The race where she’s down 12 points to Greg Abbott?
In the bowels of the Marriott Marquis in downtown Washington, Joe Biden was yelling.
The vice president was there to speak at the Democratic National Committee’s annual Women’s Leadership Conference, and he was fired up. Hillary Clinton and President Obama will address the crowd Friday afternoon. […]
But no speech would be complete without a bit of campaign puffery, especially now that lawmakers in Congress have mutually decided to skip out on work to campaign for the next two months. Biden ended his speech by mentioning female senators facing tough reelection bids—Jeanne Shaheen, Mary Landrieu, and Kay Hagan—and reassuring the crowd, “They’re gonna win, by the way.”
He also praised two female gubernatorial candidates who face uphill battles against Republicans—Wisconsin’s Mary Burke, and Texas’s Wendy Davis, who is polling around 12 points behind her Republican opponent, Greg Abbott.
“If you have an extra dollar, give it to Wendy Davis,” Biden said. “She’s going to win that race.”