Comments on: What’s Up With Joe Biden’s Senate Seat ?

By: blackoutyears

blackoutyears — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:59:13 +0000

Yeah, Doug, and Beau’s not running for governor or being picked as a veep candidate. The Palin remark was pointless. So no one with less experience than Sarah Palin can seek a state senate seat? The remark about his winning his atty gen post is rank conjecture as well. Got anything to back that up, or is it *naive* to ask? I think one could make a compelling case that being the child of a Senator who has served for 36 years might be a decent background in itself, sort of the political equivalent of a coach’s son. Of course, it’s no panacaea. Just look at our current POTUS…

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:53:19 +0000

But my point is that you make such a weak argument using Bono, Murkowski, et.al. to make your case. Now you are throwing in Palin to denigrate Biden, which just sounds like the same rejected juvenile argument used against Obama. Don’t you guys ever learn?

Political nepotism is a long-standing tradition. Argue against that if you will, but you might want to reference some others, like the Kennedys, both Bush sons, Gore, Bayh, Sununu, and on and on, who were elected due to their fathers’ political legacies.

It just seems pretty narrow-minded of you to all of a sudden be outraged over something that has gone on for many years, in both parties. And to make it some partisan issue just makes it seem even more like hackery.

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:01:07 +0000

Ed,

Let’s put it in perspective — Sarah Palin has more political experience than Beau Biden.

And if you think that he won that election for A.G. for any reason other than the fact that he was a Democrat with the last name Biden, then you’re pretty damn naive.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:48:08 +0000

If your complaint is that Biden will delay his resignation to allow the next governor to appoint a placeholder, who will not seek re-election, as opposed to someone who would run as the incumbent and need to be primaried by Biden, then make that argument. But comparing a sitting state Attorney General to a couple of widows and children with no governing experience is stupid. This “no experience” argument is especially ignorant considering Beau Biden has already been elected to statewide office and the experience argument has already been rejected by the Deleware electorate when they elected him AG.

By: George Mauer

George Mauer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:43:00 +0000

What qualifies him to be a senator?
Winning a special election, which he would still have to do.
Right?