I really don’t get why Coons wants to build up this image as a fucking bloodthirsty warmonger. Are their really that many warmonger-y Delawareians clamoring for our delegation to be on the forefront of undermining the Obama administration’s very successful diplomatic engagement with Iran?
Joe Biden was on the phone Tuesday morning with a fellow Delaware native, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, hoping to lock down his support for the Obama administration’s sweeping nuclear accord with Iran.
But the vice president quickly learned the administration has a lot more work to do with congressional Democrats.
After the 30-minute call, in which Biden walked Coons through his concerns, the senator ticked off a list of technical questions that he wanted the administration to answer thoroughly. Coons said the talk with Biden was helpful, but until he hears more, he’s reserving judgment on the deal.
“Iran has seriously earned our distrust,” Coons said in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/key-democrats-skeptical-of-iran-deal-120123.html#ixzz3fyf76EOQ