Others were even less eager to discuss a Biden candidacy.
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“Now, make no mistake about it, Mrs. Clinton still enjoys a hefty lead”. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. They’re followed by former Sen.
But Henderson did quote that there’s still a possibility for Biden to enter the race in August and build an organization that’s capable of competing in the early February Iowa assembly by November or December.
Dick Harpootlian is the former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party. “It sounds like that’s exactly what he’s doing”, Earnest said.
While Democrats’ loyalties might be split, the relationship Biden and Clinton has never been on bad footing. Beau Biden died in May.
The case for Biden is this: If Hillary Clinton is hampered by questions of trustworthiness, the vice president’s liability is just the opposite – he can’t help but say what’s on his mind.
Simmons, who was eager to point out he was “fully on board” with the idea of a Clinton presidency, was alluding to the main character in the 1998 movie of the same name, played by Warren Beatty, who spoke his mind in cavalier fashion.
How many of those nine minutes do they want to cede to Donald Trump? But Sanders seems to have an intensity edge among his supporters. Biden served 36 years there, and his deep friendships and longtime alliances on Capitol Hill have made him the White House’s most effective envoy to Congress. So if a Biden bid were imminent, it’s likely he would be consulting with at least a few of his old friends.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is airing her first 2016 campaign television ads in the United States. And a Quinnipiac poll of three swing states showed him weaker than Clinton against potential GOP rivals.
“And you look at her poll numbers, they’re coming down like a crashing rocket”. “And I think Joe’s always been the genuine article: Whether you like it or not, you know where he stands”.
When Biden ran for president in 2008, for example, he raised about $8.6 million before dropping out, following a poor performance in Iowa.
Reports say he’s considering it, influenced by encouragement from his dying son, Beau. However, Biden’s freewheeling, undisciplined style has caused headaches for the White House and has long been a concern for Democrats as he’s weighed the prospect of running in 2016.
“I just saw her picture on the front of New York Magazine“, morning host Joe Scarborough said.
Looming over all of these conversations is Hillary Clinton, a former senator herself, who already has the support of almost two-thirds of the Senate Democratic conference. “If it’s undecided when I become president, I will answer your question”, she replied. The Iowa caucuses are set for February 1 and the New Hampshire primary is scheduled for February 9.??
One features Clinton speaking directly to camera about her late mother, Dorothy Rodham, and the other focuses on how Rodham’s rough childhood inspired Clinton’s work over the last four decades.
She also has a head start in organizing.
And now? A new Gallup poll indicates that since 2012, the percentage of voters with a favorable view of Clinton has fallen from 66 percent to 43 percent – while her unfavorable number has jumped from 29 percent to 46 percent.
“She has the most money, and she is beating every Republican in most of the polls”, Jennifer Palmieri, a spokeswoman for the campaign, told CNN on Sunday.
Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon, one of Obama’s top fundraisers, speculated that the vice president “actually might” get some traction in Hollywood only because “there’s still the thought that we need choices and a real field to choose from”.
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“President Barack Obama continues his Hillary Clinton-supported attack on Pennsylvania jobs”, Gleason said.
