Obama Gives Joe Biden 'Blessing' For 2016 Bid

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

President Obama "gave his blessing" to VP Joe Biden's potential presidential bid at a lunch today, senior Democrat says.

By Jeff Zeleny and Peter Morris, CNN
Updated 7:30 PM ET, Mon August 24, 2015

Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden received President Barack Obama's "blessing" to make a 2016 bid for the White House, according to a senior Democrat.

But that's if Biden chooses to run -- the decision is his. While he doesn't need the President's permission, of course, a potential presidential candidacy was among the topics of their lunch Monday at the White House. The President made clear he would not stand in his way or counsel him against a run, the senior Democrat said.

The Vice President was expected to huddle at his residence Monday night with Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer, the husband-and-wife team who have been at Obama's side for much of the last decade, two people familiar with the meeting told CNN. Steve Ricchetti, the Vice President's chief of staff, was also expected to attend.

"As a general rule, we are not going to confirm the Vice President's private meetings or provide a readout of them," an aide to the Vice President told CNN on Monday.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/politics/joe-biden-obama-blessing-2016/index.html

[vadermike]

1. wow

If this doesn;t tell you that Hillary has imploded , nothing will.. my god.. why did she make it so easy for the RW... she did this to herself.. we could be looking at a GOP TRIFECTA NEXT YEAR GOD FORBID.. ugh ugh.... i wonder if something bad is coming down from Justice... god i hope not!!!

[840high]

6. Obama has more info on Justice - I had the

same thought you did.

[big_dog]

42. Valerie Jarrett's going to make Uncle Joe POTUS 2016! you go girl! preserve that legacy....

and maybe break the glass ceiling in 2020 with Lizzie as well

[4139]

2. Bunch of big hints he is running today and well timed hints

Waited till the winds of Typhoon Trump to settle down... Hillary in the Hamptons.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. I'm still stunned at just how much Hillary has imploded

Whether or not there's wrongdoing, she's handled it abysmally and has made herself look guilty and killed her favorability.

I wonder what became of the legendary Clinton ability to fight back, which we were always told they would bring to a campaign.

I was ready, at one point, to support her, but now I think we cant risk the White House and the Supreme Court to such a train wreck of a campaign.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. Run, Joe, run!

Your country needs you!





I love Bernie, but Joe's the best shot we have at holding the White House, fending off the Koch onslaught and giving us a Supreme Court that will overturn Citizens United.

[pangaia]

7. I wish I could afford teeth like that..

[jtuck004]

37. But then we couldn't keep the deficit down, and the wealthy wouldn't be able

to smile so much.

[TBF]

38. Joe is the same as Hillary - same exact third way

play book. More income inequality, more same old same old ...

[LovingA2andMI]

4. Umm...So....And....

What does this mean for Hillary? Meanwhile, this is nothing but #GoodNews for Bernie and his Supporters!!!

In other words, Hillary might be Toast and Bernie Campaign is Looked At as a #RealForce by the Party Apparatus, which is #NothingButGood for Bernie. Time for the #MatrixStrategy for #BernieSupporters like us and, who knows for the Hillary Faithful but less say this -- this move is #NotGoodAtAll for her chances, period!

#FeelTheBern #FeelItDamnIt

[blackspade]

19. OK, I have to play my grumpy old man card here....

Could we please not #HashTagEverything and have normal written communication?
This is DU, not the freakin twitter.

[LovingA2andMI]

21. Is There a Anti-Hash Tag Rule on DU?

If so, please link and the hash-tags will be removed.....

[blackspade]

25. Nope. Just my Luddite tendencies...

Little baby Jesus kills a kitten every time you use a #. oops, #SorryKitty......dang it not again....

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. #>;-)

[a2liberal]

39. #IAgree (nt)

[jalan48]

8. Looks like the Powers behind the scenes are thinking Hillary can't win the general election.

If so, they may be right.

[Robbins]

9. My take

democratic establishment is worried about hillary.Her negatives are sky high.e-mail story isn't going away.She is in danger of losing
Iowa and NH to Bernie.The establishment doesn't want Bernie.he is honest guy who can't be bought and would pull party away from corporists and back to left.

I think Biden is going to run.I am 100% behind Bernie but i kind of like Biden even though he has done things i don't support.

Here is Biden's problems with base as i see them

Bankruptcy Bill
Voting for IWR
the belief he caused us to endure clarence thomas on Supreme Court
Supporting TPP

Biden has pluses over Hillary

he's authentic
he's not rich

I have seen him In dem primary devates and the VP debates.Don't count him out.

He is going to have to show why he is different than Hillary.He also can't just run for Obama's third term.

I believe Biden would like to be president but thought Hillary couldn't be beaten.His son's urging and now Hillary's weakness showed him he has a shot.

It would be funny if Biden coming in caused the DNC to have more debates to try to help Hillary.

I am sure the Clintons are furious at Obama now.

I think Biden meeting with Elizabeth Warren Is very intresting.

[840high]

10. I don't think there was ever

any love between Clinton and Obama. I'm a Bernie supporter but Joe is a good guy.

[Robbins]

22. yep

the belief was Bill clinton campagined for obama in 2012 to help Hillary's 2016 chances.don't forget there had been plenty of stories
of clintons only supporting those who supported Hillary In 2008.Also speculation McCaskill went after Bernie to prove herself to
clintons since she backed Obama over Hillary.

Unlike Hillary even though I am firmly an Bernie guy I could cast a vote for Biden In November 2016.If say Elizabeth Warren as
speculted was VP choice that would be even easier choice.

I do think he is good guy even though i have disagreed with some of things he has done.

[LovingA2andMI]

12. Yea, the Clinton's are likely upset with BO

But....if they THINK ABOUT IT....they shouldn't be, as they threw back then (2008) a little known Illinois Senator named Barack Obama under the bus first....and now it just might be #PaybackTime....

A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the presidential primary as the candidates head south to heavily African-American South Carolina.

The comments, which ranged from the New York senator appearing to diminish the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — an aide later said she misspoke — to Bill Clinton dismissing Sen. Barack Obama’s image in the media as a “fairy tale” — generated outrage on black radio, black blogs and cable television. And now they've drawn the attention of prominent African-American politicians.

“A cross-section of voters are alarmed at the tenor of some of these statements,” said Obama spokeswoman Candice Tolliver, who said that Clinton would have to decide whether she owed anyone an apology.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7845.html

And by the way Many African-American (and especially Generation X A.A. Voters) have NOT forgot about South Carolina and the Clinton's in 2008. #DontBelieveTheHype #ItsASequel


Maybe just maybe President Obama has not forgot about this either. We will see if Joe jumps in with both feet!!!

[Robbins]

29. Another thing to consider

the assumination has been Hillary would get the black vote but what happens if Obama's VP is running? it makes sense that at least some black voters would desert Hillary for number 2 to America's first Black President.

and if black voters are reminded of the clintons actions In 2008.Like CLinton people trying to hint Obama has been a drug dealer In youth,her being candiate of hard working white Americans,and Bill Clinton dismissing Obama's SC win by saying Jesse Jackson won
SC In 1984 and 1988 to dismiss Obama's win.

Besides if it makes black voters to look at Bernie's record more.they will like what they see.Like taking part on march on
washington In 1963.organzing sitins in chicago to end desegration on collage campuses.Supporting Jesse Jackson for president In
1988.and if you look up the jackson platform which Is up on Wiki he and bernie have several things In agreement.

I turned 14 back In 1988 and people forget there was a lot of amazement and excitement over jackson's run for president and how well he did finishing second.Some thought he should have been picked for VP.

[LovingA2andMI]

36. All Good Points Robbins....

Excellent Points in fact, and many African-American Generation Xers have not forgot none of this (i.e. -- What the Clinton's did in 2007/2008) and are beginning to take a second look at Bernie after researching his history.

But...hey, the Clinton's did this to themselves. At one time, Bill Clinton was considered as close to a "African-American Like" POTUS as it could be. Then Barack Obama made the real dream happen, and the Clinton's while he was trying to do so, threw him under the bus for it.

It's their fault, not POTUS Obama, VP Biden, Senator Sanders or Senator Warren. The blame falls at their feet. They had our (i.e. many like myself Generation Xers -- Good Will) and they blew it with the South Carolina mess that should not have EVER HAPPENED.

No matter what she did (I.E. Serve as POTUS Obama's Secretary of State) -- South Carolina showed some REALLY ugly colors that will never be fully erased. Plenty of folks don't want to recognize this truth but, there's PLENTY of Truth to each of these words typed above.

[delrem]

11. According to an anonymous "senior Democrat"

Isn't anybody else irked by the MSM's free and unquestioned use of anonymous authority figures to push their establishment agenda, their establishment infotainment?

Isn't anybody else clued in to how the MSM controls the population, who get all their "news" about the outside world from the same source?

Is anybody else shocked that the general population accepts its role as programmable software, consumers to be played?

This is all smoke and mirrors, substituting for examination of the actual issues that impact people.

[BillZBubb]

13. If Biden can build a substantial donor base, he's in.

He needs to raise a lot of money to go against Hillary. I don't know that he can pull that off.

[SoapBox]

20. Donor base of

Billionaires and Banksters.

[BillZBubb]

23. That is mostly who it would be. But are they willing to pony up for him?

[Robbins]

30. Democratic ones will

They don't want bernie and hillary's weaknesses are becoming clear.

[blackspade]

14. This would be a weird wrinkle to the election.

I suspect that this will split off voters from Clinton.
For that reason, he may stay out.
I guess it will depend on his relationship with Clinton?

[jalan48]

27. Clinton may withdraw leaving it open for Biden.

It could be she already knows there is too much damaging information in the emails.

[blackspade]

31. That would be unlike her.

I can see her fighting it out.
She is nothing else if not tough.

[jalan48]

34. True. But if it meant handing the election to the Republicans I think she would step aside.

[ram2008]

32. If she withdraws, why not Warren?

I don't see her withdrawing though, not without a fight.

Who knows maybe she didn't want to do this in the first place? Maybe her heart really is with wanting to be a Grandma.

[jalan48]

35. I've had that thought too. She doesn't seem very enthused about it.

I don't think Warren can win. She will be labeled a radical, like Bernie if he gets to the general election. It's difficult to overcome the right wing media machine. The DNC knows Biden has a good chance because the public already knows who he is. Most people don't really know much about Warren or Bernie, sad to say.

[onehandle]

15. 'Senior Democrat' not 'Senior White House Democrat.' Don't fall for CNN's bullshit.

Since when does DU trust CNN?

[LovingA2andMI]

16. Maybe since multiple sources reported on Sunday....

Joe took a trip by train to Washington, DC when he was planning to spend the weekend (as he normally does unless he has something else to do) in Delaware to meet with another person of importance named Senator Elizabeth Warren....

[still_one]

28. you noticed that too........ and of course this is LBN, AGAIN

[brooklynite]

17. I wonder how many anti-Hillary folks are willing to look the other way...

...when it comes to Biden votes they don't like.

[SoapBox]

18. And of course...

Not a word about Bernie, holding 3 Town Halls today, on ABC News.

Biden, HRC, Biden, HRC...blah blah blah.

[LovingA2andMI]

24. Well, Bernie Should Just Keep on Doing....

What he is doing. It's Obviously Working and "The Natives Are Getting Nervous".

Bernie still #GotThis. In fact, if Joe jumps in - Advantage Bernie!!!

[still_one]

26. WOW, a senior Democrat. That is even better than meeting with Elizabeth Warren, a not as senior

Democrat

Just very impressive how the media has been covering this

[Beta Male]

33. As long as he chooses a considerably-younger running mate, I'm in!

Hey, we have to be realistic here. (And the same holds true for Bernie or Hillary.)

[99th_Monkey]

40. How is Biden going to help anything?

Well, anything but keeping in place the placid kid-glove treatment of Wall St. crooks,
non-prosecution of known torturers, continued POTUS support for TPP, etc. etc.????

He may be a "nice guy" ... but it's difficult to see WHY he's running, except to derail
Bernie, who's trying to fucking deal with this shit that's screwing our working class,
and our poor, not dealing with income inequality, prone to tinkering with Soc.Sec.
etc.

[WheelWalker]

41. I'm all in. Been a Biden Bot since 2007.

It's days of future past, and every good boy deserves favor. For our children's children's children, we search for the lost chord. On the threshold of a dream, it's always a question of balance.