Beau Biden, son of Vice-President Joe Biden, has ended any speculation that he would be running for the Senate seat from Delaware when his father moved to the White House.
A spokesperson claims that Beau dropping out was not a reflection of a changing political climate for Democrats.
Gee, I thought only his father said things that dumb.
In more bad political news for Congressional Democrats, Beau Biden, the vice president’s son and the party’s top choice for a Senate candidacy in Delaware, announced to his backers Monday morning that he would not seek the Senate seat vacated by his father, Joseph R. Biden Jr., last year.
The decision followed a confused story out of Delaware Sunday that first had the vice president saying his son, currently the state’s attorney general, was showing little interest in the race. The vice president’s office then challenged that account, but clearly the younger Biden was on the verge of announcing his plans.
In an e-mail message to his backers, the attorney general suggested that he was remaining in his state post in order to continue pursuing an on-going child abuse case.
“My first responsibilities are here in Delaware,” Mr. Biden’s statement said. “I have a duty to fulfill as attorney general – and the immediate need to focus on a case of great consequence. And that is what I must do. Therefore I cannot and will not run for the United States Senate in 2010. I will run for reelection as attorney general.”
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