Democratic Senator and candidate for '08, Joe Biden (DE),
has a specific plan for Iraq that would involve splitting the country up into a federation of autonomous Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurdish regions. He is the only candidate right now from either party to support such a plan, although you may have heard this idea from various politicos in the last year or so. It really wouldn't surprise this blogger if such a partition becomes reality, as it already seems to be the direction Iraq is headed de facto.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Christopher Dodd today all voted against the new Iraq War funding, citing the lack of any sort of timeline for troop withdrawal or even benchmarks. Joe Biden voted in favor of the bill - along with 79 other senators - as the bill passed by a whopping 80-14. A few months ago, both Clinton and Obama opposed timelines. This vote was probably a no-brainer for them, however. Liberals would have probably attacked a "Yes" vote, and since the bill will surely be signed by Bush, no one will be able to accuse them of "not supporting the troops" by denying war funds. That's politics these days.
