Biden, and his mom, praise O'Malley
A Landover Dispatch from the Baltimore Sun's Laura Smitherman:
Vice President Joe Biden — and his mother, apparently — quite like Gov. Martin O’Malley. Biden, in an Earth Day appearance in Landover, heaped praise on the Maryland governor, saying the fellow Democrat has blazed a trail among state leaders with his environmental policies.
"This guy here is the real deal," Biden said, gesturing to a beaming O’Malley before invoking the opinion of his 92-year-old mother, as he frequently does. "She said, ‘I love that guy,’" Biden relayed, "and she lives in Delaware." O’Malley met Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden when she and her son, who was then in Congress, attended one of his fundraisers, the governor’s spokesman said.
Of course, O'Malley has only recently begun reciprocating the affection. The Maryland governor didn't endorse Biden or Barack Obama during the 2008 primary. His pick: Hillary Clinton. But times have sure changed.
