Posted on 08/01/2015 12:22:48 PM PDT by GoneSalt
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his associates have begun to actively explore a possible presidential campaign, an entry that would upend the Democratic field and deliver a direct threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton, say several people who have spoken to Mr. Biden or his closest advisers.
Mr. Biden’s advisers have started to reach out to Democratic leaders and donors who have not yet committed to Mrs. Clinton or who have grown concerned about what they see as her increasingly visible vulnerabilities as a candidate.
The conversations, often fielded by Mr. Biden’s chief of staff, Steve Ricchetti, have taken place in hushed phone calls and over quiet lunches. In most cases they have grown out of an outpouring of sympathy for the vice president since the death of his 46-year-old son, Beau, in May.
On Saturday, Maureen Dowd, the New York Times columnist, reported that Mr. Biden had been holding meetings at his residence, “talking to friends, family and donors about jumping in” to challenge Mrs. Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two nominating states.
One longtime Biden supporter said the vice president has been deeply moved by his son’s desire for him to run.
“He was so close to Beau and it was so heartbreaking that, frankly, I thought initially he wouldn’t have the heart,” Michael Thornton, a Boston lawyer who is a Biden supporter, said in an interview. “But I’ve had indications that maybe he does want to — and ‘that’s what Beau would have wanted me to do.’ ”
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Nice!
Run Rimshot! Run! Slick Willie’s wife needs some competition. Show her that it is NOT “her turn” to be U.S. President!
So the headline should be “Joe’s Got the Runs Again?”
Maybe the secret service has pictures of Joey swimming nude and he thinks its not a good idea, or did shillary send him one of her ‘broken’ turbos from her broom and told him this is what would happen if he decided to run????
Trial balloon that I think will work in Uncle Joe’s favor..they’ve done the polling. Hill the Hun stinks & the RATs know it.
If this is true, the left are running scared.
He may be the best the religious left has.
So they’re actually trying out the “Do it for Beau!” slogan, as in running on the corpse of his son?
Lets all hear it for Joe!............................
I don't think we should be worrying about Joe Biden's heart
while there is no outrage over FIFTY MILLION DEAD BABIES! We really shouldn't be having threads about anything else.
One of the Democrats best and brightest. I’m serious.
...and even against a candidate as weak as Joe Biden, the GOP-e could still manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!
Biden’s a ‘small room’ kind of guy. He’s not the answer.
The article last weekend mentioning a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION of Hillary made it clear that her hopes for the big prize was over.
Investigations like that have to be PERSONALLY APPROVED by everyone in the chain of command, as no one wants to get fired for ‘making a mistake’. So it landed on Obama’s desk, and he said “go with it”. That was it for Hillary...game over. And, obviously, an article like this doesn’t get printed by accident, or without permission, from the President.
Interesting that they chose Biden though...we may find some others jumping in now.
DRINK (seriously, humble... you’ve got to stop... I can’t feel my legs anymore) :)
Biden is a gaf master, walking malaprop, and all-round dunce, but he’s 100 times more likable than Hillary. Hillary has to be thinking, “ruh roh”
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