[EEGator]

"Maureen Dowd's column over the weekend..."

[Walrus]

“Beau Biden’s dying wish..”

Straight out of a 1940’s Hollywood B movie.

Plugs, you are beyond despicable.

[CincyRichieRich]

Am i the only one who thinks obama and jarrett would be the puppeteers staying inside the beltway controlling everything? Makes sense to me.

[BenLurkin]

Biden will be a phony challenge to Mrs. Clinton — so that her coronation is disguised as “the biggest political comeback in 20 years!”

[Tax-chick]

Nothing about Joe Biden makes sense. I hope he runs.

[AzSteven]

Title is too long; it should read:

Joe Biden doesn’t make a ton of sense

[donozark]

Octogenarians for Joe!

[clintonh8r]

Cillizza’s running interference for HRC. I’ve been saying for months that Biden will get in. And obama will be behind it.

[DannyTN]

I think he is being drafted to split Sander’s vote to make it easier for Hillary to win the nomination.

Or he is being drafted to split Hillary’s vote to make it easier for Sander’s to win the nomination.

Or maybe the idiot thinks he can win.

[smoothsailing]

[dfwgator]

Biden would be the “safe” pick, like Humphrey in 68.

[x]

"The Democratic primary audience isn’t pining for something different," said one Democratic consultant granted anonymity to candidly assess the prospects of the vice president. "You have your Elizabeth Warren crowd that is currently gravitating to Bernie Sanders. Joe Biden can’t capture any of that crowd. And Hillary has great passion from the African-American, young, and female base. Joe Biden does not mean anything to those individuals."

If plenty of Democrats are "gravitating to" Bernie Sanders, it's a sign that Democrats are "pining for something different" from Hillary. And really, who says Hillary has great passion from the African-American, young, and female base." Whatever support she has among Black or young voters doesn't look to be either passionate or unshakeable.

I understand that Biden doesn't have a base among a large, reliably Democratic voting bloc, but there could be enough independents turned off by having to choose between 20 Republicans to give Biden a boost in the Democratic primary. If there are any White working class guys left in the Democratic Party, Joe could win their votes as well.

It's always nice when the experts are confounded by some unexpected event. One thing they do get, though -- it's not like Obama could just bequeath his voting base to Biden. Joe will have an uphill battle in the demographic building blocks of the party if he runs. Also, Hillary, still the front runner, can threaten serious reprisals against office-holders in her party who don't support her.

[wagglebee]

The reality is the Obama doesn't even think Biden's up to the task, the guy has been essentially locked in an office for six years. Every so often they let him come out, he says something stupid and back he goes.

[Paine in the Neck]

Biden’s entry makes how many ‘Rat candidates with histories of brain aneurysms?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Beau Jest...

[Seruzawa]

I think that a Biden candidacy is the way for the DemocRATS to go and will gladly cross party lines during the primaries to help ol’ Joe get the nod.

[Gritty]

HEADLINE: The idea of Joe Biden running for president doesn’t make a ton of sense

There. I fixed it.

[Rebelbase]

Run Joe, run!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

There’s always room for another dumbass in the Democrap race.

[Graybeard58]

The circle of who really knows what Biden is thinking, then, is extremely small.

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So small that it doesn’t even include Biden himself.