Joe Biden Won't Run

[Ultimate Paragon]

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/biden-im-not-running-for-president-in-2016-162514730.html

Maybe a cancer research foundation is in the cards for him.

[lord gibbon]

The democratic establishment must be pulling their hair in frustration. Without Biden, Sanders is gonna continue to rise.

[The_Queen]

It's open to debate, but it's too early in the polls to know whose support Biden truly saps. My belief is that he takes votes away from Hillary. One Bernie supporter I know IRL agrees, writing on Facebook that he "wonder(s) how much Hillary paid Biden to not run. #FeelTheBern."

[lord gibbon]

I'm not denying that. As I see it, it's more like this; Hillary just isn't popular with liberals. I know a good number of left wing voters who just won't vote for her. Now Biden, he's further to the left, but he's not a threat to the monied elite like Bernie is. So, I think the political establishment was trying to push him as the "official leftist opposition" to Hillary.

[rookie]

He would take votes from Clinton, no doubt.

[mellenORL]

I could never see him getting elected, anyway. He's a decent enough pol, and not a bad person, but you can imagine the late night talk show jokes such as Presidential Shoulder Massages, or What a hands-on president, you betcha Joe! That, and some of his spontaneous comments over the years that nearly rival Bush Jr's for "huhs?" and face palms.

[ironbite]

Whomever Biden does endorse is pretty much gonna get the nom.  I just hope he's smart enough to realize Hillary is not the Chosen One.

Ironbite-and that Bernie Sanders has the high ground.

[nickiknack]

I don't care either way, I'm just sick of hearing the going back and forth from "sources" that was part of the news cycle every fucking week.

[Askold]

What's with USA and pestering people to become presidential candidates? Didn't Christie go through the same thing last time? He was literally screaming "no I won't become a candidate" and the news reporters immediately followed it with "looks like he's leaving a window for himself to still start running for president."

[nickiknack]

What's with USA and pestering people to become presidential candidates? Didn't Christie go through the same thing last time? He was literally screaming "no I won't become a candidate" and the news reporters immediately followed it with "looks like he's leaving a window for himself to still start running for president."

To be fair, I see this as the Democratic establishment throwing a shit fit over the current democratic field, I've seen names like Gov. Jerry Brown's name being floated around every so often. 

[The_Queen]

What's with USA and pestering people to become presidential candidates? Didn't Christie go through the same thing last time? He was literally screaming "no I won't become a candidate" and the news reporters immediately followed it with "looks like he's leaving a window for himself to still start running for president."

It's a thing where the "grass is always greener." One of those, I like who we have, but this person that we do not have is better because forbidden fruit. There's also the notion that people want to vet a wide pool to get the best candidate they can. But, it happened in 2008 with Al Gore, and the democrats had a rock star line-up of people running: Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Biden, Richardson, and Dodd (to name a few).

[Lt. Fred]

Good! Biden offers the party nothing, neither electorally or in policy terms. Forget him!