Report: Joe Biden considered stepping down after Beau's death

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Joe Biden, distraught and heartbroken over his son Beau Biden’s death, considered stepping down as vice president, according to a New York Times story.

According to the Times, Biden told people he considered stepping down in order to help his grieving family after Beau, 46, died in May from brain cancer. But sources also told the Times that the vice president never became too serious about resigning.

Biden returned to work less than two weeks after his son’s death.

On Sunday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd reported that Beau urged his father to make a third run for the White House. The vice president was reportedly speaking with family members and even donors about jumping into the 2016 contest.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/joe-biden-considered-resining-after-beau-died-new-york-times-121023.html#ixzz3hxz6ZfNj

[still_one]

1. Maureen Dowd is a Hillary hating hack, and so is the paper she is associated with

[bluestateguy]

2. which would have created a circus for the appointment of a new VP

nt

[George II]

3. Why don't these Times hacks just leave the man alone instead of coming up with all this speculation?

THIS should have been the headline, also in the piece - "Sources also told the Times that the vice president never became too serious about resigning."

If he never was too serious about it, WHY bring it up at all (not the OP, the freaking Times)?

[NYCButterfinger]

4. Sad, but not surprising. I wonder who Obama would have picked as his VP after?

[Mass]

5. So many things are wrong in the NYTimes article

They fret that Mr. Biden, as well known for his undisciplined, sometimes self-immolating comments as he is for his charm on the trail, could endanger Mr. Obama’s own legacy by injuring Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy and causing his party to lose control of the White House

Who are these friends who worry so much? None is named. The only people who are named are saying platitudes.

Paired with a politico article reminding people of some positions Biden supposedly took in the 1970, this raises a lot of questions. Some people are making a lot of efforts dissuading Biden to enter this race.

[karynnj]

12. sounds like a good hypothesis to me

and there is little mystery whose supporters are doing this.

However, you wonder if smearing Biden is a good way to dissuade him.

[cindyperry]

6. if true

very sad and understandable if not stop printing this shit

[TygrBright]

7. Oh, FFS... WHY is this "news?" What parent *wouldn't* consider it?

You have an incredibly demanding, important, sensitive job that affects the well-being and function of many other people and institutions.

You and your entire family are devastated by the death of a child- your spouse is grieving deeply, other family members are in pain, and you yourself are profoundly feeling the terrible loss.

What kind of intelligent, conscientious adult wouldn't think, "Can I be there for the family I love who are in terrible pain and deal with my own grief, AND keep performing well at my very important job? Which one do I chuck if push comes to shove?"

Well, DUH.

So... this is news, because....

Joe Biden is human?

Wow, who knew?

irritatedly,
Bright

[still_one]

8. For one thing when the Times and other so-called new outlets were reporting that "well placed

sources" tell them that Joe is going to run, and some folks then thought that deserved an LBN attention, this is only a response to that LBN. Fair is fair, no?

[irisblue]

9. and he is 2 heart beats away from

the worlds' hardest job. I, too, would think about stepping down if I lost a child. I admire Mr Biden a great deal, I'd be pleased to vote for him again. Maureen Dowd is a total jerk about the Clintons and is doing her best to smudge HRC by dragging in Biden.

[Gregorian]

10. How utterly devastating.

[Samantha]

11. The loss of a child is number one in the top ten stressors

That is why one should wait at least six months before making any major decisions.

I know the family is very close, but I am sure Joe Biden knew that resigning from the Vice Presidency would be something his son would have never wanted. I wish Joe Biden and his family nothing but healing vibes and eventual peace with dealing with this tremendous loss. I don't think they will ever get over it, but instead will learn how to live with it. So sad.

Sam