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In a column this week, Ezra Klein hailed Joe Bidens heavyweight credentials as a campaigner, dealmaker and talent evaluator, and touted him as a 2016 White House contender.
In theory, there should be nothing noteworthy about that last part. Biden is a sitting vice president in a second-term administration; he should be a natural prospect to run for the top job in the next election something, hes made clear, that hes interested in doing. Of the three most recent two-term veeps, two George H.W. Bush and Al Gore used the office to clear relatively easy paths to presidential nominations, while the third Dick Cheney never seriously toyed with running on his own.
Joe Biden, forgotten man - Salon.com
PLEASE nominate ole Joe...PLEASE
In theory, there should be nothing noteworthy about that last part. Biden is a sitting vice president in a second-term administration; he should be a natural prospect to run for the top job in the next election something, hes made clear, that hes interested in doing. Of the three most recent two-term veeps, two George H.W. Bush and Al Gore used the office to clear relatively easy paths to presidential nominations, while the third Dick Cheney never seriously toyed with running on his own.
Joe Biden, forgotten man - Salon.com
PLEASE nominate ole Joe...PLEASE
