ST. LOUIS — Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday that voters would reject a “Republican Tea Party” of extreme candidates, and Democrats would retain control of Congress this November.
In a pep talk for the party’s rank and file, the vice president challenged the widespread notion that significant losses in House races, and perhaps the Senate, could cost the party its comfortable majorities. “On Nov. 3 . . . there will be in Washington, D.C., a Democratic majority in the House and a Democratic majority in the Senate. That will be the case,” Biden said in a speech to the Democratic National Committee. And, he said, Democrats will do better than expected in gubernatorial races too.
“If it weren’t illegal, I’d make book on it,” Biden quipped.
The DNC was holding a two-day meeting to get a status report on preparations for the midterm elections and approve changes to the 2012 presidential primary calendar and nominating convention. The Associated Press
