's a guy who is a has=been, and doesn't

grasp the fact that he will never be prez, but understands the power of the media, and is trying to work that, to no avail.

[KamaAina]

2. Uh, 'cause he needs the money to pay for his plug job?

Or, all the other DLCers are at the weekly treehouse party and poor Joey isn't invited?

You tell me.

[eleny]

3. He wants to run for the presidency

[napi21]

4. He want's to be Pres, and I suspect he has the right connections to

the people in the media. I'd bet lots of people try to get on those shows, but only a few have the connections to make it happen.

[tyedyeto]

15. You got it!

He's a candidate for Pres in 2008 and will do whatever is necessary to be in the limelight between now and the primaries.

[DainBramaged]

5. He hates his family and has no life any more?

[FreedomAngel82]

10. I thought he wasn't married?

Does he have kids? :shrug:

[DainBramaged]

13. God's lips to my fingers

Senator Biden lives in Wilmington, Delaware and commutes to Washington, DC when the Senate is in session. He is married to the former Jill Jacobs, and is the father of three children: Beau, Hunter and Ashley. The Bidens also have two daughters-in-law, Kathleen and Hallie, and four granddaughters: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel and Natalie.
http://biden.senate.gov/biography/

[BuyingThyme]

6. They work for the same people.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I think he's just trying to get lots of face time with the pundits

because he wants to run in '08. Bet he's got a staffer who's always calling up the shows' producers to let them know he's "available." It's free publicity, and Joe has never been shy. But I don't care if he gets his own damn talk show; he's a bloviating DLC sellout with hair plugs who's a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBNA and who hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting the nomination.

[GatoLover]

8. There's a subset of senators who are always on

Biden, Hagel, Schumer, Shelby, Lott, Levin. And McCain, always McCain. These are the guys who want to be on TV every week. My question is, why do the producers of these shows think that anyone wants to watch these guys.

[rfkrfk]

17. have a 'nobody' as a guest, nobody watches n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

9. One word:

PNAC.

[1932]

11. Because he's a neoliberal, corporate-friendly, pro-occupation, pro-war

Democrat.

[Gloria]

12. Boxer and I don't know who else put together a plan to get Dems

on shows and it's apparently been working very well. I think I read that about 30 Senators and Reps (or is it just Senators?) are in a rotating "pool". Biden is in the group...but his appearances were frequent way before this system ever started.

[cloud_chaser1]

14. Maybe because he is

United States Senator, sent to Washington by the people of his state and has something to say.

[Marr]

16. Because he's a "credible" Democrat.

And by credible I mean, "corporate mouthpiece".