President Obama should have replaced Biden in 2012

[apples and oranges]

Biden was excellent in the debates; still, Obama should have replaced him with someone who would be a viable candidate in 2016.

[Thinkingabout]

1. I can not see why he would replace Biden for your reasoning.

Who would you suggest in place of Biden?

[apples and oranges]

4. Someone who would be considered inevitable, like

most VPs were in the past (except for Cheney).

[Thinkingabout]

6. How many times have you known this to happen?

[elleng]

2. apples and oranges it is.

[mfcorey1]

3. I disagree. Joe is marginalized too often.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda.

Only fourteen vice presidents have become presidents Eight of these because of the death of a sitting president.

So only six of forty-four vice presidents have ascended to the presidency through election.

13% chance is pretty slim odds to be crying about.

[madokie]

14. Sometimes its the cry that important

methinks this might be one of those times

[Xipe Totec]

15. I don't see the sense of it. Whatever viable candidates we have for 2016

Would not be any more viable it they were VP right now.

And we still have 2014 to worry about first.

[madokie]

16. exactly

one step at a time and the next step is 2014
GOTV and forget about 2016 for now.

[Xipe Totec]

17. ^^ This ^^

[Motown_Johnny]

7. That would have been spun....

into looking like picking him the first time was a miztake.
it would have also been a purely politicap move and not good for the country as a whole,

[Laelth]

8. The Vice President is a viable candidate.

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Not my first choice, but he's certainly viable.

-Laelth

[NightWatcher]

9. Hell, let's run Joe in 16

His slogan could be "Why the Hell not?"

[conservaphobe]

10. With Hillary!

[liberal N proud]

11. There was no reason

[AtomicKitten]

12. No.

because reasons

[JI7]

13. why ? which republican is a viable candidate ?

[Exultant Democracy]

18. That type of gamesmanship for a position like VP as a stepping stone for POTUS makes no sense.

VP just isn't that good of a stepping stone.

[Historic NY]

19. Are you a little kid, or don't you understand the history of Presidential politics...

VP's are never looked to as successors. Do some homework its a rare occurrence.

[bigwillq]

20. I don't think so.

Not a huge Biden fan, but Biden has served well, aside from the occasional gaffe.
There are plenty of Democratic options for 2016. I don't think it would have made much sense to replace Biden just to get a frontrunner. It might be refreshing to see someone new, other than the previous VP, run.

[Jamaal510]

21. Biden's fine.

All I'm concerned about now is that he keeps up the good work as VP.