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Attorney in Texas

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11. As a Sanders supporter my only consternation is over the nonsense that the race needs an alternative

Reply to merrily (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:30 PM

Aug 2015

to Clinton. Sanders already offers an alternative to Clinton (as do O'Malley, Chaffe, and Webb for that matter), and the implication that Biden somehow better fills that role annoys me somewhat.

With that said, I'm happy for more voices generally, but I'm not sure that Biden's voice is really all that different from Clinton's, and I am not really looking forward to watching Biden enter a race only to conclude his long and distinguished career as a third-place "also ran," which seems to be the likeliest outcome. Fortunately, I think a Biden run is extremely unlikely.

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Boxing out Biden [View all] Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 OP

Unlike the Gore running talk I think the Biden talk is real but I don't think he'll run. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #1

Duplicate link ericson00 Aug 2015 #2

Politics as usual for the Third Way Democrats emsimon33 Aug 2015 #3

One bite BLTs LiberalElite Aug 2015 #7

Must have been why HRC Saturday in Iowa, SoapBox Aug 2015 #10

You eat it off the toothpick--it's an hors d'oeuvre! MADem Aug 2015 #12

The Wall St Fix is in FreakinDJ Aug 2015 #4

I understand your consternation about a possible Biden run. merrily Aug 2015 #5

As a Sanders supporter my only consternation is over the nonsense that the race needs an alternative Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #11

The Corporate 3rd Way faction may be trying to get Biden to run as insurance against a Hillay spill Demeter Aug 2015 #6

Due to his son's wishes I think Biden feels he must at least respect the idea Babel_17 Aug 2015 #8

If true that his dying kid begged him to run, he will run even if he knows he can not win krawhitham Aug 2015 #9

His kid was in significant cognitive distress by the time that request was made. MADem Aug 2015 #13

Its like stories made up to say he'd run for one term..... Historic NY Aug 2015 #14