Nanker Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I think he declines running because he knows he's not up to the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I think he declines running because he knows he's not up to the job. Which introspection and awareness, sadly, would make him the best candidate of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 True that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Hmmmm. Another unannounced meeting: VP Joe Biden meeting shortly at his official residence with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Hmmmm. Another unannounced meeting: VP Joe Biden meeting shortly at his official residence with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Why don't they just meet at Trumka's official residence. I think he has adjoining rooms with Barry, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Maybe Ringling Brothers won't let him out of his contract...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Clinton quietly trying to discourage Biden from a 2016 bid WASHINGTON (AP) — In ways both subtle and blunt, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is sending a message to Vice President Joe Biden about his potential presidential campaign: This won't be easy. As Biden ponders a challenge to Clinton for the Democratic nomination, she has rolled out a string of high-profile endorsements in the early-voting contests of Iowa and South Carolina and scheduled an onslaught of fundraisers across the country in the effort to throw cold water on a possible Biden bid. Donors who have publicly expressed support for a Biden run have been contacted by the Clinton team, according to donors and Democratic strategists who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the private conversations. Even Clinton herself has made a few calls, they said, to express her disappointment. While Clinton and her team speak warmly of Biden in public, they have taken steps to show their dominance over the party's establishment and President Barack Obama's political infrastructure in hopes of quietly discouraging the vice president from entering the race. http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-quietly-trying-discourage-biden-2016-bid-071306799--election.html Edited August 28, 2015 by JTSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Joe Biden And the Democratic Vacuum. Vacuum? What vacuum? They’ve got septuagenarians coming out of their ears! “2016: The Coming Train Wreck,” Robert Kuttner at the Huffington Post And a self-declared socialist could defeat her in Iowa and New Hampshire. Even as she tacks left to excite the base, there is no way she can out-Sanders Sanders. If she could just vault over the rest of the pack and claim the nomination, as she hoped when she declared her candidacy, Hillary Clinton might still be a strong nominee. But that’s not going to happen. As best, the fight for eventual nomination will be a long slog, with Clinton in the role of piñata. As sharks are drawn to blood in the water, Hillary’s miseries are attracting other candidates. The latest is Joe Biden. There is much that is admirable in Biden; but if anyone will be a weaker candidate than a wounded Clinton, it has to be Biden. The man will be 74 years old on Election Day. That’s five years older than Ronald Reagan was at the time of his first election, and Reagan’s age was a liability in the campaign. Clinton, like Reagan will be 69 — youthful next to Biden. Worse, Biden has proven himself on two occasions, 1988 and 2008, to be a dreadful presidential candidate. He has been a competent vice president, but that is no reason to think that he will be a more effective candidate now than in his previous outings. But he could well draw off enough of the anybody-but-Hillary support to make the nomination quest even more of an ordeal. And if Biden gets in, others may. Well-placed sources say John Kerry is tempted. He’s been a surprisingly good secretary of state. But he blew a very winnable election in 2004. Like Biden, he’s a better public official than a candidate.* Can you imagine the geriatric Democratic field? Sanders and Biden at 74, maybe Kerry at 73, and the young sprite of the pack, Hillary Clinton at 69. Jesus wept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Joe Biden And the Democratic Vacuum. Well-placed sources say John Kerry is tempted. He’s been a surprisingly good secretary of state. But he blew a very winnable election in 2004. Like Biden, he’s a better public official than a candidate.* the author lost any credibility with that statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 the author lost any credibility with that statement Yes, to most, but not to his HuffPo readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 http://youtu.be/n-FYZXN2Zrw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Step back for a moment and give some thought to a Trump - Biden debate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Step back for a moment and give some thought to a Trump - Biden debate.... Brought to you by Comedy Central... Edited September 6, 2015 by /dev/null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) I'd settle for Joe Biden vs Rick Perry vs Her Majesty's Secret Server on Jeopardy. It would be a race to -20000, and all of them can get Nobel Prizes for participating. Plus, Joe can make faces during other people's answers and the camera will be on him for some unknown reason: Edited September 7, 2015 by Ralonzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Biden marching with Trumka in Labor Day parade... Biden Blasts Economy: 'Devastating for Workers,' 'I'm Mad, I'm Angry!' Uhhhh, Joe.........................2008? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 "...Joe Biden Within 8 Percentage Points of HillaryClinton, Among Democrats...." goo.gl/nyny1M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 Is Joe Biden Running? Here’s One Little Indicator… Ryan Lizza, writing in The New Yorker: ............http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-new-clue-suggests-biden-may-run Joe Biden has taken another step toward entering the Presidential race. Representatives of the Vice-President held a meeting this week with Democratic National Committee staffers. They briefed Biden’s aides on arcane but crucial rules that the Vice-President would need to understand if he decides to run, according to a D.N.C. official. It was the most significant sign the source had seen to indicate Biden’s intentions. “I think it means he’s running,” the source said. The D.N.C. has held similar meetings for representatives from the five declared Democratic candidates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Never thought id be cheering for that guy to enter a presidential race and be the savior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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