Biden out; where do Conn. “Draft Biden” Democrats go now?

In a statement released from the Vermont senator’s office, Sanders wrote, “Joe Biden, a good friend, has made the decision that he feels is best for himself, his family and the country”. They shot up to 78% once Biden said he wouldn’t run. I’ve concluded it has closed, ‘ Biden said.

Vice President Joe Biden is chose to forgo a 2016 presidential bid, he announced Wednesday.

Ms Clinton’s support among Democrats surged by 10 percentage points after the October debate, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

Granite State primary voters who thought Clinton could win the general election increased from 56 percent to 71 percent since September (those who thought Sanders could win rose only slightly from 34 percent to 39 percent). I am confident that history isn’t finished with Joe Biden.

It would have been fun to have his lively, what-you-see-is-what-you-get panache at the Democrats’ debates and on the campaign trail. Much of that was in support of Obama’s protracted campaign to defeat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary.

He issued a mea culpa Wednesday, posting that he was “surprised” by Biden’s announcement – and, regarding his political-forecasting abilities, that he’ll be sticking to his day job.

“He actually says what I want to hear and he’s not anxious about telling somebody or saying it in a way that doesn’t sound real”, said Cynthia Forth, a 60-year-old from Crawfordsville, Iowa.

At a speech to Latino Victory Project PAC earlier this month, Biden said that Republicans were administering a “beating” to Hispanics.

Calfano said the focus has switched to Republican Presidential candidates now.

Biden has served as President Barack Obama’s vice president since 2009.

While Biden is an unapologetic, progressive Democrat, he also is a pragmatic one, capable of forging deals and brokering dialogue among Democrats and Republicans. Even so, he said he still believes he is out of time.

Biden’s announcement also overshadowed Rep. Paul Ryan’s announcement that if certain conditions were met – including a unified Republican caucus – he would run for speaker of the House.

The sentiment of Obama being naive to assume Republicans wanted to work with him has became Sanders’ fallback answer when asked about how he would be different than Obama and how he would accomplish a few of the legislative priorities the president failed to do.

She’s due to testify before the a House panel investigating her actions relating to the deaths of four Americas in Benghazi, Libya on Thursday.