DNC Chair Joe Biden? Some Democrats Hope to Draft the Vice President [View all]

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by ALEX SEITZ-WALD

With a pack of (mostly) fresh faces seeking to take over as Democratic National Committee chair, some Democrats hope to bring in a ringer: Joe Biden.

There's no word on whether the vice president is interested in running for the job — his office declined to comment — and those behind the effort know that it's a long shot. But they're making a concerted effort to line up support in the hope that it will convince the vice president to take the helm of a party in crisis.

"The vice president has done a lot for the country and the party. We're asking him to do just one more thing," said Stephen Bittel, a Florida-based DNC member and donor who serves as co-chairman of the party's national finance committee. "There's too much at stake in our country to not try to give it our all."

Bittel said he and others working on the effort hope to personally appeal to Biden's sense of duty. He said they've received nothing but positive responses from DNC members and other Democrats, but all ask the same question: Would Biden actually do it?

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