You know Beau Biden had a choice when investigating a Child Molestation case in Delaware

[LynneSin]

We had a huge one a few years back. A Peditrician had molested over 100 of his female patients - many as young as 2 years old.

During the case, there was speculation that Beau Biden, the state Attorney General for Delaware, would run for US Senate and take over his dad's old senate seat. I think Joe had been grooming his kid to take over the family politics for ages.

But AG Beau Biden knew this case was massive and felt it was more important to see this case thru than to split time with running a campaign.

Tom Corbett; however, seems to find that running for PA Governor was more important that following thru the investigation of Jerry Sandusky, something he was investigating as AG of Pennsylvania.

If even one kid was molested after Corbett announced his run for PA Governor - I say Corbett is just as guilty as the rest of them. I understand if Corbett wants to be Governor, but then he should have turned that case over to someone else to ensure a quick conviction.

And yet Corbett was elected in 2010 and served as Governor for a FULL YEAR until an arrest was finally made.

Scary isn't it. GOP care more about their careers than kids. Such a contrast of two Attorney Generals.

[OneGrassRoot]

1. Whoaaa....so Corbett definitely knew about the investigation in '98?

I was wondering about that this morning.

[LynneSin]

3. He came into the investigation late 2008 when the first known victim reported the crime

2007: According to the grand jury report, during the 2007 track season, Sandusky begins spending time with boy known as Victim 1. Victim 1 stays overnight at Sandusky’s home, and later testifies that Sandusky performs oral sex on him multiple times. Sandusky also brings Victim 1 onto PSU campus even though he was barred from bringing boys to the university after alleged 2002 incident.

Spring 2008: Victim 1 terminates contact with Sandusky, while a freshman at a Clinton County high school, according to grand jury report.

2009: Then-Pennsylvania attorney general Tom Corbett begins sexual abuse investigation of Sandusky.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/penn-state-scandal-timeline-sex-abuse-scandal-rocked-happy-valley-article-1.976843#ixzz1dmqYrEwZ

It was late 2009 that Corbett announced running for governor. It was another 2 years that the arrest was finally made which means Corbett was a member of the PSU Board of Trustees for almost a year and he had this knowledge (PA Governor automatically becomes a member of the PSU Board of Trustees).





It was late 2009 when Corbett annou

[OneGrassRoot]

4. Ah, I saw something about him possibly being privy back in '98...

But I just went to read his resume and see that's way off.

Sorry, and thanks for the clarification!

[LynneSin]

5. If he knew back in 98 he'd be screwed

Mike Fisher was the AG back then and now on the 3rd Circuit court appointed by Shrub.

[Frank Jameson]

2. Some people have character .... some don't. n/t

[durablend]

6. Gov Corporate is a Republican...what do you expect?

Much more important to protect gas drilling companies than children. Since when do kids dole out campaign contributions? :sarcasm:

[Nye Bevan]

7. I thought Beau Biden did not run because he thought he would lose to Mike Castle

but as it turned out Castle lost the nomination to Christine O'Donnell:

The presence of Castle, with his broad popularity, and the increasingly toxic political climate for Democrats started to give Beau Biden cold feet. He was 40 years old and ambitious, but he had to be careful: The prospect of losing to Castle in a ’10 election was real. How badly would that damage his image and his long-term prospects? Plus, it’s not like Castle would stick around for decades, right? He’d probably win the seat in ’10, treat the next four years as a well-earned career-capper, then ride off into the sunset in 2014. Then Beau could run for the seat himself (probably in a much better climate) and take his rightful place on the national stage. And so it was that Beau Biden announced in January that he wouldn’t be a candidate for the Senate in 2010 after all.

Nor was John Carney, the popular lieutenant governor who had been edged out in the 2008 gubernatorial primary, interested in taking on Castle. Why mount a longshot Senate race when Castle’s at-large House seat was suddenly open and there for the taking?

Only then did Coons, then 46 years and with ten years of low-profile service in county government under his belt, enter the picture. The nomination was his because no one else wanted it; no sane Democrat believed Castle could be beaten. Heck, maybe Coons didn’t even believe it. But if nothing else, the race would offer him a chance to gain exposure and name recognition. That’s how Democrats nationally looked at Coons: a sacrificial lamb who might get something out of the deal down the line.

And that’s how they — and everyone else — viewed him all spring and summer, all the way until August 24, when little-known Joe Miller stunned Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s GOP Senate primary. The upset was fueled by the Tea Party Express, which had poured $600,000 into Miller’s efforts — and which immediately announced that it would seek to roll its success over into Delaware in an effort to knock off Castle in the September 14 Senate primary. The spotlight was suddenly on O’Donnell; the Tea Party base rallied behind her and Sarah Palin provided an endorsement. Suddenly, Castle was in grave danger of losing the primary. Coons only had to watch from the sidelines while licking his chops. The value of the Democratic nomination was increasing in direct relation to O’Donnell’s momentum, and Coons had it locked down. When the results finally came in Tuesday night, it’s likely that the cheers were just as loud in Coons’ headquarters as they were in O’Donnell’s.

http://www.salon.com/2010/09/15/biden_plan_backfires/

[LynneSin]

8. In state the two were polling pretty tight - it was a toss-up

Ultimately his excuse for not running was the Bradley case (which sounds alot better than 'I don't want to lose to Mike Castle').

[jberryhill]

9. Biden was not going to run against Castle

As mentioned above, nobody would have predicted that Christine O'Donnell would unseat Castle in the primary.

Biden is probably still kicking himself in the pants for not running, but I do not believe he would have beaten Castle, so he made the best decision at the time.

[Nye Bevan]

10. I'm not a huge fan of people "inheriting" Senate seats.

A little bit too much like a Monarchy, or the House of Lords, for my liking.

[jberryhill]

12. Lots of people go into the same field as their parents

You see a lot of doctor's kids become doctors, engineer's kids become engineers. It happens.

Nobody "inherits" a political office. They still have to be elected.

[LynneSin]

11. Biden never said publically it was about Castle

And I think Biden knew that the Bradley case would haunt him if he did run for Senate so he opted to focus on Bradley.

Beau will be in office for a long time. I always said if a Biden because president it'll be Beau not Joe.

[jberryhill]

13. Of course he wouldn't

But with the way we've played musical chairs in Delaware since the 70's, that's not something any candidate is going to say publically.

And, while it is perfectly fine for members of the military to serve in the armed forces, the fact of the matter is that being deployed while in office inherently meant that Biden was not doing the AG job full time.

Bradley is going to jail for a long time. There was utterly nothing difficult about the prosecution of that case demanding any particular prosecutorial expertise.

Now, back in the 1980's Delaware got rid of all of the prostitution operations masquerading, poorly, as massage parlors. It was a coordinated effort to shut them down. Odd little "asian massage parlors" have come back in a wave in Delaware, and these are often fronts for more than just prostitution, but human trafficking. The AG's office is by all appearances doing nothing about it. Several have sprung up in Wilmington, Newark, Bear, Smyrna, and Dover.

[LynneSin]

14. Cover of the News Journal had a crack down on a big one down in Kent County

Something is being done, maybe not enough.

But honestly, prostituion vs. child molestation is a no brainer. I mean prostitution really is two consenting adults except one makes a few bucks off the deal.

[jberryhill]

15. No, Lynne, these are human trafficking operations

Google "trafficking" and "Asian massage parlors".

The Bradley case is a slam-dunk no-brainer. When the guy videotapes his own molestation of children, the only thing that needs to be defended is the search. A fresh law school graduate could prosecute that case.

Convicting one egregious pedophile is great, but investigating and prosecuting an international organized crime operation is quite different in scope and impact.

[justiceischeap]

16. Being of the cynical, paranoid variety, I have another take on this

It's not completely about politics. When someone in law enforcement (including lawyers) neglect to prosecute something, it's, IMO, because they are involved in the EXACT SAME TYPES of activities as the law breaker. Therefore, they don't see anything wrong with what the person did.