Coming up on Sunday’s editorial page…

Well, I was right. When he spoke to me via an aide’s cellphone from Florida (at one point interrupting to compliment the "beautiful bride" passing by, only to realize she was a model in a "Cuban fashion show"), Joe Biden did take longer than Kenny Bingham had — close to 25 minutes.

That’s OK. Kenny can catch up when I meet with him on Monday.

Meanwhile, I’m not complaining about the time with Biden. He’s always interesting, and I find many of the things he says most welcome. It’s just that I feel bad that I have so little room for it in my Sunday column. Maybe I can write up a "deleted scenes" item to post at the same time.

Anyway, that’s the purpose of this post — to alert you that I’m finally getting around to writing about the main attraction at the Galivants Ferry Stump Monday night: for my Sunday column. That’s where I’ll tell about how Sen. Biden is doing a very unusual thing in these hyperpartisan days — running with a "general election strategy from the beginning."

Also, find out why the state Senate has failed almost as badly as the House on tax reform — and why South Carolina needs to dump both plans and start over.