Fascinating Politico article here about Joe Biden and his desire to run in 2016. Here is the basic problem, in a nutshell: Hillary Clinton is more or less qualified to be President* – or, at least, the Democratic nominee for President – but she is a horrible campaigner and nobody likes her. People like Joe Biden, and he is better at the entire campaigning thing. However: by the time 2016 rolls around “close to the Obama administration” is not going to be a selling point in the general election… and while both Clinton and Biden severely suffer from that problem, Biden suffers from it a heck of a lot more.
What the Democrats need is a two-term governor who will be no older than 60 or so in 2016 and who can promise a return to normalcy. ‘Alas,’ the RGA did yeoman work in culling that herd in 2010, and is planning to do a little more culling in 2014.
But never mind me. I’m just this guy on the Internet.
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Biden upset VP gets crappy assignments, that his gaffes get him frozen out by Pres? Funniest. Thing. Ever. http://t.co/piuDKdTanB
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) February 28, 2014
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PS: I could have brought up the age/health things for Clinton and Biden more explicitly, sure. But you already know about them, right?
*Activist First Lady, elected twice as Senator from New York and served as Secretary of State. Not the most impressive resume for this job – there hasn’t been a truly successful Congressional President since Truman – but… adequate, I suppose.
