As Beau Biden, the State Attorney General, gets back to work after serving his country in Iraq, the Delaware Democratic Party and the National Democratic Party await Biden’s decision on whether he will throw his hat into the race for his father’s old Senate seat.
The Washington Post is the latest news outlet to chime in on our $64,000 question.
Trust me, he’s running is the message Democratic leaders are sending, even as the 40-year-old Biden bides his time. Last week, the vice president hinted to a crowd at a fundraiser in Missouri that his eldest son is in the race. And Bob Menendez, the New Jersey senator tasked with protecting the Democratic Senate majority, said in an interview that he expected Biden to run: “Now that he is back home, I’ll be reaching out to him and talking to him.”
Due to Biden’s name recognition and his supposed ability to raise funds, his decision is one that is eagerly awaited by many in the Delaware Democratic Party. It would be nice to see one or two viable candidates announce that they will be running for Senate and not wait while Biden hems and haws, if for nothing else to give Biden a run in the Democratic Primary.