Is Anyone Here Interested In Seeing Joe Biden Run For POTUS?

[Jim Lane]

43. Sadly, that's where I am, too.

If he runs and emulates Hillary in running to the right -- then no. If he's willing to mount a progressive challenge, though, I'd be willing to listen.

At this point, Hillary's lead in the polls and in the conventional wisdom is unprecedented for a non-incumbent. The comparisons to 2008 aren't valid. In that year she started the race as the front-runner but not with the overwhelming advantage she has now. That doesn't mean that she'll definitely run, or that if she runs she'll definitely win. It just means that we have keep doors open for other candidates. (By "we" I mean Democrats who will support just about anyone else in the primary and who, in the general election, will vote for the candidate with the best chance of beating the Republican, but will do so with a marked lack of enthusiasm if she's the nominee.)