2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVice President Joe Biden 'Confident' Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee
Vice President Joe Biden today predicted that Hillary Clinton will be his party's presidential nominee, even though the Democratic primary is still underway.
I feel confident that Hillary will be the nominee, and I feel confident shell be the next president, Biden said in an exclusive interview with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts.
The vice presidents comments came during an interview with Roberts about his Cancer MoonShot initiative. President Obama earlier this year announced Biden would lead a "moonshot" endeavor to cure cancer, a disease that claimed the life of his son Beau.
Biden, who decided against a 2016 run of his own, has refrained from endorsing Clinton or her Democratic opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, in this election, but his statement is the most direct acknowledgement from inside the White House that Clinton will clinch the nomination.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-joe-biden-confident-hillary-clinton-democratic/story?id=39014454
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Looking forward to Obama and Biden on the campaign trail.
LexVegas
(6,099 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Then Biden said that Bernie had a good message...then Bernie supporters pulled him out from under the bus.
Now with his statement today, he will be thrown under the bus again.
Nobody is safe.
brooklynite
(94,738 posts)murielm99
(30,765 posts)K&R!
Thank you, Joe.
Squinch
(51,016 posts)I hear tonight they are screening a "Godfather" marathon down there.
Rachel is bringing the cocktails, Liz Warren and Obama are doing the salad and the Pope is signed up for the dessert.
It's a happening place!
LisaM
(27,833 posts)I don't remember the particulars because they didn't add up, but it had something to do with a brokered convention if Hillary didn't have enough votes and it was going to be stolen away from Bernie by none other than Uncle Joe.
William769
(55,148 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)But they will likely back up and run over him again.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)You know that must have been hard.
William769
(55,148 posts)I wish him and his family nothing but good wishes.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)We're gonna need all hands on deck to turn both houses blue.
SunSeeker
(51,715 posts)mcar
(42,376 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Jump on in, Mr. President!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)oasis
(49,410 posts)declare "I'm With Her" Hillary will become unbeatable in the GE. However, as it currently stands, the inflated ego of a defeated opponent, forestalls the inevitable.
William769
(55,148 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)I'm glad he didn't run, but I'm more glad he said this about Hillary
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)BootinUp
(47,192 posts)Chichiri
(4,667 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)It won't be long before Obama is on the trail for Hillary too. This is a signal.
William769
(55,148 posts)DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Beacool
(30,253 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Rachel once did a segment about how everyone, Democrats and Republicans, like him. She showed Lindsey Graham...Lindsey Graham in tears when he talked about Joe's pain on the death of his son. She commented on how rare, almost unprecedented, his popularity is among his colleagues.
I'm SO glad he's said this! Thanks for posting, Bill.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Cha
(297,692 posts)Hillary Men!
Mahalo, William~
beaglelover
(3,492 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)brer cat
(24,612 posts)Thanks for pointing that out to the mathematically challenged, Joe.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Smart man.
Tarc
(10,476 posts)Because he took (what they thought, anyways) was a swipe at Hillary last month in an interview.
I think they're about to have an Eastasia-Eurasia pivot.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)Smart guy
William769
(55,148 posts)beaglelover
(3,492 posts)Hekate
(90,827 posts)........
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)will be out and campaigning for Hillary along with the others, our best chance to have the Clinton/Obama legacy expanded to another 8 years. They will be on board, I even expect a shot in the arm from Sanders, Trump is not good for the USA and a Republican president will send us back into a tailspin.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)sheshe2
(83,925 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)Gothmog
(145,567 posts)R B Garr
(16,979 posts)Biden is correct. So was Obama in an earlier comment about the math and what that means.