Biden Lashes Out at 'Republican Tea Party'- Predicts Dems Victory
Associated Press July 20, 2010
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden boldly predicted Friday that voters would reject a "Republican tea party" of extreme candidates and Democrats would retain control of Congress this November.
In a pep talk for the party's rank and file, the vice president challenged the widespread notion that significant losses in House races, and perhaps the Senate, could cost the party its comfortable majorities - a possibility White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested last month before saying Democrats will hang onto the House.
"On Nov. 3 ... there will be in Washington, D.C., a Democratic majority in the House and a Democratic majority in the Senate. That will be the case," Biden said in a speech to the Democratic National Committee.
And, he said, Democrats will do better than expected in gubernatorial races, too.
"If it weren't illegal, I'd make book on it," Biden quipped.
All 435 House seats, 37 in the Senate and 37 governors races are on the line.
Bowing to economic reality, Biden said voters' anger and frustration was understandable given persistently high unemployment and a sluggish recovery.
But he also expressed confidence that once voters focus on the elections, they will stick with President Barack Obama because "the choice is between Democrats and the Republican tea party. It's between Democrats and the party of repeal and repeat."
The DNC was holding a two-day meeting to get a status report on preparations for the midterm elections and approve changes to the 2012 presidential primary calendar and nominating convention.
"The midterms will be tough," Chairman Tim Kaine told party members. But, he added: "Tough is who we are. Tough is what we do."
"We need to mobilize our army once again. We've won some impressive battles in the last 18 months but we still haven't won this war," Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, told the gathering.
Privately, some Democrats attending the St. Louis meeting fretted that the political environment may be getting even more difficult for the party in power, with dour economic news seeming to pile up with each passing day.
On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November. . .
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Blog author's comments -
Mr. Biden, my hope is that your prediction for the mid-term election is as accurate as 90 percent of everything else you have muttered during your political career.
I would be very pleased if 'Queen' Nancy Pelosi has to pass the gavel as Speaker of the House to a Republican. A long shot - but it would also be extremely heart warming for the country, if Harry Reid is defeated. Voters in Nevada - this is your chance to be rid of this pathetic little man.
For the conservatives - we need control of the House and to pickup some Senate seats. This is the only way Obama can be stopped from doing more harm to our country. November is the time to dump the Democrats and RINO's.