Does Joe Biden make a valid point here?

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Joe Biden is complaining that his foes keep saying he'd be a great secretary of state. Nothing wrong with that job, he says, but he's running for president. And if he'd be better at foreign policy than his rivals, well, why in the world shouldn't he be president instead of them? "I ask you a rhetorical question: Are you prepared to vote for anyone — at this moment in our history — as president who is not capable of being secretary of state? Who among my opponents would you consider appointing secretary of state? Seriously. Think about it." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_el_pr/political_play_of_the_day In other words, the Democrat front runners are all foreign policy LIGHTWEIGHTS (e.g. Hillary, Obama) NOTE: I'm no Biden fan, but even a broken clock is right twice a day

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1. But you mentioned before "Nothing wrong with that job, he says, but he's running for president." And people are voting for the best candidate, not the best foreign policy advocate.
2. Biden doesn't make any valid points, all he does is talk about what he did, which was nothing.
3. The fact that Hillary says she has more experiance than Obama is laughable... She's been a senator for 1 term only getting reelected once. She was first lady for one of the worst presidents this country has seen. If either Hillary or Obama are elected the credibility of our country will be at an all time low!...
4. Biden would make a horrible secretary of state AND president....first thing we would have to do would be to tape his mouth shut!!
5. Perhaps, but the American people are looking for change.
6. People haven't forgotten that Joe Biden was the driving force in 2002 to get Bush his authorization to invade Iraq. That's why his campaign is going nowhere. He'd make a great Secretary of State, all right. Under Bush.
7. he didn't say he wasn't capable, he said he didn't want the job. Rush Limbaugh's has said he didn't want to be President because he couldn't take the pay cut.
8. Like McCain, Biden is the most seasoned, and, wisest of the candidates for his party, but, isn't being considered by the majority of registered voters.
9. Good point.... at least as to what a Secretary of State is supposed to know.... In reality I'd like to see John Bolton in that job... He's likely fire 3/4 of the State Department and might actually get something done without being sabotaged from within.
10. I do not think a good secretary of state will make a good president. A good sec is a good diplomat. We need leadership in the White House. Two different points. I also think that he is correct that the democrats in the race are unqualified and inexperienced in foreign policy. Negotiating with people who want to kill you is idiotic.
11. In the early istory of our nation, Secretery of State was seen as a natural step to gain needed experience before becoming President. (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, JQ Adams, Van Buren--all were SecState beore being elected POTUS). People tended to vote for somone who had already been Secretary of State. Of course can you imagine Al Haig or Waren Chirstopher as President? The Democrat frontrunners ARE foreign policy lightweights--but history has also shown us that "experience" is not a requirement for the job--some very experienced men have been dismal presidents and some with no experience to speak of have been fantastic. In some sense its always a crapshoot. Yes, Biden makes a valid point, but only advisedly so.
12. The way I see it, the President needs to be an all around kind of player. And the members of his cabinet need to be more focused in a certain area of expertise. I don't know much about Joe Biden, but I'm guessing that other candidates think he is great at foreign policy, but not so great in other areas such as domestic issues. Would someone with a lack of domestic responsibility really make a good President?
13. Yes. When he asks, "Who among my opponents would you consider appointing secretary of state?" he does make a good point. I wouldn't appoint any of them Secretary of State. Of course I wouldn't appoint Biden either.
14. I wouldn't know, whenever I hear him speak i'm overcome with an uncontrollable urge to vomit.