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State Buys Accused Child Rapist's Property, Preventing Auction
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe contents of a Delaware storage unit belonging to accused serial child rapist Earl Bradley has been sold to state officials for a nominal sum, preventing a public auction of the items. "I want to thank Secure Self Storage for agreeing to turn the property over to the state at a financial loss," Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said in a press release. Getty Images The contents of a Delaware storage unit belonging to pediatrician Earl Bradley, who has been indicted on multiple charges of sexual assault, have been turned over to the state. The 12-by-30-foot unit storage unit ...
Turning Victory to Defeat? How Obama's Election Helped Put the Senate in Play
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySenate Democrats are in danger of losing their majority on Nov. 2, and two of the reasons go back to Barack Obama's own election as president: Illinois became vulnerable after he vacated the seat to move to the Oval Office, and the same thing happened in Colorado when he appointed the incumbent Democrat, Ken Salazar, to be his Interior Secretary. It could have been worse. The Delaware seat, long held by Joseph Biden before he became vice president, looked to be in big jeopardy until the GOP primary yielded a wild-card candidate in the person of Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell. New York ...
Christine O'Donnell Should Be Taken 'Seriously,' Beau Biden Warns Democrats
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyChristine O'Donnell, the chatty Republican candidate for senator in Delaware, is no laughing matter, says Beau Biden, the state's attorney general. "She should be taken seriously," the son of Vice President Joe Biden tells CNN. ". . . My party is taking her seriously." Many Delaware Democrats wanted to Biden to seek his father's old Senate seat, but he deferred, chose to run for AG, and is supporting Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons. O'Donnell, a Tea Party fave who is also backed by Sarah Palin, has been haunted by remarks she made in the 1990s about masturbation, and saying she once ...
Vice President Biden's Son Beau Still Hospitalized, But Campaign Goes On
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyVice President Joe Biden's son Beau remained in a Philadelphia hospital Saturday, recovering from a mild stroke, but the veep went ahead anyway and hosted a fundraising brunch for Beau's reelection campaign for attorney general of Delaware. From his hospital room, Beau Biden talked by speakerphone to about 150 donors gathered at his father's family home near Wilmington, Delaware. "I am looking forward to getting back to work and running for reelection in the fall... I'll be home real soon." Vice President Biden said Beau Biden was back to 100 percent and would soon return to his duties as ...
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. ...
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