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Beau Biden Bows Out, but Dems Go on the Attack VOL. 4 NO. 2 POLITITUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010 CO WWW.POLITICO.COM Beau Biden Bows Out, but Dems Go on the Attack Loss of VP’s son as a Senate candidate DSCC memo urges Democrats to drive has Dems bracing for trouble in Delaware a wedge between tea party and GOP BY DAVID CATANESE Minner emphasized that the BY MANU RAJU nendez and his staff will distrib- loyal Ted Kaufman would not be AND JOHN BRESNAHAN ute a memo Tuesday advising This was not the way anyone running for reelection, and Biden Democratic campaign managers thought it would turn out in late himself addressed the issue on Democrats are looking for some- to frame their opponents early November 2008 when then-Dela- everyone’s mind in Delaware. one to blame for their electoral — and to drive a wedge between ware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner an- “It is no secret that I believe woes — and Democratic Senato- moderate voters and tea-party- nounced that a longtime aide to my son, Attorney General Beau rial Campaign Committee Chair- style conservatives. Sen. Joseph Biden, the vice pres- Biden, would make a great United REUTERS man Robert Menendez is working “Given the pressure Republican ident-elect, would fill his seat in States senator, just as I believe Delaware Attorney General Beau hard to make sure it’s not him. candidates feel from the extreme the Senate until a special election Biden (left) and then-Sen. Joe Biden Showing that they’ve learned in 2010. See BIDEN on Page 16 in 2008 the lesson of Massachusetts, Me- See DSCC on Page 17 INSIDE OBAMA’S WASHINGTON Gillibrand A POLITICO VIDEO SERIES On Defense ‘Business Is In Ford’s Really Not a Word War Partisan Issue’ BY MANU RAJU BY JOHN F. HARRIS AND EAMON JAVERS AND GLENN THRUSH White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett vowed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) that President Barack Obama will keep up his ag- is finally heeding New York Dem- gressive outreach to the business community, even ocrats’ advice that she get tough as the president steps up his attacks against irre- with Harold Ford Jr. — slamming sponsible players on Wall Street and in the insurance the former Memphis congress- industry. man as an anti-gay-rights, anti- “Business is really not a partisan issue,” Jarrett abortion, anti-immigrant tool of AP said in an interview for POLITICO’s new video series, Wall Street money lords. Barack Obama “Inside Obama’s Washington.” “What I hear from the The problem for Gillibrand: business community all the time is that they want Ford is embracing New York’s a strong economy. That’s a goal that the president slappy-face politics faster than shares. They want to create the kind of environment she can generate the comebacks. On Monday, Ford dismissed See JARRETT on Page 19 Gillibrand as a party-controlled “parakeet.” For good measure, his spokes- MORE ONLINE man told POLITICO that Gilli- Watch the full interview with White House senior adviser Val- brand is a “desperate liar.” REUTERS PHOTOS erie Jarrett at www.politico.com. On Wednesday: Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Gillibrand, Gov. David Pater- Jimmy Carter George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton son’s appointment to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacant Senate seat, has been thrown on the defensive by Obama to Pitch an aggressive challenger who has The Art of the Do-Over embraced New York’s brawling Democratic culture, if not its lib- History shows it’s not as easy as it looks Spending Freeze eral politics. The onetime Albany-area con- BY JOSH GERSTEIN It’s the post-election lurch that poli- BY GLENN THRUSH AND DAVID ROGERS gresswoman has begun to mix ticians often try when an election goes it up in recent days, but her pen- George W. Bush got rid of Donald badly for their party or the political tide President Barack Obama plans to announce a chant for measured responses Rumsfeld. turns against them. After last Tues- three-year freeze on discretionary, “nonsecurity” and attacking Ford through His dad once canceled a trip to Asia day’s Massachusetts meltdown, Obama spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the proxies hasn’t impressed many and looked panicked. has a particularly rare chance to try to Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar in a tabloid media market that re- Jimmy Carter gave a speech — bad- get his party back on course, with the with the plan tell POLITICO. wards the brash and punishes the ly. single biggest speech a president has at The move, intended to blunt the populist backlash bashful. And now, President Barack Obama is his disposal already on the calendar for against Obama’s $787 billion stimulus and an era of Several Democratic sources turning up the populist talk, targeting Wednesday, his first official State of the trillion-dollar deficits — and to quell Democratic anxi- told POLITICO that Gillibrand Wall Street and insurance companies as Union address. ety over the Jan.. 19 Massachusetts Senate election — and her team get it — and are now a way to show Americans he’s as mad is projected to save $250 billion, the Democrats said. as they are. See LURCHES on Page 14 See GILLIBRAND on Page 13 See FREEZE on Page 17 INSIDE ELECTIONS HEALTH CARE POLITICS George CLICK Stepha- W.H. plans “forceful” pushback There are a few treatment options McCain launches scorched-earth nopoulos Philanthrophy Frist-style and the fate to campaign finance ruling. for health care — none painless. campaign against Hayworth. of George’s soon-to-be-old address. 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