Last week, Senator Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-NJ) vehemently objected to the Bush nomination of ultra-brash John Bolton to become US Ambassador to the UN. In voicing his objections, Biden was trademark articulate, blunt and emotional.

As a result of his remarks and those by others, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prevented Republicans from fast-tracking the Bolton nomination to approval without proper due diligence investigation. The committee vote on Bolton has been delayed for three weeks, pending review of fresh charges against Bolton.

Biden is a six-term senator, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and former Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1995. He's one of the most respected Senate voices, and also one of its most charismatic, with a quick smile and loads of authentic charm. He's been variously described as colorful, friendly, outspoken, expansive, dynamic, informal and yet, distinguished.

How can anyone resist admiring a politician who told Rolling Stone magazine (in 2004) about President Bush ,"About six months ago, the president said to me, 'Well, at least I make strong decisions, I lead.' I said, 'Mr. President, look behind you. Leaders have followers. No one's following. Nobody.'"? In the same interview, he called Bush and Cheney "big old bullfrogs on a log."

Senator Biden has hinted that he might make a run at the 2008 presidency race. He's had one disastrous run before, in 1988. Read here to learn more about the Senator who may successfully and finally derail the Bolton nomination.