Ron Goldstein in Newsweek discusses how Americans choose their presidents and makes the case for Joe Biden.

On Sunday, Senator Biden appeared on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Click the image below to watch the segment.

Last week, Senator Biden traveled to the Middle East to witness the Palestinian elections. Hamas, considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including the United States, won a clear majority. Senator Biden discussed the election on CNN last Friday. Click the image below to watch the segment.

Today, Senator Biden returned from observing the Palestinian parliamentary elections at several polling sites in Ramallah and East Jerusalem. While in Israel, Biden met with Israel’s acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Following reports that the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas won a major victory, Biden issued the following statement:

Senator Biden spoke in front of the Judiciary Committee about his decision to vote against Judge Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Senator Biden questioned Judge Alito today on a number of racial discrimination cases on the second day of the Alito confirmation hearings.

Senator Biden delivered remarks today at the Alito hearings. You can see the full remarks here.

President Bush today signed into law U.S. Senator Joe Biden’s (D DE) Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 2005. The legislation increases funding for women’s shelters and law enforcement training and also focuses on other crucial aspects of domestic violence and sexual assault, such as treating children impacted by violence, enhancing health care for rape victims, holding repeat offenders and high-tech stalkers accountable, and easing housing problems for battered women.