Biden to Dems: Chill

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The vice president addressed a meeting of the DNC this afternoon:

The reports of our demise are premature. It’s time everybody take a deep breath, take a deep breath, let’s put this in perspective. Yeah, we took a hit and the frustration was aggravated by the fact that Teddy’s seat was lost.

That makes it sound more profound than it is.

Yes it’s had a practical impact, but I’m not so sure what a blessing 60 votes was. Not a joke, I mean it sincerely.

When we had sixty votes there was the expectation left, right, and center that we could do everything we wanted to do, which was never realistic. Never.

Christina Bellantoni has more on Biden’s speech.

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