A paean to my pal Joey.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Arguably, his best moment came near the end, when all the candidates were asked about the most significant professional setbacks they had faced. Biden talked movingly about overcoming the death of his first wife and daughter in a car accident, and, more recently, of losing his eldest son, Beau, to cancer, by “finding purpose” and staying engaged in public life. If he had left it there, it would have been a perfectly good response. But he went on to shift the discussion beyond himself. “There’s a lot of people been through a lot worse than I have, who get up every single morning, put their feet one foot in front of another, without the help I had,” he said. “There are real heroes out there. Some real heroes.” Earlier this week, my colleague Benjamin Wallace-Wells asked if Biden could remind Democrats what they liked about him. At least in this moment, he did.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/joe-biden-at-the-third-democratic-debate-the-good-the-bad-and-the-record-player

[George II]

1. Joe Biden almost never made it to the Senate. He was elected Senator in November 1972....

His wife was his most ardent campaigner other than him, she organized his campaign, and he would not have won without her. This is a cliche for many politicians, but in Joe and Neilia Biden's case, this was true.

Then in December she was involved in that horrible accident, and Biden decided to not go to Washington he was so devastated. He met with Majority Leader Mike Mansfield to tell him , but Mansfield told him to give it a try and take office.

The rest is history.

[Cha]

2. KR!

[Gothmog]

3. Joe talked about this at the fundraiser that I attended today

Joe was great. He spoke for 30 minutes and talked about his sister having to move in to take care of his sons after the death of his first wife. It was very moving.