Although it is a stone cold lock that Castle is going to hang up his gloves, it is interesting to run down the cold, dispassionate stats in a Castle/Biden match-up
Michael Newbold Castle: Born July 2, 1839 in Wilmington, Delaware. Only incumbent Republican Congressman currently representing a Democratic district. A graduate of Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Georgetown University Law Center, he married Jane DiSabatino in 1992. Hates kids, especially the unborn variety.
Castle’s reputation for being a “moderate” was destroyed by slavish devotion to Bush era policies (95% of Bush era war policy votes favored the White House). Since the election of Barrack Obama, Mike Castle has not returned to his moderate roots, but has voted in lockstep with Republican leadership bent on obstructing America’s economic recovery. Among his positives in a match-up against Biden will be an ability to raise money from deep pocketed, out of state from Republicans determined to put at least one race in the “toss-up” category.
I don’t know how Castle intends to spin that straw into gold.
Let’s look at Beau.
Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III: Born February 3, 1969. American politician, soldier, and lawyer from Wilmington, Delaware. Currently serves as the Attorney General of Delaware, a Captain in the Delaware Army National Guard and son of Vice President Joe Biden.
A graduate of Archmere Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Syracuse University College of Law. Worked at the United States Department of Justice in Philadelphia where he served as a Counsel in the Office of Policy Development and as a Federal Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Loves children. Biden and wife Hallie, have two children: a daughter, Natalie and a son, Hunter.
Biden stepped into the national spotlight at the 2008 Democratic National Convention when he introduced his father. He recounted the auto accident that killed his mother and sister and the subsequent parenting commitment his father made to his sons.
Biden is a member of the Delaware Army National Guard and serves as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as part of the 261st Signal Brigade in Smyrna, Delaware. His unit was activated to deploy to Iraq on October 3, 2008, and sent to Fort Bliss, Texas for pre-deployment training, the day after his father participated in the 2008 presidential campaign’s only vice presidential debate. His father is on the record as saying, “I don’t want him going. But I tell you what, I don’t want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference.”
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