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In reply to the discussion: Who will choose our 2016 nominee? [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)Friendships and personal loyalty matter in politics and in all walks of life. I suspect that if Biden decided to run, the President would back him. I am not quite as certain about Hillary (due only to the fact that, as Scheiber noted, there is no love lost between these two, separate machines operating within the Democratic Party). Even so, were Hillary to decide to run, I suspect you are right. Obama would probably back her.
That said, I am not convinced that Hillary will run. She's tired, as her daughter reminded us publicly, and she has done enough for her country to retire with pride and dignity. She's being pressured to run, certainly, but I am not convinced that she will succumb to said pressure. If you know more than I do about this (and you probably do because you are better-connected), please share.
-Laelth