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DonViejo

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Thu Jun 1, 2017, 09:53 AM Jun 2017

Biden sets up new political action committee, signaling a possible 2020 White House run

By John Wagner May 31 at 7:09 PM

Declaring “it’s time for big dreams,” former vice president Joe Biden is prepared to launch a new political action committee on Thursday, a move certain to stoke more speculation about whether he plans to mount a 2020 challenge to President Trump.

The new PAC, dubbed American Possibilities, is being set up to help elect candidates who, like Biden, still believe in a nation “of ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” according to an email the Democrat plans to send to supporters. “That’s who we still are,” Biden says in the email, in which he relays that the PAC will also support groups and causes that embody the same spirit of thinking big.

Biden has tapped Greg Schultz, a former aide in his vice presidential office and a veteran of President Barack Obama’s White House campaigns, to lead the new entity.

Using such leadership PACs is a common tactic for politicians contemplating White House bids down the road. They provide a vehicle to travel the country and get involved in state and local races and build relationships in key states before the race for the presidential race begins in earnest.

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Biden sets up new political action committee, signaling a possible 2020 White House run (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP
Please, no, Joe. No offense intended, but we need younger leadership. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2017 #1
Agreed, he will be way too old by 2020 never mind 4 years after that. BSdetect Jun 2017 #3
I don't have a problem with this Horse with no Name Jun 2017 #2
They trusted a young Barack Obama to helpisontheway Jun 2017 #4

Horse with no Name

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2. I don't have a problem with this
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 10:17 AM
Jun 2017

for this reason.
By the time we are done with trump, we are going to need experience and savvy to clean up the mess.
I don't think voters will trust a young candidate without a lot of experience to do this task.
I do hope if he decides to run....that he chooses a young and diverse candidate.
Plus....I like Joe.

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