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BREAKING NEWS: JOE SAYS NO Biden announces he will not run for president in 2016
Fox News ^ | October 21, 2015 | Fox News

Posted on 10/21/2015 9:37:12 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

Vice President Biden announced Wednesday that he will not run for president, ending months of feverish speculation over his 2016 plans and likely settling the Democratic field.

Speaking in the Rose Garden alongside his wife Jill and President Obama, Biden said the window of opportunity to mount a viable campaign "has closed." He has been weighing a decision since summer, but cautioned all along that he and his family were grieving over the loss of his son Beau Biden -- and said Wednesday he knew that process could outlast the window for making a decision.

"Unfortunately I believe we're out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination," Biden said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; 2scared; biden; biden2016; biden2016not; bidenout; bidenspeech; bidenwillnotrun; chicken; delaware; election; joebiden; runawayjoe
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To: WhiskeyX

1) He’s run for President four times. Miserably.
2) He’s got all kinds of soundbites from the 2012 campaign that turned out to be untrue.
3) He’d have to defend Obama’s foreign policy.
4) He’d have to defend Obama’s domestic policy.


141 posted on 10/21/2015 11:45:11 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: WhiskeyX

Wow, I thought after the Elizabeth Warren meeting there was a serious chance he would run. The primary polling scared him, though it looked like he would be much stronger than Hillary in the general election machrups.


142 posted on 10/21/2015 11:50:26 AM PDT by tellw
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To: centurion316

Hillary is going to be indicted by the US Justice Department. Biden’s announcement reduces his being blamed by the Hillary supporters in the future.


143 posted on 10/21/2015 11:52:15 AM PDT by kruss3
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To: cuspofcommonsense

Down to his knees...

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144 posted on 10/21/2015 11:52:23 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: McGruff

Yuck what a gross old perv he is.


145 posted on 10/21/2015 11:53:17 AM PDT by funfan
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To: combat_boots

To me, they got the word that nothing is coming out of this committee looking at her and she will not be indicted by DOJ.

Any chance either of those two things happening, he would have run.

Isle of Man is looking like a good place to bail to.


146 posted on 10/21/2015 11:53:17 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: ctdonath2
no apparent justification why he’s VP.

Assassination insurance for jugears.

147 posted on 10/21/2015 12:03:12 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.greenhornshooting.com - Professional handgun training.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Is anyone else on this thread THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED by the CNN “style” of coverage”

Joe and Jill appear for his LBJ style speech of not choosing to run.
CNN assigns a male/female team to cover and report from DC. Each camera position showed the 2 ^journalists^ in same way Joe&Jill were pictured in the Rose Garden; he on the left, she on the right.

Why does CNN think the political pandering is not obvious?


148 posted on 10/21/2015 12:03:38 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (BREAKING: Boy Scouts of America Changes Corporate Identity to "Scouting for Boys in America")
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To: kruss3

And she has a very good chance of being the first person elected to the Office of President while under indictment. People these days assume that all politicians are crooks, so having confirmation is not an impediment.


149 posted on 10/21/2015 12:05:26 PM PDT by centurion316 (,)
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To: Argus
Actually,I am convinced that hillary is very ill. What biden did was just wait. Why spend money now. She has committed several crimes punishable by imprisonment and she falls over all the time and gets concussions. She will never come close to beating Trump.
150 posted on 10/21/2015 12:07:49 PM PDT by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: kruss3

I agree 100%. Biden walked a very tight rope with that speech. Biden’s reason for not running had to do with logistics, (ie ran out of time). Had he said he was tired, or had no desire, it would be very difficult to ride in on the white horse to save the dem party when Hillary goes down.
In addition, when he does ride in to save the dem party, there will be no bad blood between he and Hillary and he should easily win the Hillary-bots.


151 posted on 10/21/2015 12:19:47 PM PDT by BuckeyeGOP
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To: SeekAndFind

N) He’ll be too busy telling crippled people to stand up, and too busy shooting 00 Buck through closed doors...


152 posted on 10/21/2015 12:45:19 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BuckeyeGOP

BuckeyeGOP is a smart person. But everybody already knew that.


153 posted on 10/21/2015 12:46:36 PM PDT by kruss3
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To: Angels27
4) It’s all a dog and pony show. 0bama knows they are going to take Hillary down. When they do, all the sudden Crazy Uncle Joe will heroically jump in the race to save the party.

If Biden were to get in now and wrest the nomination from Hillary with all her baggage, ardent Hillary supporters would be upset with him and some of them might not vote for him in the general election. However, if Biden knows Hillary will be indicted, why not wait for that to happen and have the party turn to him as its savior?

154 posted on 10/21/2015 12:54:57 PM PDT by rustbucket (Ted Cruz all the way)
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To: Mouton

I suggested Sardinia awhile back. The family was not amused.


155 posted on 10/21/2015 12:56:36 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: SkyDancer

Providing, of course, that there really was a request from his dying son. Look, people are on their own time table to handle grief, and like Biden or not, he is entitled to grieve his loss. I just don’t think he has the heart or the smart to be president. He actually knows the mess this country is in, and right now - he is known as an elder statesman, and doesn’t want to tarnish that by losing a presidential election. Besides, he will be 74 by next November, and maybe he just wants to retire. I’m not a fan, but, sometimes he speaks the truth -like when he said the middle class in America is in serious trouble.


156 posted on 10/21/2015 12:59:53 PM PDT by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: Catsrus

Well the way he hemmed and hawed around about running and saying his son told him to run before his son died left a bit to be desired about him.


157 posted on 10/21/2015 1:16:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: SeekAndFind

I doubt he really wants it. I doubt he wanted to be VP.

I think he’d be perfectly happy with a box of crayons. And I’m being completely serious. He was promoted all his life to his level of incompetence and not of his choosing. He was the perpetual fall guy that never truly fell as he never needed to take the fall. He was also insurance against the fall above him because of it.


158 posted on 10/21/2015 1:20:48 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
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To: llevrok
Benghazi will haunt Hillary for the rest of the campaign her life here and after.
159 posted on 10/21/2015 1:47:55 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: WhiskeyX

Trump has cornered the anti-neocon vote


160 posted on 10/21/2015 2:06:04 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal (Savage BLASTS Megyn Kelly, Fox News Over Treatment Of Trump)
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