In Vice President Joe Biden's opinion, there is no Republican party.
The VP appeared at a meeting of the Association of State Democratic Chairs to speak to fellow legislators in town for the Democratic National Committee convention this week. According to the Miami Herald, Vice President Biden addressed recent questions over whether Democrats take the November elections by storm.
"Folks, I am so tired of hearing about the demise of the Democratic party," he stated. "Gimme a break. There is no Republican party. We should not apologize for a single thing. We should go out and flatly lay out each of the races...This is who we are, this is who we stand for, this is what we're going to do."
Biden has reportedly stated his intentions to campaign in "more than 120 races," for the upcoming elections. He's also said that President Barack Obama is working with him and other Democrats to raise money for the political party.
"I'll campaign for or against you, whichever helps you most," he said half-jokingly during the meeting.
Biden also reminded members of the Association to remember the midterm elections, amid scrambles to prepare for the forthcoming presidential election.
"I know everybody wants to talk about 2016," Biden stated. "That's lifetimes away. No, no, no, think what happens if we do not succeed, we do not succeed in 2014. Just think of what is at stake for all that brought us into this process to begin with."
The Vice President seemed sure that his political party would take the win in 2014, saying that most voters align with Democrats on such issues as same-sex marriage, immigration and minimum wage.
But his comments are coming at a shaky time for the DNC - the committee is currently in $15 million worth of debt.
"We have to narrow, we have to make more clear, we have to define more precisely what it is we're about," Biden told the committee. "Let's make sure if we run on what we believe, if we run on our value set, which happens to be totally consistent with where the American people think we should be on the substance of the issues, we will win."
