David Axelrod, President Obama’s chief political advisor, was at UD last night for a guest speaker series aptly called “Assessing Obama’s First Year.”
[He] said he did not know whether Beau Biden would run against Rep. Mike Castle for the U.S. Senate in 2010, but said that if the two do square off, they would provide an example to other politicians on how to run a “very civilized race.”
If Biden were to run, I have said before his model for the campaign would be Carper v. Roth or Obama v. McCain, respectful of the elder opponent’s long service but critical of his failed ideas of the past. That is a civilized race. However, when Castle says it, you get the feeling a “civilized race” to him would be no criticism of his record at all, and if there is criticism of him, it would be the worst negative attack in the history of politics. That is why I want Biden to run, because Castle deserves criticism for his long running arrogance.