Obama gives blessing for Biden to run for president in 2016

That is, if Biden decides to run for president next year.

California Governor Jerry Brown said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Biden should give “very serious consideration” to a presidential campaign. When Biden’s son, Beau, died of brain cancer earlier this year, Obama delivered a moving eulogy in which he referred to the vice president as a “brother”.

He said: “It’s a personal affinity for the vice president”. If he’s seriously considering running I want to be part of it.

Biden, 72, has previously said he would make a decision on entering the 2016 race by summer’s end, about a month from now. “I haven’t spoken to him“.

Forty-five percent of voters, but only 18 percent of Democrats, consider the questions raised by Clinton’s use of private email to be a “serious scandal”.

Those close to Obama and Biden insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the vice president’s deliberations or the White House’s view of the 2016 race. “And I’m hoping that we’ll get some good news soon”, said Eaton. Other reasons given included “untrustworthy/dishonest”, “email controversy”, “has a lot of baggage” and “she’s a Clinton“. I think he’s good next to Donald Trump in that category.

Florida is another such swing state where a recent Quinnipiac poll showed he would win, while Clinton would lose.

And even Sen. Bernie Sanders, who once languished in the single-digits, is now polling at roughly 25 percent as he continues to take his populist campaign across the country.

Biden has been credited with having the understanding and the credentials to run a successful campaign. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, which fueled speculation of a Biden/Warren ticket, Biden sat down Anita Dunn, Bob Bauer, and Steve Ricchetti at his residence at the Naval Observatory Monday night.

He also hired a leading film industry insider from the Motion Picture Association of America to start as his new communications director this week.

In 2008, Clinton unexpectedly trailed in third place, behind Barack Obama and former North Carolina senator John Edwards. “When the trust numbers go this low, you’re exposed as a politician”, Republican presidential candidate Sen.