A profile of Delaware Senator Joe Biden
January 12th, 2007
Hat Tip: Delmarva Dealings: Biden Surpasses Roth As Delaware’s Longest Serving Statewide Officeholder
Cato over at Delmarva Dealings says:
I’m certainly no fan of Joe Biden, but Celia Cohen of Delaware Grapevine has written an excellent piece about Biden’s career as
Thank you for calling this piece to our attention. I cannot recall ever liking any of the esteemed senator’s politics, but Ms. Cohen’s piece certainly put a human face on the gentleman from
THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM DELAWARE
http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/1-07biden34.asp
By Celia Cohen
Grapevine Political Writer
Thirty-four years ago today, in almost unbearable circumstances, Joseph R. Biden Jr. took his oath to become a
Even without embellishment, it would have been a remarkable moment in Delaware as this most callow of political adventurers, barely 30 years old with all of two years on the New Castle County Council behind him, slipped into the country's most exclusive club after a preposterous upset on Election Day in 1972.
It became indelible because Biden was a grieving husband and father, hollowed by an automobile accident that had killed his wife and baby daughter 18 days earlier and hospitalized his two young sons. Democratic Majority Leader Michael J. Mansfield sent the secretary of the Senate to the hospital in
Now the extraordinary swearing-in on Friday, Jan. 5, 1973, at 12:50 p.m., has turned into a milestone for
Read the rest here: “THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM DELAWARE”
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