Published 10/20/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli Over the course of five fundraisers on the West Coast this weekend, Biden offered some pretty honest assessments of the state of the race, even by his standards.
He warned that the polls will tighten. He said that some undecided voters in battleground states are still having a difficult time with the idea of voting for an African American. And, he expressed concern that some of the earlier sentiments on display at McCain and Palin rallies were “dangerous,” particularly amongst those who aren’t “stable.”
Attracting the most attention this morning was his prediction on Sunday that within six months of his administration, Obama would be tested just as John F. Kennedy was.
“Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy," Biden said. "And he’s gonna have to make some really tough -- I don’t know what the decision’s gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with ...
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