WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President Joe Biden rallied Democratic Party volunteers in his home state Friday, encouraging them to keep up the fight to retain the Senate seat he held for more than 35 years.
“Take this as serious as you possibly can,” Biden said in his pep talk on behalf of Senate candidate Chris Coons. “Don’t buy any of the stuff you hear nationally, that this is a slam dunk.”
Coons, the New Castle County executive, is considered the favorite over Republican Christine O’Donnell, a conservative activist who rode a tide of Tea Party support to an upset over longtime U.S. Rep. Mike Castle in Tuesday’s GOP primary.
Biden said Delaware voters appreciate candidates “telling the truth and taking responsibility.”
“They are about healing, not dividing,” he said. “They are about putting things back together, not knocking things down.” The Associated Press
