Beau Biden Considering Senate Bid

Source: ABC News

Biden: Strategy in Afghanistan May Have to Be Different From Iraq
By CHRIS CUOMO, LEE FERRAN and NOEL HARTMAN

Oct. 15, 2009 —

After nearly a year-long tour in Iraq, Vice President Joe Biden's son, Joe "Beau" Biden III, said he is "absolutely" considering a run for the Senate seat his father occupied for 36 years.

"I'll be making the decision in due course," Biden, 40, told "Good Morning America" today in his first television interview since his return to Delaware last month amid speculation that he would make a bid for the seat.

One of a handful of elected officials to serve in Iraq since the U.S. led invasion in 2003, Biden took a leave of absence from his job as Delaware's attorney general to join his unit as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, or JAG.

The race is shaping up to be a difficult one. The recent entry by Republican Rep. Mike Castle -- Delaware's only member of the House of Representatives and a popular former governor - has complicated the outlook for Biden and transformed what was once seen as a safe Democratic seat into a toss-up.

But Biden would start his campaign with resources that any other first-time Senate candidate would envy, including the backing of the White House. He made an impressive debut on the national stage last year, introducing his father at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and speaking movingly about the 1972 car accident that claimed the life of his mother and sister and left him and his younger brother gravely injured.

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Biden would be smart to sit this out and look at the Governor's mansion in the future.

:rofl:

Just because he's the VP's son doesn't make him the most qualified. But in this case, he should go for it. His name may help beat Castle. Castle is a repuke who absolutely sucks (but that's redundant). Leaves Castle's House seat open to a Democrat and put Castle on the retirement list.