Joe Biden Could Decide Presidential Run In The Next Week, Leaning Towards Entering The Race

[Purveyor]

Last Updated Oct 3, 2015 4:16 PM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden is nearing a decision on whether to run for president, and it could come as early as within the next seven to 10 days, according to three people familiar with his deliberations.

Two of those people said he is leaning toward entering the race. Still, they caution that family considerations remain the overriding concern and would be the reason he doesn't run. His wife, Dr. Jill Biden, has said that should the vice president launch a bid for the Oval Office, "of course" she would "be on board."

Even if Biden decides to seek the Democratic nomination before the party's first debate on Oct. 13, he likely would not participate, sources told CBS News.

They said he'd need time - perhaps a couple of weeks - to put together the foundations of a campaign and raise money looking ahead to several ballot deadlines. States like New Hampshire, Texas and Florida have deadlines beginning in November.

Biden has been weighing a White House bid for the last few months, with several Democratic fundraisers even pledging their support should he launch a presidential campaign.

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[MelungeonWoman]

1. October 13th can't come soon enough!

The deadline for filing will hopefully stem the tide of Biden speculation threads.

[jfern]

2. Nov. 9th is the first filing deadline

Nov. 27th is NH.

In 1991, Mario Cuomo waited until the day of the NH filing deadline, Dec. 20th that year, to announce he wasn't running.

[NanceGreggs]

3. Yet another 'some people are saying" article. n/t

[jkbRN]

4. Good. I wonder how Hillary feels about this?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. "One more scalp" is what the baddest woman in the world will say.

[energy_model]

7. Not as bad as Bernie nt

[jkbRN]

10. Really?

Looking at every poll out there Biden takes more support from her than Bernie. Moreover, Hillary has already gone on the offensive with Biden whereas Bernie has not.

Do some research on it.

[99th_Monkey]

5. I've lost all interest

in the will he or won't he bullshit reports about NON-candidate Biden

If/when he actually DOES announce, I'll be interested again; but til then nada.

[Metric System]

8. It's kind of annoying and I don't think it's fair to the other candidates who've been campaigning

for months and will be debating on the 13th. Lucky him if he gets to bypass all that.

[Joe the Revelator]

11. Hillary supporters whining about fairness and lack of campaigning...

...we have have now crossed the rubicon.

[one_voice]

9. I love Joe...

I really do, but I wish we had some 'new blood' running. I don't mean that as far as age. Our bench is bare...we need more people, I'd like to see some younger, middle aged, more ethnically diverse people running. I mean really this is the best we have to offer.

Everyone is busy yelling about Hillary running, instead of looking at the big picture---it's really very small.

Kinda disappointing if you ask me.

[Democat]

12. Why are there no young charismatic Democrats running this year?

Some people get upset when the average age of the candidates on the Democratic side is mentioned, but for the party that is supposed to represent young people, this group of candidates seems quite old.

Part of Obama's appeal was that he was young. It was part of Palin's appeal as well, even though she was a catastrophe.

[John Poet]

13. Lots of Dems wiped out in midterm losses

in 2010 and 2014.....

The bench is in pretty bad shape.

[MineralMan]

14. Yet more unnamed sources.

Biden should step up and announce, one way or another, soon. He's clouding the primary campaign. Run or Don't Run. "There is no Maybe." (Sorry, Yoda...)