Biden travels to Washington for private political meeting

[IDemo]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Washington on Saturday for a private political meeting at the Naval Observatory, CNN has learned, another sign he is seriously deciding whether to jump into the Democratic presidential race.

The vice president, whose official schedule said he was planning to spend the weekend at his home in Delaware, arrived in Washington around 11 a.m.

He was set to meet with a leading Senate Democrat, two people familiar with the session said, before returning to Wilmington, Delaware.

Kendra Barkoff, a Biden spokeswoman, declined to comment on the meeting. But an aide to Biden confirmed the meeting, telling CNN: "The vice president traveled last minute to Washington, D.C. for a private meeting and will be returning to Delaware."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/22/politics/joe-biden-washington-meetings/

[riversedge]

1. um.. Perhaps Obama needs him to talk to Senators for

upcoming Iran deal vote. just a thought.

[99th_Monkey]

4. Sanders has already said he supports the Iran deal. nt

[pocoloco]

16. May have to fill in for Hillary

if those pesky emails keep biting her on the ass.

Got a judge nipping at her butt also.

[newthinking]

18. Yep, that is what is sounds like.

[candelista]

23. Yes, if he joins the race, it means the Party has given up on Hillary.

So I guess this is a big deal. But substituting Joe for Hillary is not my idea of political progress.

[onehandle]

2. 'Vice President Does Political Stuff In Washington DC As Per Usual'

Fixed that headlines for the 'journalists' and 'editors' at CNN.

[DonViejo]

3. Oh no! The Vice President of the United States travelled to Washington, D.C. ---

for an alleged meeting to be held in....the official residence of the Veep of the U.S.!

[disndat]

21. The Dream Team!

Did Biden asked to meet Warren, or did Warren asked to meet Biden? If the latter, wow!

[Metric System]

5. Supposedly he met with Elizabeth Warren, although I'm not sure what that has to do with running. I

can't imagine Warren endorsing him over Hillary or Bernie, especially the latter.

[disndat]

22. My thoughts exactly. NT.

[candelista]

25. The suspicion is that Biden wants Warren to run with him as VP candidate.

If you can't imagine that, perhaps your imagination is at fault.

[Metric System]

28. I never heard of anyone giving any hint of their VP pick this early.

[Rafale]

6. Sad

About 300 million people and this is all we can do. Recycle our waste. Wow. Pathetic. Joe is a guy I would like to drink with and that's about it. Nothing more. Sideshow Joe. No thanks. Bernie is much better.

[DonViejo]

8. WTH is so "sad" about the Vice President of the United States travelling to the nation's

capital to meet with other elected officials....in the official residence of the VP no less? You falling for media hyperbole, rhetoric and speculation?

[Rafale]

19. hyberbole?

You mean the hyperbole from the six corporate news media oligarchs that own 90 percent of our media that keep repeating the good news that Joe is considering a run. Hahaha. Okay there.

[disndat]

24. ...with Obama's backing?

Obama considers Biden as a bro. This would be like an Obama 3rd term, IMHO.

[Rafale]

31. So then

So then, still no arrest and prosecution of banksters. Continued assassination of US citizens. Continued war crimes. Great. <This Afghanistan veteran rolling eyes> Bush's fifth term of office. I will need a back rub for sure.

[geek tragedy]

13. "Recycle our waste. ... Sideshow Joe."

Welcome to DU.

[Metric System]

7. Another thought...if the Democratic establishment doesn't want Sanders to be the nominee, as I've

seen many of his supporters claim on DU, then Biden entering the race doesn't make much sense. Biden and Hillary would likely be fighting for the same supporters, allowing Sanders to come up the middle and get the nomination. He wouldn't need much more support than he has right now.

[candelista]

26. Biden will not join the race if Hillary is still in it.

That's bedrock.

[NYCButterfinger]

9. Biden/Warren ticket?

Think about it:
Two Northeasterners, one a center-left vice president and a progressive senator.
Economic balance.

It's possible.

[bigworld]

10. Naming Warren as running mate would pull support from both Bernie and Clinton

Many on the left would love to see her in an administration, and many supporters of Clinton who really want a woman on the ticket would take a new look at Biden.

I think it's a decent move. I mean, a (D) isn't going to win the south anyway so you may as well nominate two northeasterners.

[NYCButterfinger]

12. Actually, I think a Democrat can win in the South.

Believe. If you have the right policies, Democrats can win the South. Democrats did not have a vision in 2010 and 2014. That's why they lost the South. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe can be good running mates as well. Have hope.

[lobodons]

14. As a Strong Hillary supporter

I would switch my support to a Biden/Warren Ticket.

Why not Bernie? Just can't believe Bernie could withstand the GOP onslaught of constant Socialist, Socialist Socialist. The GOP are Masters at Messaging.

[SoapBox]

11. Biden is Plan B.

If The Anointed One shows to be failing and the "scandal" of the emails gets worse, her numbers will continue to drop.

He's just another Corporatist.

[Purveyor]

15. He is running folks... eom

[candelista]

27. What are we supposed to do with an unfounded comment like that?

Just believe you?

[Purveyor]

30. When have comments on DU ever been 'founded'...

[candelista]

33. The good ones are.

I think you know this. But then again, maybe not.

[Demeter]

17. Words to the Wise (are unnecessary)

[Sunlei]

20. VP Biden always travels to WashingtonDC to meet with people

He works weekends sometimes.

[IDemo]

29. Reuters: More Democrats crack open door for Biden presidential run

More prominent Democrats on Sunday cracked open the door for Vice President Joe Biden to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination as party front-runner Hillary Clinton battled questions over her use of a private email server.

California Governor Jerry Brown told NBC's Meet the Press program that Biden should give "very serious consideration" to a presidential run.

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Josh Alcorn, a senior adviser for Draft Biden 2016, a Super PAC group that is laying groundwork for a potential run, said the vice president was "sounding out people in early (primary election) states, activists and potential supporters."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/23/us-usa-election-biden-idUSKCN0QS0RZ20150823

[Attorney in Texas]

32. The Clinton campaign isn't failing (you're think of the Bush campaign) and Sanders is the perfect

alternative to Clinton (he has principled policy disagreements with Clinton and Biden either agrees with Clinton or is slightly to Clinton's right).

In sum, no Democrats need a "viable alternative" to replace the "failing" Clinton campaign; the MSM just needs to generate stories to sell newspapers and to provide hand-wringing topics for the shouting-at-each-other Sunday political talk shows.