Biden at the Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting in 2006.
Seeing that Jim Hodges had become the latest Democratic heavyweight to endorse James Smith for governor reminded me that I meant to go back and read the P&C's story in which Joe Biden explained why he's backing Smith.
It's not just because James led the unsuccessful Draft Biden effort in SC before last year's election.
How Smith reminds Biden of his son: He said Smith possesses the sense of duty of his late son, Beau, who passed on taking his father's Senate seat when Biden become vice president to remain Delaware's attorney general. Both younger men went on military deployments to the Middle East while in political office.
"They're kindred spirits. … I know it sounds corny but it comes down to honor, duty and again the guy (Smith) has all tools. He knows the issues. His instincts are right. He thinks you should be able to make a billion dollars if you could, but you ought to take care of people and just give everybody a chance.
Sounds like he knows James. There's a bunch more, just overflowing with Joe-ness, if you want to go read the whole piece.
This entry was posted in 2018 Governor, Democrats, James Smith, Joe Biden, South Carolina on October 13, 2017 by Brad Warthen.