Obama doesn’t rule out endorsing Biden or Clinton in 2016

The comments came as Biden returned from two weeks of vacation in South Carolina and Delaware, and as he continues to explore a campaign for the Democratic nomination against frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

As for the Clinton campaign, they’re taking these speculative developments in stride. The dream scenario is that current front-runner Hillary Clinton fades due to concerns over her handling of classified information over email while secretary of state.

“Clinton, particularly during her four years as secretary of state”, Earnest said, before once again pivoting to praise the vice president. CNN reported that Mr. Obama gave his “blessing” to Mr. Biden to run when the two had lunch on Monday, and several outlets said the vice president is now leaning toward jumping in the race.

Mr Biden would be expected to declare in September, in time for the first Democratic debate on October 13.

Reporting for the CBS Evening News, correspondent Julianna Goldman cited sources in telling viewers that “President Obama has given his Vice President the green light the mull a White House run”, but was otherwise very tepid toward Biden (compared to NBC). He said the vice president is beyond qualified. I have a lot of respect for him. “If I were Joe Biden, I’d probably give it very serious consideration”.

The group says they are well on their way to reaching that goal, but declined to reveal the exact amount they have raised to date. Elizabeth Warren, the liberal firebrand, this weekend and the prospect of Biden entering the 2016 race has privately divided Obama administration officials. “I just don’t know“, said Sanders.

It showed Mrs Clinton leading Mr Trump by 51 per cent to 45 per cent. In June she led by 59 per cent to 35 per cent. However, she’s distanced herself from his decision to approve offshore oil drilling in the Artic and said she would have voted against his bid to get fast-track authority for an Asia-Pacific trade deal if she were still in the Senate.

Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz was the first person to officially throw his hat into the ring on March 23. Beau reportedly encouraged his father to make a third run at the presidency before his death, and the vice president sees the possible campaign as a vehicle to promote Beau’s legacy and the issues he cared about.

Draft Biden is also broadening its campaign beyond the early states.

Bedingfield joined the MPAA in 2011, before which she was associate communications director at the. He said nothing to discourage a run by Biden, who is 72.

Earnest would not speculate on whether Obama would endorse Biden over Clinton, but he admitted that right now “everybody is pretty interested to find out… what decision the vice president is going to make”.