*Biography of the next US Vice President Joe Biden*

*Obama-Biden has a nice sound to it. Joe Biden brings 36 years of Senate
foreign policy experience and a record of independent thinking to the Obama
ticket. Here is some more information about him. -T*
**
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
[image: Joe
Biden]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joe_Biden,_official_photo_portrait_2-c\
ropped.jpg>

**
Joe Biden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



*Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.* (born November
20<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_20>,
1942 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942>) is the
senior<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate#Seniority>
United
States senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_senator> from
Delaware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware>, and the presumptive
Democratic
Party <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)> vice
presidential<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States>no\
minee
in the 2008
presidential
election<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008>\
,
as running mate of presumptive presidential
nominee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumptive_nominee> Barack
Obama
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe\
_Biden#cite_note-Obama-rm-0>He
is a member of the Democratic
Party <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>.
Currently in his sixth term, Biden has served for the sixth-longest period
among current senators (fourth among Democrats) and is Delaware's
longest-serving senator. He is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>in
the 110th
Congress <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress>. Biden
has served in that position in the past, and he has served as chairman of
the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>
.

He was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2008
presidential election, but dropped out after the caucuses in
Iowa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Democratic_caucuses,_2008>on
January 3, 2008. Senator Obama announced Biden as his running
mate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_mate> via a text
message<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_message>and an email to
supporters on August
23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>,
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>.
If elected he will be the first Roman
Catholic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic>vice president
and the first vice president from
Delaware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware>.
Contents[hide]

- 1 Biography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Biography>
- 1.1 Early life and
family<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Early_life_and_family>
- 2 United States
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#United_States_Senator>
- 2.1 110th
Congress<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#110th_Congress>
- 2.2 Judiciary
Committee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Judiciary_Committee>
- 2.3 Foreign Relations
Committee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Foreign_Relations_Committee>

3 Presidential
campaigns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Presidential_campaigns>

- 3.1 1988 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#1988>
- 3.2 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#2008>
- 3.3 2008 Democratic vice-presidential
nomination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#2008_Democratic_vice-president\
ial_nomination>



4 Political
positions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Political_positions>
5 Almanac <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Almanac>

- 5.1 Electoral
history<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Electoral_history>

6 Works <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Works>
7 Notes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#Notes>
8 References <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#References>
9 External links <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#External_links>


Biography

Early life and family

Biden was born in Scranton,
Pennsylvania<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania>,
the son of Joseph R. Biden, Sr. and Catherine Eugenia "Jean"
Finnegan.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-1>
[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-timeline-2> He was the
first of four
siblings[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-timeline-2>and
is of Irish
Catholic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Catholic> heritage. He has two
brothers, James Brian Biden and Francis W. Biden, and a sister, Valerie
(Biden) Owens.[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-3> The
Biden family moved to Claymont,
Delaware<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymont,_Delaware>when Biden
was 10 years old,
[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-timeline-2> and he
grew up in suburban New Castle County,
Delaware<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware>,
where his father was a car salesman. In 1961, Biden graduated from Archmere
Academy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archmere_Academy> in
Claymont<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymont,_Delaware>,
Delaware
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware>[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bide\
n#cite_note-timeline-2>and,
in 1965, from the University
of Delaware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Delaware> in
Newark<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark,_Delaware>
,[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-cong-bio-4> where he
double majored in history <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History> and political
science
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science>.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wik\
i/Joe_Biden#cite_note-timeline-2>He
then attended Syracuse
University College of
Law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University_College_of_Law>,
graduated in 1968, and was admitted to the Delaware
Bar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_association>in 1969.
[5]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-cong-bio-4>[6]<http://en.wikip\
edia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-5>

In 1966, while in law school, Biden married Neilia Hunter. They had three
children, Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Biden>,
Robert Hunter, and Naomi. His wife and infant daughter died in a car
accident shortly after he was first elected to the U.S.
Senate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1972>in
1972. His two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were seriously injured in
the
accident, but both eventually made full recoveries. Biden was sworn into
office from their bedside. Persuaded not to resign in order to care for
them, Biden began the practice of commuting an hour and a half each day on
the train from his home in the
Wilmington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware>suburbs
to Washington,
DC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>, which he continues to do.

In 1977, Biden married Jill Tracy Jacobs. They have one daughter, Ashley,
and are members of the Roman Catholic Church. In February 1988, Biden was
hospitalized for two brain
aneurysms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_aneurysm>which kept
him from the Senate for seven months.

Biden's elder son, Beau, was a partner in the Wilmington law firm of
Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick, LLC and was elected Attorney
General<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General>of
Delaware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware> in 2006. He is a captain in
the Delaware Army National
Guard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Army_National_Guard>,
where he serves in the Judge Advocate
General's<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps,_U.S._Ar\
my>(JAG)
Corps. He is set to be deployed to Iraq in October, 2008.
[7] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-6> Biden's younger
son, Hunter, works as a lawyer in Washington,
DC<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>,
serves on the board of directors of
Amtrak<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak>,
and previously worked in the Commerce
Department<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce>
.

Since 1991, Biden has also served as an adjunct
professor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjunct_professor>at the
Widener
University School of
Law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widener_University_School_of_Law>,
where he teaches a seminar on constitutional
law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_law>
.

United States Senator

In 1969, Biden began practicing law in
Wilmington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware>,
Delaware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware>, and was soon elected to
the New Castle County <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle_County>, County
Council <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_council#United_States>, where
he served from 1970 to
1972.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-cong-bio-4>

The 1972 U.S. Senate
election<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1972>presented
Biden with a unique opportunity. Popular
Republican
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party>incumbent
Senator J.
Caleb Boggs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs> was considering
retirement, which would likely have left U.S.
Representative<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representativ\
es>
Pete
du Pont <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_S._du_Pont,_IV> and
Wilmington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware>Mayor
Harry
G. Haskell, Jr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_G._Haskell,_Jr.> in a
divisive primary fight. To avoid that, U.S.
President<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States>
Richard
M. Nixon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Nixon> was invited to a
meeting to convince Boggs to run again with full
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party>support.
Boggs ran, but Biden eventually won.
[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-7>

Biden took office on January 3, 1973, at age 30, becoming the fifth-youngest
U.S. Senator in United States history. At age 30, Biden was at the minimum
age to become a U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senators>.
He has since won additional terms easily, defeating James H. Baxter, Jr. in
1978, John M. Burris in 1984, M. Jane Brady in 1990, and Raymond J.
Clatworthy in 1996 and 2002, usually with about 60% of the vote. He is now
the longest-serving U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senators>in
Delaware history. He was running
for re-election as senator in
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_200\
8>
.

In 1974 freshman Senator Biden was named one of the *200 Faces for the
Future* by TIME <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIME>
magazine.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-8>

110th Congress

Biden serves on the following committees in the 110th U.S.
Congress<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress>
[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-9>

- *Committee on Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
* *(Chairman)*
- As Chairman of the full committee Biden is an *ex officio* member of
each subcommittee.
- *Committee on the
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>
*
- Subcommittee on Antitrust Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Antitr\
ust,_Competition_Policy_and_Consumer_Rights>
- Subcommittee on Crime and
Drugs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Crime_a\
nd_Drugs>,
*(Chairman)*
- Subcommittee on Human Rights and the
Law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_\
Human_Rights_and_the_Law>
- Subcommittee on Immigration Border Security and
Citizenship<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_I\
mmigration,_Border_Security_and_Citizenship>
- Subcommittee on Technology Terrorism and Homeland
Security<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Terr\
orism,_Technology_and_Homeland_Security>

*Caucus on International Narcotics
Control<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Caucus_on_Internationa\
l_Narcotics_Control>
* *(Co-Chairman)*


For a comprehensive accounting of Biden's voting record see Project Vote
Smart
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart>[11]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wi\
ki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-10>and
other material noted in the Reference section.

Judiciary Committee [image: Biden on Meet the
Press]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joe_Biden_2.jpg>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joe_Biden_2.jpg>
Biden on *Meet the Press <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Press>*

Biden is a long-time member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
which he chaired from 1987 until 1995 and served as ranking minority
member<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranking_member>from 1981 until
1987 and again from 1995 until 1997. In this capacity, he
dealt with issues related to drug
policy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy>,
crime prevention, and civil
liberties<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties>.
While chairman, Biden presided over two of the most contentious U.S. Supreme
Court <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court> confirmation
hearings: Robert Bork <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork> in 1987 and
Clarence Thomas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas> in
1991.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-autogenerated1-11>

Biden has been involved in crafting many federal crime laws over the last
decade, including the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act>o\
f
1994, also known as the Biden Crime Law. He also authored the landmark
Violence
Against Women Act
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act>of 1994
(VAWA), which contains a broad array of measures to combat domestic
violence <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence> and provides
billions of dollars in federal funds to address
gender<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender>-based
crimes. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the section of VAWA allowing a
federal civil remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence exceeded
Congress' authority and therefore was
unconstitutional<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Constitution>
.[13] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-12> Congress
reauthorized VAWA in 2000 and
2005.[14]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-13>
[15] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-14> In March 2004,
Biden enlisted major American technology companies in diagnosing the
problems of the Austin, Texas
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas>-based
National Domestic Violence Hotline, and to donate equipment and expertise to
it.[16]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-15>[12]<http://en.wikipedia.or\
g/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-autogenerated1-11>

As chairman of the International Narcotics Control
Caucus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Narcotics_Control_Caucus>,
Biden wrote the laws that created the nation's "Drug
Czar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Czar>,"
who oversees and coordinates national drug control policy. In April 2003 he
introduced the controversial *Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy
Act,* also known as the RAVE Act <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAVE_Act>. He
continues to work to stop the spread of "date
rape<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape>drugs" such as
Rohypnol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohypnol>, and drugs such as
Ecstasy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_(drug)>and
Ketamine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine>. In 2004 he worked to pass
a bill outlawing steroids <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroids> like
androstenedione <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androstenedione>, the drug
used by many baseball <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball>
players.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-autogenerated1-11>

Biden's legislation to promote college
aid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_aid>and
loan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_loan> programs allows families to
deduct on their annual income tax
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax>returns up to $10,000 per
year in higher education expenses. His "Kids 2000"
legislation established a public/private partnership to provide computer
centers, teachers, Internet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet> access,
and technical training to young people, particularly to low-income and
at-risk youth.[17] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-16>

Foreign Relations Committee [image: Biden gives his opening statement and
questions to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and General David H.
Petraeus at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Iraq;
September 11, 2007]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bidenpetraeus.jpg>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bidenpetraeus.jpg>
Biden gives his opening statement and questions to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan
Crocker <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Crocker> and General David H.
Petraeus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Petraeus> at the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Iraq; September 11, 2007

Biden is also a long-time member and current chairman of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>.
In 1997, he became the ranking minority
member<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranking_member>and chaired the
committee from June 2001 through 2003. When Democrats
re-took control of the Senate following the 2006 elections, Biden again
assumed the top spot on the committee in 2007. His efforts to combat
hostilities in the Balkans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans> in the
1990s brought national attention and influenced presidential policy:
traveling repeatedly to the region, he made one meeting famous by calling
Serbian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_people> leader Slobodan
Milosevic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milosevic> a "war
criminal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime>."
He consistently argued for lifting the arms
embargo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo>,
training Bosnian Muslims <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosniaks>,
investigating war crimes and administering
NATO<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO>air strikes. Biden's subsequent
"lift and strike" resolution was
instrumental in convincing President Bill
Clinton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>to use military
force in the face of systematic human
rights <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights>
violations.[18]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-17>Biden
has also called on
Libya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya> to release political prisoner Fathi
Eljahmi
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathi_Eljahmi>.[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J\
oe_Biden#cite_note-18>

Following the September 11, 2001
attacks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks>,
Biden was supportive of the Bush
administration's<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_administration>effo\
rts,
calling for additional ground troops in
Afghanistan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan> and agreeing that Saddam
Hussein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein> was a threat that
needed to be dealt with. The Bush administration rejected an effort Biden
undertook with Senator Richard
Lugar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lugar>to pass a resolution
authorizing military action only after the exhaustion
of diplomatic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy> efforts. In October
2002, Biden voted for the final
resolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution>to support the
war
in Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Iraq>. He has long supported
the appropriations to pay for the occupation, but has argued repeatedly that
more soldiers are needed, the war should be internationalized, and the Bush
administration should "level with the American people" about the cost and
length of the conflict.[20]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-19>

In November 2006, Biden and Leslie
Gelb<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Gelb>,
President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, released a
comprehensive strategy to end
sectarian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian>violence in
Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq>. Rather than continuing the present
approach or withdrawing, the plan calls for "a third way":
federalizing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism>Iraq and giving
Kurds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurd>,
Shiites<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiite>,
and Sunnis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni> "breathing room" in their
own regions.[21] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-20>

Presidential campaigns

Biden has twice run for the Democratic nomination for President, first in
1988, and again in 2008. Both times he was unsuccessful.

In 2003, Biden considered joining the Democratic field of candidates for the
2004 presidential
race<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2004>but
decided otherwise, saying he did not have enough time to cultivate a
sufficient fundraising base. Some thought Biden a possible running mate for
presidential candidate John Kerry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry>,
but Biden urged Kerry to select Republican Senator John
McCain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain>instead.
[22] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-21> Biden also had
been widely discussed as a possible U.S. Secretary of
State<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State>in a
Democratic administration.
[23] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-22>

1988 *Main article: Joe Biden presidential campaign,
1988<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_presidential_campaign,_1988>
*

In 1987, Joe Biden ran as a Democratic presidential candidate, formally
declaring his candidacy at the Wilmington train
station<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Station_(Delaware)>on
June 9, 1987. In his speech, he challenged Americans to step beyond
the
materialism of the Reagan years. When the campaign began, Biden was
considered a potentially strong candidate because of his moderate image, his
supposed appeal to Baby Boomers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Boomer>,
his fundraising
appeal[24]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt083187-23>(Biden'\
s
$1.7 million raised in the first quarter of 1987 was more than any
other candidate, including the then front-runner, Gary
Hart<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart>),
his high profile position as chair of the Senate Judiciary committee during
the Robert Bork <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork> confirmation
hearings, and, perhaps above all, his soaring oratory. Biden often seemed to
try to inspire the same hope and idealism associated with 1960s liberals
such as Robert Kennedy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy>,
especially as related to civil
rights<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights>.
He received considerable attention in the summer of 1986 when he
excoriated Secretary
of State <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State> George
Shultz<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shultz>at a Senate Hearing
because of the Reagan administration's support of South
Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa>, which continued to
support a system of Apartheid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid>. By
August 1987, however, Biden's campaign had already begun to lag behind those
of Michael Dukakis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis> and Richard
Gephardt
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gephardt>.[24]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wik\
i/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt083187-23>

Then in September 1987, the campaign ran into serious trouble when he was
accused of plagiarizing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism> a speech
by Neil Kinnock <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Kinnock>, then-leader of
the British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> Labour
Party<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)>
.[25] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-24> Though Biden had
correctly credited the original author in all speeches but one, the one
where he failed to make mention of the originator was caught on
video.[26]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-25>Within
days, it was also discovered that, while a first year law student at
Syracuse Law School, Biden had plagiarized a law review article in a class
paper he wrote. Though the then-dean of the law school, as well as Biden's
former professor, played down the incident of plagiarism, they did find that
Biden drew "chunks of heavy legal prose directly from" the article in
question. Biden said the act was inadvertent due to his not knowing the
proper rules of citation, and Biden was permitted to retake the course after
receiving a grade of F, which was subsequently dropped from his
record.[27]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt091887-26>Biden
also released his undergraduate grades, which were unexceptional.
[27] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt091887-26>Further,
when questioned by a New Hampshire resident about his grades in law
school Biden had claimed falsely to have graduated in the "top half" of his
class, (when he actually graduated 76th in a class of 85) that he had
attended on a full scholarship, and had received three
degrees.[28]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt092287-27>In
fact he had received two majors, History and Political Science, and a
single B.A., as well as a half scholarship based on financial
need.[28]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-nyt092287-27>

Faced with these revelations, Biden withdrew from the nomination race on
September 23, 1987, saying his candidacy had been overrun by "the
exaggerated shadow" of his
mistakes.[29]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-28>After
Biden withdrew from the race it was learned that the Dukakis campaign
had secretly made a video showcasing the Biden/Kinnock comparison and
distributed it to news outlets. Dukakis fired John
Sasso<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sasso>,
his campaign manager and long-time Chief of
Staff.[30]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-29>
[31] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-30>

2008 *Main article: Joe Biden presidential campaign,
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_presidential_campaign,_2008>
*
[image: 2008 campaign
logo]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JoeBiden08.gif>
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2008 campaign logo

Biden declared his candidacy for president on January 31, 2007, although he
had discussed running for months
prior.[32]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-31>In
January 2006, Delaware newspaper columnist Harry F. Themal wrote that
Biden "occupies the sensible center of the Democratic
Party."[33]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-themal-32>Themal
concludes that this is the position Biden desires, and that in a
campaign "he plans to stress the dangers to the security of the average
American, not just from the terrorist threat, but from the lack of health
assistance, crime, and energy dependence on unstable parts of the world."
[33] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-themal-32> He goes on
to quote *Washington Post
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post>*columnist Richard
Cohen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cohen_(Washington_Post_columnist)>as
saying that Biden's candidacy might be endangered by his
"manic-obsessive
running of the
mouth."[33]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-themal-32>This
foreshadowed Biden's January 31 remark on fellow Democratic candidate
and Senator Barack Obama <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>,
frequently transcribed as, "I mean, you got the first mainstream
African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking
guy, I mean, that's a storybook,
man."[34]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-33>However,
several linguists and political analysts stated that the correct
transcription includes a comma after the word "African-American", which
"would significantly change the meaning (and the degree of offensiveness) of
Biden's comment".[35]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-34>Still, his
comments took second place on
*Time <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)>* magazine's list of Top
10 Campaign Gaffes for
2007.[36]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-35>

It had been speculated that Biden would accept the position of Secretary of
State <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State>because
of his foreign policy experience and credentials.
[37] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-36> However, Biden
has rejected the notion outright, saying "Under no administration will I
accept the job of Secretary of State" and claimed to be focused only on the
presidency. At a 2007 campaign event, Biden said, "I know a lot of my
opponents out there say I'd be a great Secretary of State. Seriously, every
one of them. Do you watch any of the debates? 'Joe's right, Joe's right,
Joe's right.'"[38]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-37>Other candidates
commenting that "Joe is right" in the Democratic
debates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_presidential_debates,_2008>was
converted into a Biden campaign theme and ad.
[39] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-38>

Biden was noted for his one-liners on the campaign trail, saying of
then-Republican frontrunner Rudy
Giuliani<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani>at the October 30,
2007, debate in
Philadelphia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia>, "There's only
three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and
9/11."[40]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-39>

On January 3, 2008, during the Iowa caucuses, Biden announced that he would
be dropping out of the presidential race when over half of the precincts
were tallied in which he only captured 1% of Iowa's delegates behind Barack
Obama <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>, John
Edwards<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards>,
Hillary Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton>, and Bill
Richardson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson>. He was running
instead for a seventh Senate term when, in late August, he was picked by
Obama to be his running mate.

2008 Democratic vice-presidential nomination
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ballot_box_current.svg>
*This article contains information about one or more candidates in an
upcoming or ongoing election <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election>.*
Content may change as the election approaches.
*Main articles: Barack Obama presidential campaign,
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign,_2008>and
Democratic
Party (United States) vice presidential candidates,
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)_vice_presiden\
tial_candidates,_2008>
*
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Wikinews <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinews> has related news: *Biden's
Georgia visit raises speculation about VP
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_VP_nod>
*

In a June 22, 2008, interview on NBC's *Meet the Press*, Biden confirmed
that he would accept the vice presidential nomination if
offered.[41]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-40>The
Associated
Press <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press> reported on August 22,
2008 that Biden had been chosen by Barack
Obama<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>to be his running
mate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_mate>, citing anonymous Democratic
Party <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>sources.
The choice was announced via text message and Obama's official
campaign website.[42] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-41>

Political positions *Main article: Political positions of Joe
Biden<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden>
*

Biden is considered moderate
liberal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States>,
with a 77.5 percent liberal voting record in 2006 and lifetime score of 76.8
percent, according to a *Washington
Post<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post>
* analysis.[43] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-42>

Almanac *Public Offices* *Office* *Type* *Location* *Elected* *Term began*
*Term ends* *notes* County
Council<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_council#United_States>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Wilmington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware>
1970 January 4, 1971 January 3, 1973 4th
District<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware>
U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
1972<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1972> January
3, 1973 January 3, 1979 U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
1978 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1978> January 3,
1979 January 3, 1985 U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
1984 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1984> January 3,
1985 January 3, 1991 U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
1990 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1990> January 3,
1991 January 3, 1997 U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
1996 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1996> January 3,
1997 January 3, 2003 U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Legislature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature>
Washington<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC>
2002 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2002> January 3,
2003 January 3, 2009


United States Congressional
*service*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress>
*Dates* *Congress* *Chamber* *Majority* *President* *Committees* *
Class/District* 1973–1975
93rd<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
Richard
M. Nixon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Nixon>
Gerald R. Ford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1975–1977
94th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/94th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
Gerald
R. Ford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1977–1979
95th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
James
E. Carter, Jr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1979–1981
96th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
James
E. Carter, Jr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1981–1983
97th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/97th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Ronald
W. Reagan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_W._Reagan>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1983–1985
98th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Ronald
W. Reagan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_W._Reagan>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1985–1987
99th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Ronald
W. Reagan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_W._Reagan>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1987–1989
100th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
Ronald
W. Reagan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_W._Reagan>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1989–1991
101st <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
George
H. W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1991–1993
102nd <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
George
H. W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1993–1995
103rd <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
William
J. Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1995–1997
104th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
William
J. Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1997–1999
105th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
William
J. Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 1999–2001
106th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
William
J. Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 2001–2003
107th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Democratic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
George
W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 2003–2005
108th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
George
W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 2005–2007
109th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
George
W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators> 2007–2009
110th <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
George
W. Bush <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>
Judiciary<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary>,
Foreign
Relations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relation\
s>
class
2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators>

Electoral history *Main article: Electoral history of Joe
Biden<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Joe_Biden>
*
*Election results* Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent
Party Votes % 1970 County
Councilman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_council#United_States>
General Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
10,573 55% Lawrence T. Messick
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
8,192 43% 1972 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1972> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
116,006 50% J. Caleb Boggs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs>
Republican <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
112,844 49% 1978 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1978> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
93,930 58% James H. Baxter, Jr.
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
66,479 41% 1984 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1984> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
147,831 60% John M. Burris
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
98,101 40% 1990 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1990> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
112,918 63% M. Jane Brady
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
64,554 36% 1996 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_1996> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
165,465 60% Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
105,088 38% 2002 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2002> U.S.
Senator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> General Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)>
135,253 58% Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
94,793 41%

Works

- *Administration's Missile Defense Program and the ABM Treaty: Hearing
Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden
Jr. (Diane Publishing, December 2004) ISBN
0-7567-1959-3<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756719593>
- *Examining The Theft Of American Intellectual Property At Home And
Abroad: Hearing before the Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S.
Senate*Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing, May 2004) ISBN
0-7567-4177-7<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756741777>
- *Hearings to Examine Threats, Responses, and Regional Considerations
Surrounding Iraq: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S.
Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing, November 2003) ISBN
0-7567-2823-1<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756728231>
- *Strategies for Homeland Defense: A Compilation by the Committee on
Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing,
September 2003) ISBN
0-7567-2623-9<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756726239>
- *Putin Administration's Policies toward Non-Russian Regions of the
Russian Federation: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S.
Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing, September 2003) ISBN
0-7567-2624-7<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756726247>
- *Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: Hearing
before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden
Jr. (Diane Publishing, September 2003) ISBN
0-7567-2625-5<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756726255>
- *How Do We Promote Democratization, Poverty Alleviation, and Human
Rights to Build a More Secure Future: Hearing before the Committee on
Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing,
June 2003) ISBN
0-7567-2478-3<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756724783>
- *Political Future of Afghanistan: Hearing before the Committee on
Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing,
January 2003) ISBN
0-7567-3039-2<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756730392>
- *International Campaign Against Terrorism: Hearing before the Committee
on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing,
January 2003) ISBN
0-7567-3041-4<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756730414>
- *Halting the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Future Efforts in the U.S. Bilateral &
Multilateral Response: Hearings before the Comm. on Foreign Relations, U.S.
Senate* edited by Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing, 2002) ISBN
0-7567-3454-1<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756734541>
- *Hague Convention On International Child Abduction: Applicable Law And
Institutional Framework Within Certain Convention Countries Report To The
Senate* by Jesse Helms <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Helms>, Joseph
R. Biden Jr. (Diane Publishing, April 2000) ISBN
0-7567-2250-0<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0756722500>
- *Homeland security law and policy* edited by William C. Nicholson with
a foreword by Joseph Biden (C. C Thomas, c2005)

Notes

1. *^
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-Obama-rm_0-0>*BarackObama.com
(2008). Barack
Obama campaign site announcing his
selection<http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/welcomejoe>.
Retrieved 23 August, 2008.
2. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-1>* "Ancestry of
Joe Biden <http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html>". wargs.com.
3. ^ *a* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-timeline_2-0> *
b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-timeline_2-1>
*c*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-timeline_2-2>
*d* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-timeline_2-3>
*e*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-timeline_2-4>"Joe
Biden Timeline <http://biden.senate.gov/senator/timeline/>". United
States Senate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate>.
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

4. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-3>* "Joe Biden
biography <http://www.4biden.com/news/joe-biden-biography/>". Retrieved
on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-19<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19\
>.

5. ^ *a* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-cong-bio_4-0> *
b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-cong-bio_4-1>
*c*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-cong-bio_4-2>"Biden,
Joseph Robinette,
Jr.<http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000444>".
Biographical Directory of the United States
Congress<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_State\
s_Congress>.
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-19<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19\
>.

6. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-5>* Delaware's
Senators [1] <http://www.russpickett.com/history/sentbio2.htm#biden> See
also: Barone, Michael & Richard E. Cohen. *The Almanac of American
Politics*, p. 376.
7. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-6>* Cooper,
Christopher (August 20, 2008). "Biden's Foreign Policy Background Carries
Growing
Cachet<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919956426355701.html?mod=googlenews_ws\
j>",
*Wall Street Journal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal>*,
p. A4. Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>
.
8. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-7>* Cohen, Celia
(2002). *Only in Delaware, Politics and Politicians in the First State*.
Newark, DE: Grapevine Publishing, 199.
9. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-8>* "200 Faces for
the
Future<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-6,00.html>".
TIME (Monday, Jul. 15, 1974). Retrieved on
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>
-08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
10. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-9>* "Senator Joe
Biden — Senator for Delaware:
Committees<http://biden.senate.gov/committee_work/>".

11. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-10>* "Project
Vote Smart - Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. - Voting
Record<http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=S0150103>".

12. ^
*a*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-0>
*b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-1>
*c* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-2>
Barone,
Michael & Richard E. Cohen. *The Almanac of American Politics*, p. 377.
13. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-12>* *United
States v. Morrison*, 529 U.S. 598 (2000). Full text, courtesy of Cornell
University <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-5.ZS.html>.
14. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-13>* Bash,
Dana. Senate
votes to allow compensation for terror victims, re-authorizes Violence
Against Women
Act<http://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/11/congress.terror/index.\
html>.
*CNN*. October 11, 2000.
15. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-14>* Deal Reached
on Violence Against Women
Act<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179001,00.html>.
*Fox News*. December 16, 2005.
16. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-15>* "History of
the Violence Against Women
Act<http://www.endabuse.org/vawa/display.php?DocID=34005>".
End Abuse. Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.
See also: "Making connections to end Domestic
Violence<http://www.microsoft.com/issues/essays/2004/05-05violence.mspx>".
Microsoft. Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

17. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-16>* "Kids 2000

Program<http://web.archive.org/web/20071223064751/http://biden.senate.gov/newsro\
om/details.cfm?id=229820&&>".
Archived from the
original<http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=229820&&>on
2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>-12-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_\
23>.
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

18. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-17>* "Democratic
Presidential
Candidates<http://www.theiowacaucus.com/Presidential-Candidate-Profiles.php>".
The Iowa Caucus. Retrieved on 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-
08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
19. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-18>* "Biden
Renews Call for Release of Libyan Political
Prisoner<http://web.archive.org/web/20071223060256/http://biden.senate.gov/newsr\
oom/details.cfm?id=255274>".
Archived from the
original<http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=255274>on
2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>-12-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_\
23>.

20. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-19>* Barone,
Michael & Richard E. Cohen. *The Almanac of American Politics*, p. 378.
21. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-20>* "Biden:
Iraqi Progress on Oil is Important Step, But More Needs to be
Done<http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=45438bed-1350-418d\
-8353-4781487eef9b>".
Biden's senate website. Retrieved on 2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>
-08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
22. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-21>* McCain urged
to join Kerry ticket, Reuters MSNBC (May 16, 2004)
[2]<http://web.archive.org/web/20040803085719/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/496169\
4/>.

23. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-22>* Times Online
[3] <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article500363.ece>
24. ^ *a*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt083187_23-0>
*b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt083187_23-1>Toner,
Robin (August 31, 1987). "Biden,
Once the Field's Hot Democrat, Is Being Overtaken by Cooler
Rivals<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD6123AF932A0575BC0A9\
61948260>",
*The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*.
25. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-24>* Dowd,
Maureen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Dowd> (September 12, 1987).
"Biden's Debate Finale: An Echo From
Abroad<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DD1531F931A2575AC0A9\
61948260>",
*The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*.
26. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-25>* In the video
Biden is filmed repeating a stump speech by Kinnock, with only minor
modifications. "Why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to
go a university? Why is it that my wife ... is the first in her family to
ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not
bright? ... Is it because they didn't work hard? My ancestors who worked in
the coal mines of northeast Pennsylvania and would come after 12 hours and
play football for four hours? It's because they didn't have a platform on
which to stand."
27. ^ *a*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt091887_26-0>
*b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt091887_26-1> Dionne
Jr., E. J. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Dionne> (September 18,
1987). "Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not

'Malevolent'<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DB143FF93BA257\
5AC0A961948260>",
*The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*.
28. ^ *a*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt092287_27-0>
*b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-nyt092287_27-1> Dionne
Jr., E. J. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Dionne> (September 22,
1987). "Biden Admits Errors and Criticizes Latest
Report<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91F3CF931A1575AC0A9\
61948260>",
*The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*.
29. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-28>* Dionne Jr.,
E. J. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Dionne> (September 24,
1987). "Biden
Withdraws Bid for President in Wake of
Furor<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DF173AF937A1575AC0A96\
1948260>",
*The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*.
30. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-29>* "Offers
Briton His Talks `Without Attribution' Biden Meets Kinnock, but He's Not
Speechless", *Los Angeles
Times<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times>
* January 12, 1988.
31. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-30>* "Joseph
Biden's Plagiarism; Michael Dukakis's 'Attack Video' –
1988<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/biden.\
htm>",
*The Washington Post <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post>*.
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-19<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19\
>
.
32. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-31>* "Biden
Stumbles at the Starting
Gate<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR200701310\
0404.html>".
Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-
08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
33. ^ *a* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-themal_32-0> *
b* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-themal_32-1>
*c*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-themal_32-2>Harry
F. Themal (January 23, 2006). "unknown",
*The News Journal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News_Journal>*.
34. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-33>* "Biden
Unbound: Lays Into Clinton, Obama, Edwards -
observer.com<http://www.observer.com/node/36658>".

35. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-34>* "Language
Log: Biden's
Comma<http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004131.html>".

36. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-35>* Christine
Lim and M.J. Stephey. "Top 10 Campaign
Gaffes<http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1690\
170_1690790,00.html>".
*Time <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)>*. Retrieved on
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>
-08-20 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_20>.
37. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-36>* "A Candidate
For Secretary Of
State<http://www.observer.com/2007/candidate-secretary-state>".
The New York Observer (June 12, 2007). Retrieved on
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>
-08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
38. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-37>* "Biden Won't
Serve As Secretary of
State<http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Nov29/0,4670,PoliticalPlayoftheDay,00.htm\
l>".
FOX News (Thursday, November 29, 2007). Retrieved on
2008<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>
-08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.
39. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-38>* "Joe is
Right <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbOa989IRYw>". YouTube. Retrieved
on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

40. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-39>* Joelle
Farrell. "Concord Monitor - 'A noun, a verb and
9/11'<http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/NEWS01/7\
11010358/1043/NEWS01>".
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

41. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-40>* "Biden: I'd
say yes to being
VP<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/23/biden-id-say-yes-to-being-vp/\
>".
CNN. Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

42. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-41>* "Joe
Biden!<http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gG5sB7>".
Retrieved on 2008
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008>-08-23<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23\
>.

43. *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_ref-42>* Chris
Cillizza (March 1 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1>,
2007<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>).
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall - Who's the Most Liberal of Them
All?<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/03/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall_who\
s.html>".
blog.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2007<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>
-08-23 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23>.

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.

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