Two More Weeks of Senator Biden -- But Why?

But his claim about his decision not affecting seniority isn’t true. If Biden were to resign before Tuesday, his replacement could be sworn in before the other freshman senators. The new senator from Delaware would get seniority over all other newly elected senators -- giving him a better shot at top committee assignments and choice office space.

As it is, Biden’s replacement will move to the back of the line -- at best No. 98 in seniority when he finally gets the job Jan. 20, and lower still assuming the Minnesota recount and the Illinois debacle are still unresolved.
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More evidence that Biden is either an incompetent boob who can never seem to have a handle on the true facts of a given situation, or a senile old man who just wants to screw over his replacement!

"At his annual Senate salary of $169,300, that’s meant another $28,000 so far."

All of us in the real world are playing an orchestra of small violins for the fact he is so so "poor" !!!

Hmmmm....that is puzzling, isn't it? Hillary hasn't resigned senator either. Perhaps they know something we don't know that the UEBO may have some eligibility issues to deal with....

I think it's perfectly understandable that he want's the swearing in ceremony. He wants the credit for his wins, it's human nature to take a victory lap.

It won't affect the next guy much, who is a caretaker anyway.

decentAmerican,

Keep dreaming.

When are you going tolearn how politics is played? That is without innuendo and conspiracy theories.

I don't see why this is a story - I believe it should be expected. Most of the people selected for to serve in the new administration have not yet resigned from their positions. Hillary is still a Senator and hasn't resigned, Gov. Janet Napolitano hasn't resigned her post in Arizona, etc. I think these people have obligations to the voters to serve their constituents at least until Obama is sworn in.

boy there are some dumb paranoid right wingers out there!

NYT was flogging the story about the Clinton Foundation donor upstate whose development company benefitted from some legislation of Hillary’s but there is no there THERE. It seems to be simply a case of how politics works. Big developers bring jobs to communities, donate to politicians, get the bureaucratic skids greased, build their malls or whatever, and everybody wins. it’s not always pretty. it sometimes stifles competition, but those sorts of relationships are NOT CORRUPTION!!

Corruption is when the businessman buys the lot next door to your house and sells it to you at half price.

Corruption is when the businesman rebuilds your house for you for free.

Corruption is when the donors hire your wife on a board and triple the salary for her no-show job.

but the SCFP is desperate to sow confusion and cynicism.(SCFP so called free press)
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Judas cutting off his beard in hopes of being picked for VP, waaaaaaaa, finally has to give up his cabinet position from being caught with his pants down…….again.

We should have a list of Obie’s buddies that are getting wacked by Karma as the year progresses……

John Edwards - bing!
Judas - bing!
GodDoesn’tMyHairLookGreat - bing!

All this drama and Obie isn’t even President yet! It’s the new season of the Sopranos!

Steve,

It shows he does not care about anyone but himself. Otherwise he would be doing everything he could to help out his replacement.

It just typical Biden. He has no clue what the ramifications are of his decisions. If he cared so much about the people of his state, he would be giving the incoming senator as much of an advantage as he could.

"I don't see why this is a story - I believe it should be expected. Most of the people selected for to serve in the new administration have not yet resigned from their positions. Hillary is still a Senator and hasn't resigned, Gov. Janet Napolitano hasn't resigned her post in Arizona, etc. I think these people have obligations to the voters to serve their constituents at least until Obama is sworn in.
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These people ALL have to be confirmed!

Biden does NOT. Again, he is either clueless (most likely) or selfish!

Seeing the trolls on this board reminds me of this article I came across. A funny and insightful read on trolls.

http://www.motleymoose.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=756

Joe the Biden had better count his lucky stars that the MSM was on his side this election.
It seemed every time he opened his mouth the obama camp was doing damage control shortly after.
He is incompetent, somewhat senile and has been caught plagerizing atleast 2 twice.

All this I can forgive...its' his "time to be more patriotic" by paying higher taxes remark that still gets me.

Hillary AND Biden are BOTH playing CYA in case the GOP-owned Supreme Court starts worrying more about the Constitution than they care about setting the stage for Schwarzenegger to terminate Obama in 2012 and declare Obama the Kenyan-Indonesian they KNOW him to be. Obama has been INELIGIBLE for the US Presidency FROM DAY ONE and they only reason the GOP let him slide is to force the DNC Controlled Congress to gut the Constitutional requirement for Presidents to be native-born so Arnold can kick Obama's rear in 2012, to "avoid a constitutional crisis" trap of their own making.

I assure you his sole reason is to get more face time. I just can't figure out why my fellow Delawareans have kept sending this egotistical man back to Washington for so long. Joe Biden is so full of himself and crap it's amazing.

This is sad on many levels. First and foremost his "trip" on the foreign relations committee should be taken by someone that can use that trip for future Seanate action in that committee and not a government paid asian holiday for Senator Biden. Secondly, the governor of Delaware appointing a replacement that has no intention of serving past two years. Can this Biden aid actually be expected to act in the best interest of the constituents when he obviously is taking a temporary position to suck up on the Senate retirement plan and benefits without a true commitment to service. Shame on the governor for doing this favor for Biden and not looking for the best interest of her citizenry. Finally, having served in the Senate for so long and "needing the transition time" sounds like politician speak for I needed time to hide the proverbial skeletons deeper in the closet. Wouldn't he have wanted his replacement to come in before the new session of congress convened so that he could be up to speed on the issues that affect his constituency rather than coming in after congress is in session and having to operate from behind with no time for a transition into service? Politics like this, its a wonder that we ever have any meaningful legislation passed.

Mike C - no, you're wrong. Since his replacement intends to serve no full term by himself, Biden's decision is technically moot. And you're technically an idiot.

Formerdem - I here and now out you as having NEVER been a democrat. EVER.

Is there no spell-checking at ABC News? Effect is a noun, and *affect* is a verb.

What a silly story. If President - elect Obama had held onto his Senate Seat till Tuesday the State of Illinois might have been spared the embarrassment of Roland Burris pretending to be "serving the people of Illinois" by taking the appointment from our disgraced governor.

Maybe that's why the other retiring senators are technically still in office and haven't submitted official resignations. They won the election and have the right to be sworn in, if they choose. It's a non issue.

Let me get this straight, he wants to do the job he was elected to by the people of Delaware right up until he starts the job he was elected to by the overwhelming majority of U.S. voters? And this is a problem how? Just because most people take a vacation between jobs they think that somebody that wants to work at his present job until he starts his new job that something must be wrong.

Thug city, Ready to take back America? lets rock