Biden Thinking about it!

[Aglaopheme]

CNN: Biden Calling Strategists in Early Voting States


ABBH Caucus thrilled!

From the CNN article mentioned in your link.

A senior Democratic official tells CNN indications from the Biden inner circle are that the vice president will likely decide in the next three days. The official said they gave no indication what that decision would be. The source said there is a sense of growing impatience among some Democratic officials over the uncertainty.

Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, a member of Biden's close inner circle, sent an email late Thursday to a network of Biden alumni, obtained by CNN, saying that while he doesn't know when Biden will decide, he knows Biden is aware of the ticking clock.

"On the second question - timing - I can't add much, except I am confident that the vice president is aware of the practical demands of making a final decision soon," Kaufman wrote. "He has been in public and political life a long time and he has a good grip on the mechanics around this decision."

Biden is still leaving the impression this week that he wants to join the race, people familiar with the calls say, and does not seem dissuaded by the argument that he could complicate the party's nominating fight or damage his own reputation.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/politics/joe-biden-family-2016-election-decision/index.html/

 

[JackLuis]

Joe Biden has no room for error

Joe Biden’s 2016 path gets trickier by the day, but people who’ve been through presidential campaigns can still see it — provided they squint hard enough and nearly everything goes his way.

If he decides to run, he’ll have to count on a unique campaign landing exactly right in what’s already proved a weird cycle.

Here’s POLITICO’s list of six big hurdles Biden needs to clear to make a White House run take off.

1. A message that resonates — that’s not about Clinton

2. Immediate momentum

3. Campaign cash by the bucketful

4. A super PAC superstar

5. A full-scale, professional staff

6. A presidential blessing

Well Joe, what is your decision?

 

[Aglaopheme]

"The window has closed." Joe will not run.

 

[Aglaopheme]

I think that was rather lame. He's the VP for pete's sake. He should have never referred to time running out as a factor in his decision making process.

 

[midwestyankee]

I think that was rather lame. He's the VP for pete's sake. He should have never referred to time running out as a factor in his decision making process.

I get this, but "I determined that Hillary would kick my ass again." probably wasn't the affect he was hoping to achieve. This is like saying, "I could probably have won but this thing that happened in my family - which we all understand has the highest of all high priorities - got in the way and fucked with my life path. I wonder if I can now learn how to kick Barack's ass in golf."

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Hillary has pix of Obama sucking Osama.

 

[Aglaopheme]

I get this, but "I determined that Hillary would kick my ass again." probably wasn't the affect he was hoping to achieve. This is like saying, "I could probably have won but this thing that happened in my family - which we all understand has the highest of all high priorities - got in the way and fucked with my life path. I wonder if I can now learn how to kick Barack's ass in golf."

He did not have to say that either.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Biden has personally announced he is not running. That will almost certainly give the presidency to the GOP. The only thing that might prevent it would be if they shoot themselves in the foot. Silly Hilly is carrying too much baggage and is disliked and distrusted and hardly anybody will vote for a Socialist such as Bernie.

I really don't like the idea of President Trump, but I dislike that less than I dislike either of the two Dem. contenders.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Biden has personally announced he is not running. That will almost certainly give the presidency to the GOP. The only thing that might prevent it would be if they shoot themselves in the foot. Silly Hilly is carrying too much baggage and is disliked and distrusted and hardly anybody will vote for a Socialist such as Bernie.

I really don't like the idea of President Trump, but I dislike that less than I dislike either of the two Dem. contenders.

Clinton could beat Trump without trying. Even Sanders could if he tried, despite the "socialist" label -- it has not the scary-magic it once had.

 

[contrifan32]

"The window has closed." Joe will not run.

Thats because he closed it on his own dick.

He will open it again if Hillary gets a new government issued pants suit.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Thats because he closed it on his own dick.

He will open it again if Hillary gets a new government issued pants suit.

She ain't goin' to jail, if that's what you mean.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Clinton could beat Trump without trying.

But, if you have delusions to the contrary, you're not alone:

To be entirely fair, there is good reason to believe that Trump is going to flame out and a party standard-bearer will step in. After all, that’s what happened in the 2012 primary season, as voters expressed their id by backing candidates like Herman Cain or Newt Gingrich before settling down and running the only guy who had half a chance against Obama, Mitt Romney. History shows that as much as Republican primary voters like to imagine they’re pissing off the liberals, they also blanch and remember that they would like even more to have a reasonable shot at the White House. Under the circumstances, the Trump flameout isn’t an unreasonable prediction.

But now there’s new ABC News/Washington Post polling data that complicates the picture tremendously. The data shows not just that Republican voters like Trump, but that they believe he has a better chance of winning the general election than Clinton. It’s not even a close race.

http://media.salon.com/2015/10/ABCWashPostPolls_Expectations_1021.png

Clearly, Republican voters are delusional. It’s hard to imagine any scenario where Trump doesn’t lose spectacularly against Clinton. Consider how much Romney’s chances were hurt by his indelicate “47 percent” comment. And that was mild compared to Trump’s relentless hateful bleating about Mexicans, his unsubtle racism regarding President Obama, and his ugly attitudes about women that will likely not be contained for the many months of running against a woman. Democrats win by getting out the vote, and almost nothing will encourage women and people of color to stampede to the polls more than pulling the lever against Donald Trump.

But clearly, Republican primary voters don’t see this. Which calls into question the hope that they will wake up and start supporting someone more electable before it’s too late for their party.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I think that was rather lame. He's the VP for pete's sake. He should have never referred to time running out as a factor in his decision making process.

I honestly don't see why there isn't an actual rule that states if you haven't put your name in prior to the first debate fuck you, you're out.

I know a lot of people don't know this but there ARE more than 5 oops 4 democratic candidates. You can go to their website and see. There are 5. . .oops 4 "serious" candidates. Biden could easily have thrown his name in the ring the same as everybody else and ignored it if he pleased.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Hillary has pix of Obama sucking Osama.

Did that sound funny in your head, before you typed it?

 

[Beco]

Where did Biden make that "clear"?



Money is, unfortunately, a huge consideration when running for any office. I disagree with you that it is the major factor weighing on Biden's mind.

Looks like time ran out for Joe Biden......duh

 

[Iceprincess12]

Getting him to think is a win in and of itself. His family must be so proud of him!

In other news...James Johnson is gone? Amazing! I missed so much. Next time I will read the newsletter.

 

[JackLuis]

Joe Biden stayed out of 2016 race because he knew he couldn’t win: ‘I wouldn’t run against Hillary’

n an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden explained his decision not to enter the Democratic presidential race by saying that he knew he would only lose the race to former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Biden spoke about his family’s grief over the loss of his son Beau and how the process of grieving “doesn’t follow schedules of primaries and caucuses and contributors and the like.”

60 Minutes’ Norah O’Donnell asked the vice president — who appeared alongside his wife, Dr. Jill Biden — whether he chose not to run because he knew that he wouldn’t win.
He continued, “I’ve said from the beginning, look, I like Hillary. Hillary and I get along together. The only reason to run is because I still think I could do a better job than anybody else could do. That’s the reason to run.”

However, he said, “I wouldn’t run against Hillary.”

 

[sr71plt]

Eight more years as vice president?