538: Joe Biden Made The Right Call
1. It’s late … really late
2. Biden would have had to run as an outsider
3. Biden is trapped ideologically
4. Biden’s polling is bad where it matters
5. Biden’s polling is good where it doesn’t matter
tl;dr
Few presidential primary candidates have entered the race as late as Biden would have. It’s possible that Biden, as vice president, might have been able to overcome the pitfalls of past late entries. On the other hand, everything we do know suggests Biden would have had a short, hard road. Biden made the right move.
Go to 538 to read the full analysis: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/joe-biden-will-not-run-for-president
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Sorry, just trying to apply the earlier Elizabeth-Warren-is-running logic to Joe. Doesn't really work, though, does it?
Ah, well. Joe, you did good. As Josey Wales said, "I got no complaints." 
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