White House praises Vice President Biden’s ‘aptitude’ for presidency

If Biden does decide to run, now is the time to pull the trigger. Will it help or hurt Hillary Clinton?

Speculation of a Biden presidential bid in 2016, which he is said to be considering, fueled the Sunday talk show circuit.

And Monday, Biden announced in a statement that he’d hired Kate Bedingfield as communications director for his vice presidential office.

“But I don’t know, assuming she could get over that, which I just don’t know how she possibly can, but if assuming she could, I would say it would be pretty equal”.

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: And now to the presidential race. Does Joe Biden uniquely have the ability and inclination to compete with Donald Trump for coverage in the popular media?

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“The Vice President has not made a decision about his political future”.

Although Warren advisers were reluctant to issue any response to requests for comment, she was seen flying Saturday afternoon at Reagan National Airport.

The inside-the-beltway chatter about a possible Biden-Warren 2016 ticket also drew attention from writer John Fund who authored a piece just published by National Review.

ALEXANDER: Warren, a darling among progressives, may be the second most prominent Democratic woman, trailing only Hillary Clinton.

One year ago, Clinton was pegged as, not only the Democratic nominee, but also the most likely to move into the White House in January 2017. Some observers think that this is a sign that the vice-president, who has been reaching out to potential campaign donors, is about make a big announcement.

“As I was watching that tape, I was thinking to myself, this is a lawyerly answer”, Dean said, seemingly in reference to Clinton’s responses when asked by the press about classified information.

ELIZABETH WARREN: Are you ready to get out there and fight?!

“That should give you an indication of the president’s view of [Biden’s] aptitude” for the job of president, Earnest said. “If I were Joe Biden, I’d probably give it very serious consideration”. Elizabeth Warren, a power broker among liberal Democrats. The White House had no readout to offer of the lunch, which was ongoing.

JON KARL: Good morning, George. Joe Biden is set to make his decision on running sometime in late September or early in October.

Alcorn’s support for the Draft Biden movement may itself reveal growing openness to the idea of a run within the Biden camp.

Warren, who is up for re-election in 2018, has repeatedly declined a run for the presidency in 2016.