Forming The Betting Pool

Joe Biden launched his bid for the presidency yesterday. It was, how shall we put this delicately, a freaking disaster for him. And the media is kicking the crap out of him today for his remarks about their new messiah,  Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON – Blowhard Sen. Joe Biden yesterday damaged his long-shot presidential bid on the day he launched it by making inflammatory comments about Barack Obama – and slapping Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.

Biden, a six-term Delaware Democrat who formally became a presidential contender yesterday, made a controversial remark, claiming Obama was the first "clean" black presidential candidate.

Obama is the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man," Biden told the New York Observer.

He also said Clinton's Iraq plan is a "disaster" and that Edwards doesn't know "what the heck he is talking about."

But it was the derisive slap at Obama's race that set Capitol Hill abuzz, and prompted the normally verbose Biden to button up.

So, how long do you think it will be before Biden formally bows out? Any guesses? The pool is open!