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still_one

(91,965 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:12 PM Oct 2015

Biden To deliver statement in Minutes. Will Not run for President in next year's election

Source: CNN Breaking

Vice President Joe Biden ended months of intense speculation about his political future on Wednesday by announcing he wouldn't seek the presidency, abandoning a dream he's harbored for decades and putting Hillary Clinton in a stronger position to capture the Democratic nomination.

With President Barack Obama at his side in the White House Rose Garden, Biden said the window for a presidential campaign "has closed."

The question of whether Biden, 72, would enter the race has consumed Democrats for months. His announcement follows a period of deep -- and public -- soul searching about whether to run for the White House while grappling with profound personal grief after his son, Beau, died this summer from brain cancer.

The prospect of a run seemed to decline further after Clinton's commanding performance at the first Democratic presidential debate on October 13. Her poised demeanor and deft handling of tough questions left many analysts convinced that Clinton effectively froze Biden out of the race.

His decision means that barring unexpected developments, Biden's long political career, which includes nearly 40 years in the Senate and two terms as vice president, will end along with the Obama administration on January 20, 2017.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/politics/joe-biden-not-running-2016-election/index.html

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Biden To deliver statement in Minutes. Will Not run for President in next year's election (Original Post) still_one Oct 2015 OP
CNN is really playing this up. still_one Oct 2015 #1
He's either resigning, or he's not going to run. He can't announce on White House grounds. nt Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #2
Thanks flamingdem Oct 2015 #3
+1 Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #5
What!!! The media has been telling us for months that wasn't the case. Do you mean their analysis still_one Oct 2015 #4
are you going to change your sig line? Who gets bumped up to #3 snooper2 Oct 2015 #8
Nope, and I won't be replacing Uncle Joe. n/t Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #12
Good for you PatSeg Oct 2015 #28
+1. William769 Oct 2015 #30
He is NOT running. femmocrat Oct 2015 #6
yes, but he is doing a class act speech still_one Oct 2015 #11
Yes indeed. femmocrat Oct 2015 #14
Class act hot air oral emission. Helen Borg Oct 2015 #38
"OUT OF TIME!" Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #7
Not running still_one Oct 2015 #10
can we finally get some accurate polling now? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #9
Nah, that would be no fun still_one Oct 2015 #13
i wonder who they will stick in instead lol. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #15
Jim Webb, now that he has dropped out still_one Oct 2015 #31
lol. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #33
Or they could go back to polling Elizabeth Warren. n/t Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #34
All kinds of scenarios still_one Oct 2015 #35
I love Joe Curtis Oct 2015 #16
is biden speaking or bernie? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #17
He also said "the republicans are not our enemy." femmocrat Oct 2015 #18
bernie believes in working across the aisle restorefreedom Oct 2015 #22
He wouldn't do it in the Rose Garden, and no one in the administration including the VP is going to still_one Oct 2015 #19
is that sop? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #25
I don't know, but I have never noticed an administration endorse a contested Democratic primary, still_one Oct 2015 #29
hmmmmm i can't imagine its easy restorefreedom Oct 2015 #32
Damn good speech so far -nt Bradical79 Oct 2015 #20
Yes it is. It could have been used if he was running. Most likely he will be part of the next still_one Oct 2015 #24
Hillary's 50 State Lead Just Got Bigger! onehandle Oct 2015 #21
+1 leftofcool Oct 2015 #23
On that note......... Beacool Oct 2015 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author misterhighwasted Oct 2015 #27
It was a class act speech, and without a doubt he could easily be part of a Hillary or Bernie still_one Oct 2015 #36
I think he made the right decision. hamsterjill Oct 2015 #37
He's been given a lot in life, but has also suffered great loss. Beacool Oct 2015 #39

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
3. Thanks
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:16 PM
Oct 2015

I'm tired of this waiting game.

Doesn't make sense that Obama would be so undermining as to announce with Biden regardless. Looks like Biden got the attention he wanted and maybe he was a backup until Benghazi and the first debate were cleared.

still_one

(91,965 posts)
4. What!!! The media has been telling us for months that wasn't the case. Do you mean their analysis
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:16 PM
Oct 2015

might not be correct?

Curtis

(348 posts)
16. I love Joe
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:22 PM
Oct 2015

and believe he would have been a great president. However, the time is not his now as Bernie is the man. Thanks for being a class act Joe. You and your family are the class of what American politicians should strive

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
17. is biden speaking or bernie?
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:24 PM
Oct 2015

free education, working with the world community, getting money out of politics, income inequality, holy shit....do i smell a biden endorsement of bernie?

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
18. He also said "the republicans are not our enemy."
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:26 PM
Oct 2015

I do not think we should take it as an endorsement though.

still_one

(91,965 posts)
19. He wouldn't do it in the Rose Garden, and no one in the administration including the VP is going to
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:27 PM
Oct 2015

endorse anyone during the primaries

still_one

(91,965 posts)
29. I don't know, but I have never noticed an administration endorse a contested Democratic primary,
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:40 PM
Oct 2015

until the primary is over.

It might have been different if Biden was running, but I doubt it. Both Biden and Clinton were part of the Obama administration, and I don't think he would want to make an endorsement of one over the other, and at the same time ignore Bernie supporters. So I don't see it





restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
32. hmmmmm i can't imagine its easy
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:42 PM
Oct 2015

to keep those kind of opinions to themselves. then again, they keep cia secrets.....

still_one

(91,965 posts)
24. Yes it is. It could have been used if he was running. Most likely he will be part of the next
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:30 PM
Oct 2015

Democratic nomination, whoever that is

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
26. On that note.........
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:31 PM
Oct 2015

AP-GfK Poll: Clinton seen as most likely winner if nominated

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of Democrats have a favorable view of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll that shows her recovering lost ground within her own party since the summer.

And among all major candidates for the presidency, she's viewed as most likely to win next November if she is nominated.


http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/21/ap-gfk-poll-clinton-seen-as-most-likely-winner-if-nominated/21251958/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-1643451591

As for Biden, he made the right decision and he just finished giving a lovely speech.

Response to still_one (Original post)

still_one

(91,965 posts)
36. It was a class act speech, and without a doubt he could easily be part of a Hillary or Bernie
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:48 PM
Oct 2015

administration in some capacity



hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
37. I think he made the right decision.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:52 PM
Oct 2015

Make no mistake. I love Joe. He's always a class act in my view, and I think he's one of the few in politics who really thinks about things and puts the good of the country before his own interests.

I think he made the right decision for several reasons. One, being that I think it would appear too divisive were he to contest Hillary, and two, because I really do feel that he and his family need time to heal. When I look at this man, I see very real pain and anguish over the loss of yet another family member. I wish him well.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
39. He's been given a lot in life, but has also suffered great loss.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 02:52 PM
Oct 2015

I can't imagine losing one's spouse and a young child to yet suffer the loss of another child years later. He needs to grieve and a presidential race is not the venue for grief counseling. I wish him, Jill and the rest of the family all the best.

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