The National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru reported Thursday that a top official with the Draft Biden super PAC was overheard declaring that he was “100%” certain that Biden would run, though the PAC official didn’t appear to have any inside knowledge on the topic.
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“I can not imagine anybody being more of an outsider than the first woman president“, Clinton said.
Joe Biden (L) in an interview with Father Matt Malone, S.J., editor in chief of America, conducted on September 17, 2015 in Washington, D.C. When Biden began actively exploring the run last month, he and his aides assured the West Wing that he was serious about sticking to his end-of-summer deadline and they still expect him to, people familiar with the conversations say.
If Biden chooses to enter the race and wage a long-shot campaign for the Democratic nomination, it could be a nightmare scenario for Clinton, who already is bracing for a tough, protracted battle with Sanders, the darling of college students and the party’s left wing.
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Biden led the field in terms of net favorability, polling at 80 percent to 14 percent, compared with Clinton’s 70 percent to 25 percent and Sanders’ 56 percent to 9 percent.
Fiorina: I was unaware of H-P Iran sales: Carly Fiorina says neither she nor Hewlett-Packard should be faulted for the sales of millions of H-P printers in Iran when such sales were prohibited under USA law. Because he wants to? A group of prominent Democratic donors circulated a letter on Friday urging Biden to take the plunge. These aren’t compelling reasons for anyone to run for president, especially not a sitting vice president. As Clinton’s numbers have dropped, the vice president has been openly mulling a late entry into the race. Marco Rubio of Florida wants to bring his conservative immigrant bootstrap story to the White House. So we’ve seen some bad cops, it’s been highlighted. His “Uncle Joe” persona is a recent phenomenon.
If the law isn’t going to change anyway, wouldn’t it be better to have a personally pro-life President than someone who is personally committed to abortion?
Biden made his remarks during an interview with the Catholic magazine “American Media”.
“We’re not, because this is such a personal decision”, Clinton said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “Given what they’ve been through, it really is hard to imagine how you have the emotional juice to do all that”.
Biden has said he’s not sure if he’s emotionally ready for a presidential run.
Political watchers have been parsing Biden’s comments, travels, and meetings, to gain clues about his 2016 decision, which has the potential to rearrange the race for the Democratic nomination.
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A decision within the next three weeks would also allow him to participate in the first Democratic primary debate on October 13 in Las Vegas.
