Joseph Biden the Vice President huddled Saturday with Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts who is a rising star amongst liberals who has yet to endorse any of the candidates for the Democrats in the presidential race of 2016.
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An aide to Mr. Biden confirmed the meeting, telling CNN: “The vice president traveled last minute to Washington, D.C., for a private meeting and will be returning to Delaware”.
Biden’s unscheduled meeting Saturday with Sen.
Steve Schale, who directed President Barack Obama’s two campaigns in Florida, told CNN, “Frankly when it became clear that he was giving the race serious consideration, I just raised my hand”.
Mr. Brown said the email saga surrounding Ms. Clinton’s private email server as Secretary of State carried a “dark energy” that represents a substantial challenge for her campaign. Warren ruled out running in 2016, and a super PAC similarly named Draft Biden later emerged and has been laying the groundwork for a potential Biden candidacy. But the trappings of his current job make campaigning extremely expensive for Biden.
This time around, Clinton has racked up support from longtime allies like US Representative James McGovern and US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, as well as relative newcomers like US Representative Katherine Clark and US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III.
Mr Biden’s entry into the race would upend the primary process. Even if you aren’t inclined to take the loquacious gaffe-machine serving as vice president seriously as a presidential candidate, the significance of the move lies more in what it says about Clinton than in Biden’s potential for winning the nomination.
“Much of this is about Hillary’s weakness and her skyrocketing negative ratings, her inability to completely consolidate the Democratic Party in the way that she foresaw”, Ball said. Biden, also said to be privately grappling with the wishes of his late son beau, who recently died of cancer. Biden likely rejoined, don’t play games with me.
“Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd opened his show wondering whether Biden might be “sending a not-so-subtle message of perhaps what his dream ticket could look like”. That’s another sure sign that Biden may run.
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For Biden, who has twice unsuccessfully sought his party’s nomination, a decision to go forward involves factors beyond the ability to raise money. One of the most powerful and outspoken democrats. I want to see all the presidential candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. Many are noting that Hillary Clinton also met with Warren before launching her campaign and see a similarity between the two events.
