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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden likely to make decision on 2020 run within next two weeks: report
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
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 can win, Im happy not to do it. But I dont see the candidate who can clearly do what has to be done to win."
The former vice president during an appearance in Montana last month said that he believes he is "the most qualified person in the country to be president. Ive been doing this my whole adult life, and the issues that are the most consequential relating to the plight of the middle class and our foreign policy are things that I have even my critics would acknowledge, I may not be right, but I know a great deal about it, he said, according to CNN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/424096-biden-likely-to-make-decision-on-2020-run-within-next-two-weeks-report
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)violetpastille
(1,483 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)A few months back,
we were told it was Oprah.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)Avenatti, if you please.
Cha
(297,192 posts)not qualified.
violetpastille knows what she's talking about.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)karynnj
(59,503 posts)All of them had at least 4 years in a Presidential cabinet and all three of them were in the Senate longer and acheived more there.
Not to mention, of the three, the one easiest to attack on management skills is Hillary.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)in this MeToo era. I'm sure he didn't mean anything wrong by his behavior, but some of the girls and women involved look so uncomfortable.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, google Biden, women, nuzzle.
The ads have already made themselves.
And the "gaffes".
ETA: Still a million times better than the best Republican.
emulatorloo
(44,120 posts)I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not necessarily racist who felt uncomfortable for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American,
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bernie-sanders-lots-of-not-necessarily-racist-whites-uncomfortable-voting-for-african-americans-gillum-abrams/
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)I must confess I just auto-trashed all the Bernie threads. Otherwise I'd be right in there with you.
Cha
(297,192 posts)blasted yet.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bernie-sanders-lots-of-not-necessarily-racist-whites-uncomfortable-voting-for-african-americans-gillum-abrams/
Mahalo, emulatorloo
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)For people who live in 1991. For those that don't, for those that can look around at the current state of affairs, it will not be.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)or holding little girls faces and kissing their foreheads -- ads that show the women and girls looking uncomfortable, it will have an impact.
People dismiss it by saying -- truthfully -- that he doesn't have any bad intentions. That is true -- he doesn't.
But he clearly has made some women and girls uncomfortable. And in the MeToo era, that will be have a negative impact.
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)dogman
(6,073 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)dogman
(6,073 posts)I don't know about the Me Too movement either.
Autumn
(45,066 posts)There is probably not a single person discussing a run who would know as much about our foreign policy as Biden does and he has the credibility to fix what Trump has destroyed.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)international mess trump has created with a few phone calls abroad, allowing him to move to other pressing issues here.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)coupled with his Congressional experience, notably as it relates to foreign affairs. The only question for me is whether he's right on the ISSUES, as compared to other potential candidates, as THAT'S what will decide if the Lil Shroom Dick-tator can be beaten (no pun intended).
Autumn
(45,066 posts)foreign affairs are not my top priority. Once Trump is gone Dems can easily repair all the problems motherfucker has created with our allies and craft new foreign policy. Right now Jay Inslee is hitting the right button with me on climate change.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)stands on the Green New Deal and not just whether he supports it... but rather, whether he endorses it as enthusiastically as some of our leaders on this issue do.
Autumn
(45,066 posts)think the priorities are. Joe was great as Obama VP and I want to see what he is on his own, unfettered.
msongs
(67,405 posts)Cha
(297,192 posts)Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)
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UTUSN
(70,686 posts)Love all the other possibilities. Please not these 2.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)UTUSN
(70,686 posts)still_one
(92,187 posts)and we all know the personal tragedy why he didn't run in 2016, and because of that, I won't jump on him for his speculation that he could have beaten trump in 2016.
At this time I personally would like to see him as our nominee in 2020 for multiple reasons, however, if he decides not to run, I don't want to hear the bullshit how he could have beaten trump, or whoever the republicans choose for their nominee, which will probably be trump. Either he puts up or shuts up. You run or you don't, but please don't complain about how you shoulda or coulda if you decide not to run
NurseJackie
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still_one
(92,187 posts)There isn't anyone who is running for President who doesn't have an ego
Cha
(297,192 posts)come up with this stuff?
still_one
(92,187 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)We need a gotv candidate. I'm afraid it's not one of the old guard.
Sure, he'd be a great president, but he won't get the young vote.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)"Biden gets an 84 - 7 percent favorability rating among Democrats and a 60 - 21 percent rating among voters 18 to 34 years old."
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2591
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Cha
(297,192 posts)pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Cha
(297,192 posts)House seat. So he's a leader in search of an office.
Whats Next for Beto ORourke?
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/whats-next-for-beto
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Cha
(297,192 posts)said "maybe" he's a leader in search of an office. Nothing's for sure.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)Cha
(297,192 posts)convenient!
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)alongside Warren's fiscal sense and both will deter the Problem-Solver types from throwing a hat in the ring. Come a Dem or go home...
For those looking for flawless candidates, there is no such thing...if there were the right would try somehow make that a liability.
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)We are blessed to have a number of great candidates. I have a soft place in my heart for Joe. I brought back a number of signs used during the National Convention and my son grabbed one of the Joe's signs. I took one for myself and the other delegate to the convention grabbed the last one. I believe that Joe would probably matched up best with trump
Link to tweet
Cha
(297,192 posts)like he's been working out!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)And Joe is the most qualified candidate, but, with a crowded field, his stance on specific issues will be highlighted... don't know if he'll have as much of an easier time of it, especially with his having been years removed from the Obama administration.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)What I'd really like to see out of Biden is a running mate who could complement his flaws. I'm not going to get that in a primary.
The bottom line is that he's really not my first choice in the primary, but he's on the short list who could make me indecently happy with my choice in the general. It's weird, I admit.
still_one
(92,187 posts)and you need someone to complement the weakness of whoever the Democratic nominee is.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)still_one
(92,187 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)We could use some skill and stature. With any luck, Nancy Pelosi will be President by then.
karynnj
(59,503 posts)unless there was a sequence as there was with Nixon/Agnew.
IF, she IS President then, She would run for re-election!