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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts)
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 03:28 PM Feb 2019

Biden: 'The most important people in my life want me to run'

NEW YORK — Stepping further toward a 2020 presidential run than he ever has before, former Vice President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that his family — including his grandchildren — are encouraging him to launch a White House bid.

"There's a consensus," Biden told an excited crowd during an appearance at the University of Delaware. "The most important people in my life want me to run."

He did not explicitly say he was running. In fact, the 76-year-old lifelong politician conceded he may not be popular enough to win over the Democratic Party of 2020. Yet roughly 10 months before the first primary votes are cast, Biden sent an unmistakable message to prospective rivals and voters alike that the already-crowded Democratic field is far from set.

Should he run, he would instantly become a front-runner, the best-known option for primary voters and perhaps the best-respected by elected officials and donors, who in many cases have a decadeslong relationship with the longtime Democratic leader. Biden's potential rivals had little to say publicly about his latest comments on potentially joining the field, but in private, their camps conceded that he would be a political force who could scramble the evolving field.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-the-most-important-people-in-my-life-want-me-to-run/ar-BBU7DXG?li=BBnb7Kz

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Biden: 'The most important people in my life want me to run' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
Well.......I guess you are running then SummerSnow Feb 2019 #1
no doubt still_one Feb 2019 #2
Joe is at or near the top of my long list Gothmog Feb 2019 #3
 

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. Well.......I guess you are running then
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 03:35 PM
Feb 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Gothmog

(145,225 posts)
3. Joe is at or near the top of my long list
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:03 PM
Feb 2019

We have so many great candidates to look at. Joe would be a great candidate

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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