When did the University of Delaware become such a political hotbed?
I live in Pennsylvania, not far from the Delaware line. The University of Delaware in Newark (pronounced New-Ark) isn't far from here and I've had several occasions to attend events at or pass through the campus. I've heard its a pretty good state school, but its an unremarkable place in a small town.
But Joe Biden, David Plouffe, and Steve Schmidt all went to school there as undergraduates - I think all graduated from there. Three of the biggest movers and shakers in the 2008 presidential campaign spent their undergrad years at the University of Delaware?
How did this happen? What does it mean? Is their poly-sci department THAT good? Did they all share some magically gifted professor that we should all know about? This is just sort of odd.
