Her comments raise fresh doubts about how seriously Biden is considering a run for president.
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‘There is no way you can say she’s in the same position this month compared to last month, ‘ said Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster who co-directs the WSJ/NBC News survey.
Margaret Aitken, who worked as Biden’s press secretary for a decade in the U.S. Senate, said she has not discussed a 2016 campaign with the vice president.
“I suspect there will be a faction of voters who will simply vote against her” because of their feelings toward the former president, Chambless said.
News late Saturday that Biden is exploring a White House run had US pundits and politicos – including some already declared candidates – handicapping his odds of wresting the Democratic nomination from Clinton, widely viewed as the top contender. Since Beau Biden’s death, his father has surrounded himself with longtime confidants and former aides for comfort and emotional support. Hartpootlian said he hasn’t spoken to Biden since shortly before his son died in May. But the trait is admired, especially by those irked by Clinton’s long-established penchant for caution.
Up until now, Vice President Joe Biden has been quiet about speculation that he’ll launch a 2016 presidential bid.
Among Democrats, however, Clinton is the preferred leader, with 44 percent saying she would make a better president. “No, you know, I think it’s more about Joe”.
Hopefully, more people will decide to actually watch the Republican debates with open minds to better understand the substance of the arguments and disagreements than will choose to listen to gross, partisan mischaracterizations of writers like Mr. Malatesta.
The widespread fondness for Biden in Democratic circles does not change the challenging political realities with which he would be faced, however.
This week, as media is speculating Biden’s candidacy, the vice president is in Delaware with his family, celebrating his granddaughter’s birthday.
The renewed focus on Biden comes amid some signs of weakness for Clinton, including declines in her favorability ratings among voters in recent polling.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to come to McAllen on Friday to hold a meeting with state lawmakers and attend a private fundraiser, several sources familiar with the details of the trip said Monday. The Hillary Clinton coronation, which was always morefantasy than reality, is clearly off, creating an opening-almost a deman-foranother Democratic challenger and the Vice-President certainly fits thebill. Bernie Sanders, 63 percent to 14 percent. Though Clinton has spent decades on the American political stage, her team insists that voters don’t really know much about her background.
