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Delaware surprise -- all in the family?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/25/2008
Delaware surprise -- all in the family?
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From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro, Mark Murray and Doug Adams Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner will appoint longtime Joe Biden loyalist, adviser and former chief of staff Ted Kaufman to fill Biden’s Senate seat when the vice-president-elect resigns. Per a Biden spokeswoman, the longest-serving Delaware senator will resign within the next 40 to 50 days. "As you know, VP-elect Biden has been a senator for 36 years and is chairman of a major Committee,” spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander ...

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Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Vice-president elect Joe Biden and his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, embrace at the Democratic National Convention in August. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden will not accept an appointment to the Senate to replace his father, ... (more) Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment

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change.gov - 11/28/2008
Economy | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
— change.gov — A New American Jobs Tax Credit: Obama and Biden will provide a new temporary tax credit to companies that add jobs here in the United States. During 2009 and 2010, existing businesses will receive a $3,000 refundable tax credit for each additional ... (more) Economy | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

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delawareonline.com - 11/24/2008
Minner to make announcement about Biden's senate seat | delawareonline | The News Journal
— delawareonline.com — Gov. Ruth Ann Minner's office said she will make an announcement this afternoon about the U.S. senate seat that will be vacated by Vice President-elect Joe Biden. A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Speculation has raged in political circles ... (more) Minner to make announcement about Biden's senate seat | ...

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Biden Burns Deleware Democrats
Weekly Standard Blog — ... that Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ted Kaufman, has been named to fill his boss's seat. Kaufman says he will step down in 2010. By all indications Kaufman is simply keeping the seat warm until Beau Biden, Joe's son and Delaware's attorney general, will return from serving in Iraq as a JAG and run for his dad's seat. In what NBC reporters describe as a "lengthy" statement from Biden (is there any other kind?), the vice president-elect pretty much says he would have wanted his son to have his seat if he weren't in Iraq: ...

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