Come on, Mr. Vice President, commit!

[RussBLib]

Didn't Joe Biden say he was going to make up his mind by the end of September?

Tic-toc. The first Dem debate is only ... 2 weeks away ... ?

I wonder how the race would change with Joe in it? I'd think he would take some of Hillary's vote, probably not much from Bernie, unless Joe goes all progressive all of a sudden, and that's unlikely.

[appalachiablue]

1. The Vice President said he would decide when returning from late August vacation

in South Carolina. Mario Cuomo was nothing compared to this, although I truly wish he had entered the race. My sense is that there is a strong centrist strategy going on here, testing (duh) with much thought and calculation esp. for an issue as huge as this presidential race. But it's unprecedented in my adult years, this kind of inside maneuvering like the restricted debates despite objections by the people.

[jfern]

2. CNN made the rules for the first debate so that he could just randomly show up

[HereSince1628]

3. I'm not really interested in having another establishment voice on the right.

I'd just as soon have the more conservative democrat being a lonely voice.

I think it's true that Biden wouldn't siphon votes away from Sanders, but I don't want the weight of the arguments shifted right.

[RussBLib]

4. I hear ya

"They" would get twice the airtime, and you know how impressionable some people can be.

On the other hand, it could split the establishment vote and give Bernie more space.