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Related: About this forumDoes last night's debate make it more likely or less likely Joe Biden will enter the race?
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Does last night's debate make it more likely or less likely Joe Biden will enter the race? (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
OP
He was never getting in the race, he enjoys being coy. I find it tedious...n/t
monmouth4
Oct 2015
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. The odds have gone from 0.00% to 0.000000% nt
gopiscrap
(24,203 posts)2. I think he's waiting
to see if there is a deadlocked convention and then be drafted into the race.
WheelWalker
(9,202 posts)5. I agree
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)3. i doubt it makes a difference
he is clearly struggling with this decision for reasons that, imo, have little to do with the debate.
monmouth4
(10,176 posts)4. He was never getting in the race, he enjoys being coy. I find it tedious...n/t
DemocratSinceBirth
(100,346 posts)6. One of the most basic needs is to be wanted and loved.
Sure he is wanted and loved by his friends and family but when you spend your entire life in the public square you yearn for the love of the public too...
It's why athletes play long past their prime.
My counsel to Joe would be "there is no shame in quitting while you're ahead." He had a long and distinguished career.
monmouth4
(10,176 posts)7. Agreed...n/t
Gothmog
(155,040 posts)8. It was unlikely that Biden was going to get into the race before the debate
It is even less likely now