Biden says if he'd run for president he could have won

[TexasTowelie]

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Former Vice President Joe Biden says that if he had run for president in 2016 he could have won.

Biden told students at Colgate University in central New York on Friday that he could have won the election but the Democratic primary would have been "very difficult."

Biden said his son Beau's battle with brain cancer kept him out of the race.

The Observer-Dispatch of Utica reports (http://bit.ly/2nS1bWc ) that Biden said anyone who runs for president should be able to "look the public in the eye and promise you they can give you 100 percent."

Biden says he doesn't regret not running but added, "Do I regret not being president? Yes."

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/biden-says-if-he-d-run-for-president-he-could-have-won/417105763/

[LOL Lib]

1. I still want Uncle Joe to take Lil' Donnie out behind the gym!

This would literally make me life complete to see Joe punch that orange buffoon.

Edit: Off topic....sorry op!

[TexasTowelie]

4. I think that would be a terrific fundraiser.

I don't have a lot of money so I'd probably have to take a back row seat, but I wouldn't miss it.

[LOL Lib]

8. Me either!

[L. Coyote]

2. If the election is nullified, would Biden become President until an election is held?

Link to tweet

[flyingfysh]

5. There is no way to nullify the election

There is nothing like that in the Constitution.

[L. Coyote]

7. Until there is.

The Constitution defends our rights. The Courts defend them.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Lol. No.

Everyone on down the line of succession would be a repig.

And mark my words, they will govern like nothing happened and they have a mandate from god to keep gutting this country.

[nycbos]

11. No

There is process in the constitution to nullify an election

[cwydro]

35. Lol.

[Pisces]

3. He definitely would have won!

[luvMIdog]

6. I like Joe

[Docreed2003]

9. I love Joe dearly....and always will

But I don't think he would have won the primary, just my opinion. That being said, we still need his voice, and I welcome it whenever it's offered!

[Cha]

10. I love Joe, too.. but

this isn't helping.

The only reason he might have won is "misogyny" are the part of too many.. in my opinion.

[Docreed2003]

12. People tried to twist this back during the primaries....

But there was a great article that talked about Barack and Joes relationship and there was a discussion in the piece about Joe running and Barack met him man to man and asked him not to do it. Now, like I said, this was twisted by some to suggest that Obama had an ultimate loyalty to the Clinton's, but I think that perspective is extremely short sided and, frankly, wrong. Barack knew the pain that Joe was experiencing, and he knew the toll a campaign would have on him. These two men love/loved each other like brothers and I think Barack was looking out for Joe's best interests. In retrospect, Joe is being Joe by suggesting that he could have one...knowing his career, that doesn't offend me in the least. But, there's no way, given the fact that during that time he was so far behind in fundraising and organizing that he could have organized a winning campaign. Barack knew that..and went to him as a friend to convince him of that. Sadly, I think Joe knows that as well. Like I said, I love Joe, but in this instance I think he's wrong.

[moonscape]

14. He was referring to the election, not the primary n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

13. I love Joe, but it's time for us to expand our bench. Age wise, geography wise, etc.

We need someone young and from the West coast, like Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris.

And no more drug warriors. Sorry, Joe.

[RoadhogRidesAgain]

15. He would have done far better in the Midwest

[Skittles]

17. no, he would not have won

the fix was in

[SticksnStones]

23. Agreed. I love Joe Biden but

Monday Morning Quarterbacking is pointless and frankly, I find it a bit disrespectful toward HRC.

It's funny how candidates and politicians who didn't have to run the republican gauntlet that was this last election process all think they could have done it better and won.

[Skittles]

26. even without having to put up with misogyny

they still would not have won

[still_one]

29. I agree. Biden is really not showing very much class with this. This isn't the first time he has

brought this up. If Biden wants to run let him do it in 2020. What coulda or shoulda, is just bullshit

[delisen]

18. Does he think Russia would have backed him instead of Trump ?

I can see the endless ad now of Joseph Biden making fun of that unfortunte working class plumber. in 2008

I am weary of the "I could have been a contender" comments from Democrats who do not address what opposition research would reveal that the opposition would manipulate to use against them and how they would counter it; how they would deal with foreign influence.

For Joe Biden, there would be his stance on bank credit card industry-major employer in Delaware.

I am very sympathetic toward Joseph Biden. He has endured immense personal tragedy works hard and ia reliable. He is a good person.

I would like to hear his opinion on why Al Gore and John Kerry were not winners.

[Skittles]

24. plagiarism would have been number one

yes indeed

[canetoad]

19. Joe is correct

He would have beaten DFT and this is no criticism of Hillary.

[Skittles]

25. I absolutely disagree

[EffieBlack]

36. SO easy to say you would have kicked the champ's ass - if you never got in the ring

Joe looks pretty now because no one campaigned against him. But he'd look a lot different now after the Republicans, Trump and the Russians got finished with him.

[nikibatts]

20. The primary would have been brutal to him. He has too many skeletons in his closet that most

people tend to forget. The attacks would have been almost as bad as they were for Hillary. (Plagiarism, Anita Hill for starters.) He may have garnered s huge sympathy vote to counter but the GOP are very nasty people.

That said, I think it is beneath him to say the "I could have won" mantra now. It isn't helpful when the Democrats need to be a unified as possible going forward.

[still_one]

30. You are darn right he does. The Anita Hill fiasco was a disgrace. In the end, whether he would

have won or not is meaningless because that is not what happened. He made a choice, in my view the right choice, to spend time with his son. Now he has brought this up several times as though he regrets that choice. That really doesn't make him look very good.

If he wants to give it a try in 2020, all the power to him, but it really is tiresome for him to keep bringing up, "if only"

[EffieBlack]

37. You are SO right

The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas debacle alone would have been a huge anchor around him.

And while his off-beat, sometimes bizarre comments are endearing to many, his penchant for saying weird things could likely have gotten him to all kinds of trouble in a campaign when he's on top of the ticket. Wacky Joe is kind of cute when Obama is his adult supervision. But as the leader of the pack, not so much.

[betsuni]

21. Wait, didn't he vote the same way as Hillary Clinton and John Kerry about the Iraq war thing?

Wouldn't that make him a horrible warmonger? Hasn't he been in government since, like, the '70s? Hello, "establishment." What about his so-called gaffe problem? Trade agreements? I don't know, I think the media would've done a number on him. Unless there's some sort of double standard.

[FDRsGhost]

22. While true there's one very huge difference

America trusts him & he's liked by many people far and wide sans the ones with Obama derangement syndrome.

[delisen]

40. America gave Clinton high approval rating when Secy of State-

This "If I had run, I would have won" syndrome is ego braggadocio talk and is demeaning to the politicians who engage in it. Sounds like sports channels analysis.

He did not run, therefore he could not win.

I am embarrassed for him that he would make this empty boast.

[egduj]

27. Easily.

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. He could have beaten trump. He would have taken a practical approach

To the lies and bullshit unlike Hillary.

[jalan48]

31. I think he could have won as well.

[still_one]

32. Then why bring it up Biden? What bullshit

[NurseJackie]

33. Thank you.

[ALBliberal]

34. Yep. No doubt Biden would have won.

I voted for Hillary... but she isnt a great campaigner. Smart as a whip and so very experienced.... but doesn't have the charisma factor. Charisma is needed in this political age. Joe Biden has it.

[EffieBlack]

38. And if Biden had run and lost because of who knows what the Republicans would have done to him

folks arouund here would be saying, "we should have nominated Hillary instead of Joe."

Woulda coulda shoulda ...

[delisen]

41. Joe Biden charisma . This is a joke?

[delisen]

42. Weird so many voted for her, isn't it. Majority of voters must not understand

your premise that they need to vote "charisma" factor.

Too many, I guess, have been voting competence.

....and who can explain Angela Merckel???

[HoneyBadger]

39. He would have won the general against Trump

And he would have won the primary if Hillary did not run. The primary has nothing to do with the general.

[Bucky]

43. He keeps coming out and saying that every couple of months

I kind of agree with him, but it's a silly thing to keep on repeating. Mostly because it doesn't matter now. I think him thinking about it that much is a measurement of his frustration at watching the country he loves get bamboozled and trashed by a classless idiot