We all know - or at least we are told continuously - that we are a divided people. And we know there's a degree of truth in it. We have too often allowed our differences to prevail among us. We have too often allowed ambitious men to play off those differences for political gain. We have too often retreated behind our differences when no one really tried to lead us beyond them.

Biden first considered running for president in that year after he gained notice for giving speeches to party audiences that simultaneously scolded and encouraged Democrats. S. The Bidens are Roman Catholics and regularly attend Mass at St.

military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Barack Obama selected Biden to be the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 U.