Disclosure: I'm from Scranton

[rickford66]

Biden is a decent man. As honest as most politicians. He's made some mistakes in the past and will trip over his tongue from time to time. He'd make a decent president. But, am I the only one who remembers his promise not to ever run for the presidency when he accepted the VP nomination ? This will bite him.

[RelativelyJones]

1. Yes, I am sure this will bite him very hard.

[still_one]

11. LOL

[zackymilly]

2. Does it really matter? Biden sees we need to get rid of Trump. I forgive him.

[hlthe2b]

3. Oh, please... Have we EVER held a promise not to run for future office against ANY politico? Ever?

[rickford66]

4. At the time it was "THE" condition for the VP nomination.

A big promise to break. He'll need some real twisted explanation. I'll vote for him if he gets the nod.

[hlthe2b]

7. I think that is just fantastical. No one cares. It isn't like some of the others who promised

to fulfill their full current term and then immediately announced--like Gillibrand as but one example. Biden isn't in office, he's not leaving an office and he owes no one anything on that regard.

[Honeycombe8]

5. I don't remember that. Why would he promise that?

What would be the point?

[rickford66]

13. Ask him.

[Honeycombe8]

16. I googled that and don't find a promise like that.

So....????

[rickford66]

18. Somebody else will remember also. I didn't make it up.

[Cha]

30. You made the accusation.. we

would like a link, please.

[LongtimeAZDem]

22. No, no; you made a very specific claim. Please post proof.

[dem4decades]

6. I'm pretty sure the Trump presidency makes that statement mute.

If he were to say, i never thought the day would come that i would be needed to step up for my country. But that day has come.

[rickford66]

14. That might work.

[LakeArenal]

8. You wish.

[njhoneybadger]

9. Do you think he can win Pennsylvania?

Or any other candidates

[redstateblues]

10. Ridiculous.

[George II]

12. How many Senators or Representatives or even Governors have pledged to serve out....

...their entire term have gone on to run for higher office? Gillibrand did, Warren did, and others, too (those are the only two names that come to mind)

At least Biden isn't in the midst of an elected term like some of the others. Aside from that, I don't recall Biden promising to not run for President.

[rickford66]

15. He didn't pledge to serve out. He swore to NEVER run for president.

[Butterflylady]

17. No it won't

People change their minds everyday and it's not against the law. So glad he did.

[LongtimeAZDem]

19. I cannot find that anywhere; please post a link

I can recall Obama asking Biden to drop out in 2016 to give Clinton her shot, but that's all.

I think your memory is playing tricks on you, so if you have proof, please post it.

[ecstatic]

20. Yes, you are/were probably the only one who remembered that. I don't.

When and why did he say that?

[rickford66]

23. I did find this.

At times in his career, he succeeded in suppressing the urge. In 2008, Obama’s advisers favored Biden for Vice-President in part because they assumed that Biden’s age—he will be seventy-four on Inauguration Day, 2017—would prevent the classic White House intrigue: a No. 2 angling and strategizing around his own desire to be No. 1. Biden gave them reason to believe that; during the 2008 campaign, he told Newsweek that he had said to Obama, “I’m sixty-five, and you’re not going to have to worry about my positioning myself to be president.” (Some in Biden’s closest circle didn’t believe that for a second. One of his longtime friends and aides told me last year, “For six years, I’ve been saying, if you don’t believe that Joe Biden intends to run in 2016, you don’t know Joe Biden.”)

The bold quote is what the public knew and he must have said it more than once.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-biden-didnt-run

[LongtimeAZDem]

26. So what? You said he "swore" he would never run for President if Obama made him VP

This isn't even close to the same thing.

Unless you have a citation for your claim, you should delete your OP.

[ecstatic]

27. I think he probably believed it at the time, but people have basically begged him

to run, despite his age, and now he's open to being president if the voters think it's OK. Personally, I agree with his previous view and would prefer someone younger--only because of how physically and mentally demanding the presidency is.

[northoftheborder]

28. And --- he didn't run in 2016.

[Kurt V.]

21. his stance on china will hurt the most were its needed most.

[rickford66]

24. In 2004 he had the right position on Iraq.

I would have voted for him then also.

[mcar]

25. No, it won't

I was raised in Scranton.

[LibFarmer]

29. When bizarre meets absurd

[WeekiWater]

31. Link? NT

[BootinUp]

32. we r screwn !!!$#%!!

[honest.abe]

33. America needs Joe so he changed his mind.

How's that?

BTW, I dont even recall him saying that.

[Skya Rhen]

34. We need Joe to be President more than he needs to be President - he has answered the call...

[cynatnite]

35. I don't remember and it will matter very little if true, IMO. n/t

[Demsrule86]

36. Yes you are,..and no it won't.

won't.