Warming the bench
Politics | Second-string Democratic candidates don't mind waiting on the way to (maybe, maybe) winning
by Jamie Dean
Posted 10/13/07, 12:00 am
COLUMBIA, S.C.- In the children's section of the Happy Bookseller in Columbia, S.C., Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) stands on a wooden chair near the pop-up books, apologizing to a handful of supporters for his late arrival. About two dozen people are standing in a short line clutching copies of Biden's autobiography and waiting for his signature. The Democratic presidential candidate is still wearing his characteristic wide grin but admits that it's been a long day.