We never wrote about it in 2006 during the Delaware race for Attorney
General because, in the long list of disqualifiers, being a Senator’s son
just wasn’t up there with everything else like lack of experience and
lack of qualifications.  Look, Beau Biden ran a great campaign – it
had two critical elements:  1) his last name was Biden, and his first name
on the ballot was Joseph; 2) he was a Democrat, in a Democrat state, in a very
Democrat year.  That might be 5 elements, but, hey,  who’s
counting?

Anyhoo – jump to 2007 – and we see why building the
Republican farm team is important and why stopping the Democrat farm team is
equally as important. 

For those who haven’t been paying attention. Beau Biden, the
newly minted Democrat Attorney General from the grand state of Delaware, is
also the son of one United States Senator Joseph Biden.  The talk in
Delaware political circles in the run up to the ’06 election was that
whatever Beau did, he’d just be holding until his Dad left the Senate for
other pursuits and then Beau would “inherit” the Senate seat. 
The Biden name on the ballot is strong in Delaware, the Biden name running for
Senate would be very strong, especially for the folks who are voting who are
only half aware of what’s going on Election Day – only that they
vote for Senator Biden.

Now, in Republican circles the chum that’s always been dumped
into the rhetorical ocean is Beau must be stopped from being elected AG so his
trajectory for the Senate, and beyond (hey, it’s in the genes), could be
thwarted.  Well he wasn’t stopped because of the factors mentioned
above and now we have Beau emailing and contacting his supporters from his A.G.
campaign imploring them to give money to his Dad’s Presidential
campaign. 

Beau begins his email
by saying:

I wanted to thank you
again for the support you showed my family and me in my campaign for Delaware's
Attorney General. Traveling across the state, meeting with Delawareans and
talking about the challenges that face our state taught me a great deal about
leadership and service. 

Well, now he fesses up to not knowing a great
deal about leadership and service – sheesh.

He goes on:

Now that the
campaign is over, the real work begins. Giving our nation's law enforcement the resources
they need to tackle violent crime and domestic abuse has always been a priority
in my family. As Attorney General, I recently announced the creation of a child
predator unit within the state Department of Justice to track down and
prosecute those who prey on our children.

 Here comes
the pivot to why Biden AG donors should become Biden President donors:

One person who has led the fight
against violent crime in our country is my father, Senator Joe Biden. As the
author of the 1994 COPS legislation that helped put over 100,000 police
officers on the streets, my dad shares this commitment to keep our communities
safe.

Hey, it’s great the son is out raising money for his pops, but
this email drives home the point in a couple of ways, that these state and
local officials really are tomorrows national leaders – on both sides of
the aisle, which is why it’s so important to support the good guys and
defeat the bad guys.  Put another way, if Senator Biden starts to gain
some traction, he’ll look for ways to break through with Democrat voters
– to differentiate himself from the rest of the Democrats Presidential
Pack – the leaders of which are current U.S. Senators.  How’s
he to do that – maybe he decides to show his commitment to the cause by
stepping down so he can focus 100% of his time and energies on running for
President and taking his vision directly to the people.  It’s a
total hack move, something that you’d see in some Tim Robbins movie, but
don’t put it past folks.  Plus, it’s not like his seat will be
filled by an unfriendly Republican Governor – though it would seem like
politics as usual to see Beau appointed to the seat, instead of running for the
seat on his own to prove he’s his own man.   I mean
that’s what they did when the Republican A.G. in Delaware stepped down
and Biden wasn’t appointed to fill out the term.  It only makes
sense they’d do the same thing here, right? 

Who knows, maybe it’s better to happen that way, Pops steps down,
and Junior gets appointed – historically that might be the best way to
stop his rise – how often do Senators appointed to fill out a term get
elected to a full term on their own?

Think state and local races aren’t important – think again.