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Biden Back in Washington as Son Recovers From Stroke
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyVice President Joe Biden returned to Washington Wednesday with assurances that his son, Beau Biden, Delaware's attorney general, is making "favorable progress" in a Philadelphia hospital after suffering a mild stroke Tuesday. Beau Biden, 41, "will continue to follow standard protocol and receive medical therapy over the coming days, as is typical for any patient recovering from an event like this," a statement from the Delaware Justice Department said. Vice President Biden and his wife Jill spent a day and a half at Beau Biden's bedside. He was moved from Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., ...
Vice President's Son, Beau Biden, Hospitalized in Delaware
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDelaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, was hospitalized Tuesday after apparently suffering a mild stroke. The White House said he was "alert and awake" and communicating with family members. Biden, 41, underwent treatment at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. for "what we believe to be a mild stroke," said Dr. Timothy Gardner, medical director of the center for heart and vascular surgery at the Christiana Care Health System. "He is in good spirits and talking with his family at the hospital. He is fully alert, in stable condition and has full motor and ...
GOP's Castle Way Ahead in Race for Joe Biden's Old Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyJust as Delaware Democrats feared, state Attorney General Beau Biden's decision not to seek his father's Senate seat has thrust Republican Rep. Mike Castle way into the lead in the race against the Democrat who is running, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 22. Castle, who has spent nine terms as the state's only congressman, leads Coons 53 percent to 32 percent with 8 percent preferring another candidate and 8 percent undecided. Castle is seen favorably by 65 percent of voters and only 4 percent say they don't know enough about him to ...
Beau Biden and the Trouble With the 17th Amendment
By Garrett Epps - Politics DailyThe Democrats have had another hard week. On Monday, they learned that Beau Biden, son of the vice-president, has discreetly chosen not to run for the Senate seat they'd been keeping warm for him. Thus one more Senate seat the Democrats had thought of as safe is up for grabs in the fall. This comes after the loss of Ted Kennedy's seat in Massachusetts and amid a growing sense that even President Obama's old seat in Illinois could fall in November to a Republican, Mark Kirk. ...
Beau Biden's Decision Not to Seek Delaware Senate Seat Gives Big Edge to GOP
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTo measure how much of a blow it is to Delaware Democrats now that state Attorney General Beau Biden has decided not to seek his father's old Senate seat, check out this Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 25 after word of Biden's decision: popular nine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle leads potential Democratic challenger Christopher Coons 56 percent to 27 percent, with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 13 percent undecided. In a previous Rasmussen poll, Castle led Biden 47 percent to 42 percent. Coons, who is the New Castle County Executive, has said he is considering the ...
Beau Biden Won't Run for Dad's Old Senate Seat
By Andra Varin - AOL News(Jan. 25) -- Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden and the attorney general of Delaware, has told supporters that he will not run for his father's open Senate seat representing Delaware later this year. Biden's announcement is a huge blow to Democrats who had hoped Biden would run against popular Republican Rep. Mike Castle, who declared his candidacy for the Senate in October. ...
Beau Biden Will Not Run for His Father's Senate Seat, Another Blow for Democrats
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyBeau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden and the attorney general of Delaware, has told supporters that he will not run for his father's open Senate seat representing Delaware later this year. Biden's announcement is a huge blow to Democrats who had hoped Biden would run against popular Republican Rep. Mike Castle, who declared his candidacy for the Senate in October. The younger Biden said that he will instead run for another term as attorney general. Without him in the race, Democrats face the prospect of losing the seat that Joe Biden occupied for 36 years. The seat is currently held ...
Mike Castle Leads Beau Biden in Race for Delaware Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle leads state Attorney General Beau Biden by 45 percent to 39 percent in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by Biden's father, Vice President Joe Biden, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Nov. 30-Dec. 2. Sixteen percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4.1 percent. ...
Biden Overtakes Castle in Delaware Senate Poll
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDelaware Attorney General Beau Biden has taken the lead for the first time in a match-up with nine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle for the seat vacated by Biden's father Joe when he became Vice President, according to a Susquehanna Polling and Research poll conducted Nov. 10-15. The margin of error is 3.36 points. ...
Castle vs. (Beau) Biden Makes for Close Delaware Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDelaware Attorney General Beau Biden and nine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle are running neck-and-neck when matched up in a race to fill the Senate seat of Biden's father, Vice President Joseph Biden, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Oct. 12-14. ...
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