As 2016 campaign begins, Biden isn't part of Democratic mix
WASHINGTON (AP) -- By this time eight years ago, Joe Biden had declared his candidacy for president, launched a website, committed and cleaned up after his first campaign gaffe - a set of comments about then-Sen. Barack Obama that rubbed some the wrong way.
This time around, even while saying it's possible he'll run again, Biden's name isn't really in the 2016 mix.
As Hillary Rodham Clinton builds an elaborate campaign-in-waiting, and a few other Democrats nibble around the edges, there are few signs the vice president is taking steps toward mounting a third bid for the top job at the White House.
Biden's aides and longtime political advisers say he isn't organizing in early voting states such as New Hampshire and Iowa, although he'll visit Des Moines on Thursday. He has yet to form an exploratory committee or other apparatus that could rapidly scale up to become a campaign.
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