Here’s Joe Biden’s plan for the big debate

– U.S. Vice President Joe Biden faced an altered political dynamic on Wednesday after Hillary Clinton reasserted her command of the Democratic Party Presidential race during a debate that may have left little room for him to run. Podesta said he doesn’t think Clinton’s testimony should be a factor in Biden’s decision.

“If he runs, he will run because of his burning conviction that we need to fundamentally change the balance in our economy and the political structure to restore the ability of the middle class to get ahead”, Kaufman said.

“I think HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] closed the door on Biden tonight”, one of the sources said in a Facebook message to PolitickerNJ.

Clinton, 67, was widely hailed by analysts as turning in a nimble, effective performance on Tuesday night, perhaps easing the fears of a few Democrats fretting that the flap over her use of a private email server while in the Obama administration was torpedoing her candidacy. “Everything he and the president have worked for – and care about – is at stake”.

According to CNN’s latest poll of Nevada voters, Clinton has the support of 50% of Democrats planning to cote in the primaries, followed by Sanders at 34%. Kaufman said he is confident Biden understands “the practical demands of making a final decision soon”.

“If he decides to run, we will need each and every one of you – yesterday!” It then smoothly splices further down in Biden’s 2012 speech, as he says “You never quit on America, and you deserve a president who will never quit on you!”

All that was true a month ago. Biden’s spokesperson didn’t respond to a request from The Huffington Post about the vice president’s evening plans.

Speaking to Yahoo News, Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta suggested that it was time for Biden to make up his mind. Democrats are scheduled to debate at least five more times between now and March.

If anything, that may mean that when Biden takes a fresh look at the Democratic field, he may see that Clinton has solidified her standing with establishment Democrats while Sanders has kept his grip on populist progressives, leaving even less space for him.

“The indecision becomes a problem for people”, said Sam Tenenbaum, a Biden supporter and longtime Democratic donor in South Carolina.

Nine days later, the former secretary of state will appear before the House Select Committee on Benghazi for long-awaited public testimony.

Kaufman said in the letter that he has “spoken with [Biden] extensively” about his thoughts on a bid for the presidency and the timing of his decision.

“A campaign from the heart”. “People will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations, big corporations, with the secretary”, Sanders said.

Draft Biden scrambled last week after a Los Angeles Times report said that Biden was uncomfortable with its first commercial, which included pictures of Biden’s late son, Beau Biden, and told the story of the 1972 crash that killed the vice president’s first wife and their 13-month-old daughter.

Republished with permission of the Associated Press.