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Biden aiming to keep seat in family?

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire found this 11/17/2008 on firstread.msnbc.msn.com

From NBC's Doug Adams With President-elect Obama having resigned his Senate seat yesterday, folks may be wondering about what Vice President-elect Biden might do. Biden told a local TV station right before Election Day he didn't want to resign his seat right away, leading to speculation about whether he is trying to deny the outgoing governor of Delaware -- Democrat Ruth Ann Minner -- the chance to appoint his successor.  Under that scenario, Biden would wait until moments before ...