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The former vice president and his staff have been planning a strategic timeline in the event he decides to run.
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 04/30/17 07:04 AM EDT
Joe Biden has been saying yes to nearly all the political invitations coming his way, with new ones arriving almost daily. Privately, the former vice president and his staff have started talking about how to begin planning a strategy with a roughly 18-month timeline so that if he decides on another presidential run, hell be best positioned to get it off the ground.
Biden will be 77 by the time of the next Iowa caucuses, but Biden 2020 just might happen.
He will be in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday night for a speech at the state Democratic Party dinner. After that, hell appear at a fundraiser for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and deliver, by turns, a speech to the Florida Democratic Party, an address to investment leaders SALT Conference in Las Vegas in May, and commencement addresses at Harvard University, Colby College and Morgan State University. Its the kind of schedule that would fit with a candidate in the early stages of a White House run, but adviser say that at this point his activities are guided only by keeping his commitment to staying involved and helping rebuild the Democratic Party.
While former President Barack Obama is holding back to avoid being drawn in directly with his successor, Biden will be stating a case, and making sure people hear him state it. The former vice president, according to people whove spoken with him, is eager to be much more political, though not directly anti-Trump.
He doesnt sit still well, said a Biden adviser. He wants to have a voice. The more stuff he does like this, the more people hear his voice.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/30/joe-biden-2020-veep-237790
Gothmog
(145,303 posts)I really like Joe
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,840 posts)lapucelle
(18,268 posts)as we speak, had Democrats won the White House.
He's a great choice for SOS, but I think his Iraq war vote would be used as a cudgel by any Purity Party opponents, including the odious Jill Stein, if he chose to run for president. There's also the very problematic Clarence Thomas confirmation. (Truth be told, I'm not happy with what went on with Anita Hill, even decades later, but I'm willing to believe that good people evolve.) His age is also a factor.
Imagine what The Onion would do with Smokin' Joe working his magic on an international stage.
http://www.theonion.com/search?q=joe+biden
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I adore Joe. But I really think we need some new blood next time. We have a lot of up-and-comers who are promising and eligible.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Bernie looked tired at the end of the campaign. Winning is when the work begins.