August 28, 2006

Is Sen. Joe Biden A Northeastern Liberal?

How would he do in the South as a presidential candidate?

“Better than anybody else. You don't know my state. My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state is the eighth largest black population in the country. My state is anything from a northeast liberal state.”

This is not the first time that Biden has made the argument that his state cannot be easily caricatured as a liberal, northeastern enclave. Speaking to another SC audience in May, Biden invoked the accents of those who live in what DE'ans refer to as the "Slower Lower" portion of the state to tell them that he felt right at home in the Palmetto State.

Posted at 09:06 AM

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