I’m not sure about Joe, but I wonder if Barry would secretly (or otherwise) prefer to have Bernie, a barely-disguised Communist, in there carrying his ambitions for the destruction of the USA forward a year from now.
I doubt it. He knows what is coming for Hillary and wants a viable Democratic candidate in the race before it is too late.
Uncle Joe will be the Nominee with Prince Andrew Cuomo as the VP. That way the Price can waltz into the Pezidency when Uncle Joe is found to be mentally ill.