Joe Biden discusses decision not to run, Clinton, Trump

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Vice President Joe Biden reiterated that the reason he isn’t running for president is because he doesn’t think he could win, not because he didn’t want to run.

Sitting next to his wife, Jill, in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday, Biden said if he thought he could have ran a winning campaign, he “would have gone ahead and done it.”

“It’s the right decision for the family, it’s the right decision for us,” Biden concluded, whose decision revolved around his family’s readiness to take on the stress of a presidential campaign so soon after the death of his son Beau.

Beau Biden died in May at the age of 46 after a battle with brain cancer.


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In his speech, Biden also said Democrats should run on President Barack Obama’s record, which he would have done if he ran. Clinton is not running on all of Obama’s record, he said in the interview.

“She’ll run on part of it,” Biden said. “It doesn’t mean she won’t be a great president."

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/joe-biden-discusses-decision-not-run-clinton-trump


If Joe doesn't want to enjoy a well deserved retirement he would make a helluva UN Ambassador, SOS, or Democratic Party Chairman

[elleng]

1. The TIMING was wrong,

he wasn't able to decide 'yes' earlier due to his granddaughter's emotional situation.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Gawd, look how young the president looks in that photo...

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[kelliekat44]

3. And which parts of Obama's record will Sanders run on? nt

[Eric J in MN]

12. Any Democratic nominee

...can say:

Obama created jobs, but we need more jobs.

Obama passed an infrastructure bill, but we need more infrastructure.

Obama signed Dodd-Frank to regulate Wall St., but we need more regulation.

Obama pardoned some non-violent drug offenders, but we need more criminal justice reform.

[TheProgressive]

4. With Senator Sanders winning the 1st debate and..

...and stellar people power he has, Biden, like Clinton has little chance.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. In what alternate universe did Bernie win the debate?

In what alternate universe did Bernie win the debate:


http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hillary-clinton-got-the-biggest-post-debate-polling-bounce/


Thank you in advance.

[TheProgressive]

6. The 1% corporate media 'said he won'...

The People said Sanders won...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Please see Post 8

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. He did win the 1st debate

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. The scientific polls say otherwise and as my link demonstrates

The scientific polls say otherwise and as my link demonstrates Hillary Clinton got a nine point bump in aggregate polling:




http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hillary-clinton-got-the-biggest-post-debate-polling-bounce/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Media-induced polls

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. With all due respect

With all due respect the vanity that goes into thinking everybody but me is an idiot and a dupe is mind boggling.

[oasis]

13. DNC Chair. Perfect.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I can not believe that some of the denizens of this board are still litigating who won the debate...

I feel as if time never moves.

[oasis]

15. If they are still in denial two weeks after Hillary takes the oath of office

I'm going to have to contact Dr. Phil.

[Cha]

16. "She’ll run on part of it,” Biden said. “It doesn’t mean she won’t be a great president."

Thank you, VP Biden~

Mahalo DSB

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Great interview...He dispelled a lot of bull shit from the press surrounding his decision.

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