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Run, Joe, run. Run because you have strengths that no other Democratic candidate does, including your depth of experience and connection to the Obama presidency. Run because your populist image fits the Democrats’ most successful political strategy of the past generation. Run because you will never have another chance — and because you are not afraid of losing. I get the case against Biden. My colleague Frank Bruni has made it and made it well, as have Vox’s Matthew Yglesias and others. At 76 years old, Biden does not represent an exciting new era. He is an old white guy...

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is likely to make a decision on whether he will run for the presidency in 2020 within the next two weeks, according to a New York Times report. Biden has reportedly told those close to him that he does not feel other potential Democratic presidential contenders could beat President Trump. The former vice president has been contacting supporters and allies over the last few weeks, the Times reported. One Democrat he spoke to recently told the Times that Biden during a phone call said, “If you can persuade me there is somebody better who...