Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting amid 2016 buzz.

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Amid signs that he is seriously contemplating a 2016 run, Vice President Joe Biden declined an offer from the Democratic National Committee to join the party’s five declared presidential candidates in addressing the committee’s members at its summer meeting in Minneapolis this week.

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb, and Lincoln Chafee will be at the DNC’s Thursday-through-Saturday confab, but Biden — who is meeting with close aides and reaching out to potential allies, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as he weighs his options — chose not to take advantage of the open invitation that comes with his job.

“The vice president is not expected to attend,” a DNC official confirmed to POLITICO on Sunday night. “The president and vice president always have an open invitation for DNC meetings. He would of course be invited as a candidate if he were to become one.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/joe-biden-to-skip-dnc-meeting-121651.html

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1. if Joe runs he will be carrying Obama's baggage with him. nt

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2. Joe

If Joe runs and Hillary is still in free fall (she is so far unfortunately). I think he would be Dems best chance to hold the WH. In fact he is already ahead in GE polls against Trump and other GOPers in the swing states. I think he is gonna run IMO. I think Trump has a good shot at the GOP nom. Biden/warren would kick Trump/Cruz in the nuts IMO. !!! I think Hillary may drop out in the next month or so if her numbers go to single digits.