For Clinton and Biden, a long and tangled friendship

Biden, who went in June with President Obama to mourn the racially motivated killings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and stayed on to commune with parishioners on his own, also has amassed a list of state lawmakers and black pastors who have supported him before and are holding off on a commitment to Clinton until they know what he is going to do.

As talk of a Biden challenge grew louder this month, Clinton said in New Hampshire, “I have the highest regard and affection for him”.

Biden’s former Senate staffers say Clinton wasn’t a frequent visitor in the subsequent years; they sat on separate committees and focused on different issues. The article ends: “It would be, as the vice president famously whispered to Obama after the Affordable Care Act was signed, ‘a big (bleeping) deal.’ But doesn’t the above just confirm this reality?” I’m just looking at it saying what the hell was she doing?

“It’s not easy”, said Clinton, whose remarks were partially audible from a private-access beach behind the home of Frank and Carol Biondi, the fundraiser’s hosts. “This was a very important week for he and Jill as they’re working through this personal decision”.

“The answer was, ‘Yes, I’m committed to Hillary. But I will stand my ground”. Is that why Dems pray that the one of the three current G.O.P. “frontrunners” – Trump, Carson, Cruz (according to a FOX national poll of likely Republican primary voters), the first time the top three G.O.P. Presidential hopefuls are all insurgents, anathema to the party establishment – wins the G.O.P. nomination? They were also especially proud of the limited Democratic field in contrast to the chaotic, 17-way Republican brawl. “If Biden becomes a candidate, you could probably put the sun and the moon between them”.

Clinton-Obama unity – not Biden’s decision – was the theme of the weekend on Martha’s Vineyard. “But I’m more for the vice president than I am against Hillary”.

Dick Harpootlian, the former state Democratic Party chairman, is a supporter of Joe Biden’s.

It wasn’t always this cosy.

While there was some hand-wringing about Bernie Sanders’ rise on Sunday, there’s zero appetite to see the vice president offer himself as another alternative, said Rob Liberatore, who as a former aide to the late Sen.

“I would be surprised if he decided to run, unless something happened to Hillary, something health-wise or who knows what”, said Liberatore.

Not Biden. Days before the speech, he sent word, Clinton’s former aides recall: Could he escort her past the cameras and crowds into the House chamber? “I think he’d be an excellent candidate”, Darby said.

The loyalties of Frank Biondi, a Viacom executive, and his wife, Carol, have never been divided.

“There’s no woman like Hillary Clinton“, Biden said in 2013 as they shared the stage at an awards ceremony.

While Clinton’s remarks were wide-ranging, her call for a greater emphasis on early childhood development was the focal point. That’s compared to Clinton’s 44-8 advantage in a Herald poll in March.

Charlotte’s family is already talking, reading and singing to her, Clinton said.