Joe just now: "I asked Obama not to endorse me."

[nolabear]

Quick questions in Delaware. He wants to do it on his own. Good answer.

[Peacetrain]

1. Just heard that on MSNBC!

as he was headed for the train..

[nolabear]

3. Don't you love that train? The Secret Service must be nuts.

But I’m fond of it.

[Peacetrain]

5. ROFL... I had not thought about that

they called it the Joe Biden train .. love it..

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Ah nola, that Joe

responded as you quote is very telling, distancing himself from Obama while still claiming the legacy will be a difficult tightrope, imo.

[nolabear]

4. I'm not sure it's distancing so much as declaring he's in nobody's shadow.

[Atticus]

8. Agreed. nt

[Demit]

6. Was that before or after Obama said in March he wasn't going to endorse anyone in the primaries?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Good question!! Can't wait to hear Joe's answer!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Showmanship 101. He knows how to tilt the board.

[thesquanderer]

11. Yes, showmanship I think. I doubt Obama would have endorsed anyone at this point anyway. (nt)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Obama said he wouldn't, so.

[George II]

14. How is this "showmanship"?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. It implies Biden is holding Obama back from an endorsement he can't wait to make.

[Kingofalldems]

16. How do you know Obama didn't want to endorse Biden?

Are you calling Joe Biden a liar?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. Easy there, tiger.

That's the whole point.

[Miles Archer]

9. It makes sense...

...I am sure Obama would endorse him in a heartbeat, but given the nature of this election, it makes perfect sense to do it on his own.

I think an "implied but unspoken" endorsement from Obama will be in the air anyway. In terms of President and Vice President "team" relationships, they actually HAD one, and it was one of the best. Cheney took the ball and ran with it. Pence is a lickspittle who cringes in the background as Trump lays out his scorched earth pronouncements. Obama and Biden were actually a TEAM.

[redstatebluegirl]

10. You know President Obama will work for him, either out front or on the sidelines.

He and Michelle dearly love Joe.

[ucrdem]

17. Barack has as much as endorsed Biden already ,

at least that's how it looks to me. When Joe was getting hit with head-and-shoulders-gate, Barack turned up and made statement about civility and that was the end of that. So I get the feeling Barack is a phone call away when Joe needs him.

[IndianaDave]

19. I hate to break into this love fest, but President Obama directly indicated

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that he didn't want to interfere in the primary elections. I love Joe -- who doesn't? -- but President Obama did not want to be an undue influence on the primary process. Obama has always stressed that the American people are the locus of decision and change. President Obama does not want to endorse ANYONE until the Nominee has been determined -- all wishful thinking and fantasizing to the contrary. Once that Nominee has been chosen by the PEOPLE, Obama will undoubtedly endorse and strongly support him or her. But Joe Biden is fudging it if he implies that President Obama secretly supports him, but just doesn't want to be public about it. Obama's statement in March that he would not be endorsing any Democratic candidate in the primary should be taken at face value.