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The story from Reuters:
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. Sens. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd dropped out of the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday after placing a distant fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Iowa caucuses.
Biden of Delaware and Dodd of Connecticut offered perhaps the most experience among the Democratic contenders, having each served in Congress for more than a quarter century. Both chaired powerful committees.
But they came up far short in the race for the White House with polls showing Americans demanding change.
“This evening Democrats sent a clear message that this party is united in our belief that our nation needs change to restore our security, our middle class and all that makes this country great,” Dodd, 63, told supporters in conceding defeat.
Biden, 65 — buoyed in recent days by big crowds and an increase in campaign donations — said earlier he intended to stick in the race at least until the end of the month. But after the Iowa votes were in, he was out.
It was time and I’m glad they recognized that. The next debates will be a lot more interesting as the top tier will get much more time to go at each other.
So there you have it, Iowa has already thinned out the Democratic ranks.
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actually, the debates will be a lot LESS interesting now that the smartest people are out of the race. The only ones that ever said anything substantial in the debates were Biden and Dodd. Now we’ll go back to Obama repeating “change” 10 times in his answer, Edwards regurgitating “corporate greed,” and Clinton boring us with her experience talk. Not sure if they’re even worth watching. At this point you’re just voting for the best looking candidate.
A.J., I agree in that Dodd, Kucinich and Biden were more explicit and diverse, but remember they had the political space to do that. They were trying to “make ground” whereas Clinton, Edwards and Obama were trying to maintain the ground they had and build. That spells different tactics. I would suspect you might have seen Dodd or Biden speaking a bit differently (or as you say, becoming redundant) if they found a few issues that spoke to millions of U.S citizens.