In Sunday’s News Journal, there’s an article about Beau Biden and the possibility of him running for US Senate. The article is titled, “Senate run could distract Biden“. Now, I normally like Esteban Parra’s writing, but not this time.
The first quote about the possible Biden campaign comes not from Beau Biden, not from his father, not from a source close to Biden, but from Charlie Copeland. Yes, that’s right, Republican Charlie Copeland, who some may say might have a stake in seeing Mike Castle win the Senate seat as well as a possible candidate for Congress. What does Copeland say:
“Having been an absentee owner of the Attorney General’s Office for the last year, it is in a more chaotic state . . . Whether he is to blame for that or not, it is immaterial. You’re just going to have to deal with that.”
Seriously, Charlie, Biden was in Iraq serving his country. Not exactly “absentee” in the classic sense. But Parra doesn’t stop there. He goes on to quote another politician, this time Tom Ross, State Committee Chairman of the Delaware Republican Party. Nice.
GOP state chairman Tom Ross said Biden’s decisions on who led the office while he was away were not good, causing him to wonder what would happen if he delegates to others again.
“When you leave an organization, ultimate success or failure resides with the person at the helm,” Ross said. “Unfortunately, there have been some shortcomings at the Attorney General’s Office and it raises concerns.”
Ross said it was Biden’s people and his process that failed.
Ross might want Biden to fail. Just saying.
Parra does quote someone close to Biden, the treasurer for Biden’s attorney general campaign but only in regards to website ownership and links.