Joe Biden Passes On 2016 Presidential Bid -

Joe Biden Passes On 2016 Presidential Bid




AFTER MONTHS OF WILL
HE? OR WON’T HE? JOE BIDEN IS NOW
OFFICIALLY OUT. HE WILL NOT BE
RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY,
DESPITE RUMORS THAT HE WAS
GEARING UP FOR IT.
TURNS OUT, NOT THE CASE.
HERE HE IS SPEAKING WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
>> AS MY FAMILY AND I HAVE
WORKED THROUGH THE GRIEVING
PROCESS, I HAVE SAID ALL ALONG
WHAT I HAVE SAID TIME AND AGAIN
TO OTHERS. IT MAY VERY WELL BE
THAT THAT PROCESS ñ BY THE
TIME WE GET THROUGH IT ñ CLOSES
THE WINDOW ON MOUNTING A
REALISTIC CAMPAIGN FOR
PRESIDENT. THAT IT MIGHT CLOSE.
I HAVE CONCLUDED, THAT IT HAS
CLOSED. UNFORTUNATELY, I
BELIEVE WE ARE OUT OF TIME, THE
TIME NECESSARY TO MOUNT A
WINNING CAMPAIGN FOR THE
NOMINATION. BUT WHILE I WILL
NOT BE A CANDIDATE, I WILL NOT
BE SILENCED.
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.
HE IS NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING,
BUT HE WILL BE INVOLVED IN
THE ELECTION, SPEAKING OUT
ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE OTHER
PARTS OF HIS REMARKS, WHAT IS
YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION?
>> TIMING IS INTERESTING. I
THINK THIS IS THE LAST POSSIBLE
MOMENT THAT HE CAN MAKE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT AND NOT MAKE IT
SEEM LIKE IT WAS LINKED TO THE
BENGHAZI HEARINGS, OR ANYTHING
ELSE THAT CAME ON THE BACK OF
WHAT HILLARY MAY OR MAY NOT FACE
AS A RESULT OF THAT. I THINK
HIS TIMING WAS NOW OR NEVER.
I ALSO THINK IT AVOIDS THAT
CONFLICT. HE HAS A LOT OF
SUPPORT, HE'S INCREDIBLY POPULAR
WITH DEMOCRATS. HE'S GOT A
SEVENTY-SEVEN PERCENT APPROVAL
RATING. HE'S THE HUGGER, THE
CARE AND THE SHARE. BUT IT ALL
CHANGES DRAMATICALLY ONCE YOU
ACTUALLY ANNOUNCE, AND I THINK
HE WAS SENSING THAT THE OPINION
POLLS WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY
FAVORABLE FOR HIM. I THINK FROM
THE DEMOCRATS POINT OF VIEW, IT
AVOIDS THAT AWKWARD CIVIL
WAR THAT HE WAS HINTING AT.
YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP THAT
HE HAD BEEN MAKING SOME
SOUNDINGS, SOME RUMBLINGS ñ
>> TALKING TO SOME UNIONS.
>> ALSO, THERE WAS COMMENTS THAT
HE MADE ABOUT HILLARY AND HER
ROL,L ABOUT THE WHOLE TAKEDOWN
OF BIN LADEN.
SO I GET A SENSE THAT THERE IS
PROBABLY SOME SIGHS OF
RELIEF AMONGST STAFFERS THAT HE
IS NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS THE
SPECULATION OF WHAT A POLITICIAN
IS THINKING BEFORE HE IS GOING
TO RUN OR NOT RUN, AND THEN WHEN
THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO GO
HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH THEIR
FAMILY IT ALWAYS MEANS NONE OF
THAT. I WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS
THAT WAS A JOE BIDEN SUPPORTER
BEFORE OBAMA STEPPED INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT IN 2008. I LIKED HOW
REAL HE WAS. EVEN THOUGH I
BELIEVE A LOT OF THINGS HE SAYS
IS REAL AND VALID AND HE IS
STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH PEOPLE, I
STILL HAD TO SPECULATE, WHEN DID
HE ACTUALLY DECIDE THIS? WAS IT
YESTERDAY? WAS HE WAITING FOR
THE FIRST DEBATE TO BE OVER?
MAYBE AFTER HE DIDN'T SEE WHERE
HE FITS IN THE RACE ñ OR MAYBE
HE REALLY IS STILL JUST GRIEVING
OVER HIS SON AND THIS IS NOT A
GOOD TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO LATE.
I DID NOT COME UP WITH AN ANSWER
YET OF EXACTLY HOW THAT PANS
OUT. HE SAID THE REASON, DO I
TAKE HIM AT FACE VALUE?
>> IT'S HARD TO QUESTION IT WHEN
YOU SAY THAT IS YOUR
REASON, BECAUSE THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS YOU.
>> APPARENTLY BEAU
WANTED HIM TO RUN.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WAS LEAKED.
>> BUT APPARENTLY HE WAS THE ONE
WHO LEAKED IT, WHICH IS
UNSEEMLY TO ME.
>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING FACT
AS WELL. AS YOU ALL SAY, JOE
BIDEN IS VERY POPULAR. A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS EVEN LIKE HIM, BUT
TO ME HE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED ñ HE
HAS RUN FOR PRESIDENT BEFORE, HE
HAS SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT,
SO HE IS CERTAINLY AN AMBITIOUS
GUY, BUT HE DOESN'T STRIKE ME TO
HAVE THAT PASSION AND AMBITION
THAT PERHAPS HE HAD WHEN HE WAS
YOUNGER. HE DOESN'T STRIKE ME
AS A GUY WHO DESPERATELY NEEDS
TO BE PRESIDENT. IT IS SO
DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH THE
PRIMARY, LET ALONE THE GENERAL
ELECTION, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE
110% TO GET INTO IT, AS HE WOULD SAY ñ
I NEVER SAW HIM RUNNING. EVEN IF
HE DID, HE DOESN'T HAVE A SET OF
CORE DRIVING ISSUES, OF THE
SORT THAT SOMEONE LIKE BERNIE
SANDERS OR HILLARY CLINTON HAS.
AND HILLARY CLINTON DOESN'T
NEED IT AS MUCH BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE FAMILIAR WITH HER FROM HER
TIME AT THE WHITE HOUSE. JOE
BIDEN IS AN EASY, GETTING ALONG
KIND OF GUY, HE'S FAIRLY
MODERATE, BUT HOW MANY OF THE
PEOPLE HE POLLS VERY WELL WITH,
OF THE DEMOCRATS, CAN NAME EVEN
TEN OF HIS POLICY STANCES?
>> HE'S A MODERATOR.
HE CAN REACH ACROSS THE AISLE.
HE CALLED HILLARY OUT FOR NAMING
REPUBLICANS AS THE ENEMY,
WHEREAS HE SAW THEM AS
THE OPPOSITION.
>> HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID
SOMETHING LIKE THIS A FEW DAYS
AGO. HE SAID IT AGAIN AFTER
THIS VIDEO. HE SAID, andquot;I BELIEVE
THAT WE HAVE TO END THE DIVISIVE
PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS
RIPPING THIS COUNTRY APART. I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS NAÅ"VE
TO TALK TO SOME REPUBLICANS. I
DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT
REPUBLICANS AS OUR ENEMIES, THEY
ARE OUR OPPOSITION...andquot; IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THAT WAS A BARACK
OBAMA SPEECH, IT EVEN SOUNDS
STRIKINGLY LIKE THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK A LOT OF REGULAR PEOPLE
LIKE TO HEAR THAT SORT OF THING
BECAUSE THEY WISH WE COULD GO
BACK TO A TIME BEFORE THE
ENDLESS BICKERING ATTACKS, AND
LACK OF ANY REAL ACTION IN
WASHINGTON, BUT I
DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY AUDIENCE WANTS TO
HEAR THAT.
>> ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF OBAMA
HAD WAS NOT ACCEPTING THE FACT
THAT ñ OKAY, EVERYBODY LOVES
THOSE WORDS, FOR THE SAKE OF THE
COUNTRY WE HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER ñ BUT THE OTHER SIDE
HAS TO WORK WITH YOU, YOU CAN'T
CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK WITH
SOMEONE AND THEY REFUSE.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE A STANCE ON,
IT TURNS INTO, YOU ARE TRYING TO
DESTROY THE COUNTRY, YOUíRE EVIL
AND WE HATE YOU. IT'S ALWAYS
FIGHTING, AND EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
GOING TO LEGISLATE, IN THE FEW
MOMENTS WHEN REPUBLICANS DO
DECIDE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE,
THAT IS THE REASON WHY JOHN
BOEHNER IS GETTING RUN OUT.
BECAUSE ONE TIME HE SAID, WE
SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO SHUT DOWN
GOVERNMENT, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY
DO SOMETHING TO LEGISLATE. THEY
SAID THAT'S NOT THE REPUBLICAN
WAY, HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO
US?
>> THEY ARE RIGHT, IT'S NOT THE
CURRENT REPUBLICAN WAY.
>> SO IT IS A UTOPIAN IDEAL
IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> IT IS INTERESTING THAT THEY
HAVE A CURRENT SITTING VICE
PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT GOING TO
RUN. HE HAD TWO PAST RUNS THAT
ENDED NOT WELL FOR HIM, BUT
IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE A
SITTING VP NOT RUN.
>> IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT IS
POLITICAL CALCULUS, THAT HE
THOUGHT HIS CHANCES WERE TOO
LOW, EITHER LOOKING AT THE POLLS
OR BEHIND-THE-SCENES. AFTER
ALL, HE WOULD HAVE BEGAN THE
RACE WITH ZERO DOLLARS IN THE
BANK, COMPARED TO $77 MILLION
FOR HILLARY CLINTON. YOU
POINTED OUT THAT HE CAN RAISE A
LOT OF MONEY, WHICH I'M SURE HE
COULD, BUT COULD HE MATCH
HILLARY CLINTON?
AND A CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD
INCLUDE ATTACKING EACH
OTHER ñ AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD
BE FORCED TO SUPPORT JOE
BIDEN ñ IT WOULD BE A
ROUGH SITUATION.
>> I WONDER IF OBAMA SAID, DON'T
PUT ME IN THIS POSITION.
>> HILLARY CLINTON, VERY CLASSY
RESPONSE. SHE TWEETED, andquot;VP IS A
GOOD FRIEND AND A GREAT MAN.
TODAY AND ALWAYS, INSPIRED BY
HIS OPTIMISM AND COMMITTED TO
CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER.
-Handquot; THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR A
NICER TWEET THAN A
POLITICAL OPPONENT DROPPING OUT
OF THE RACE.
DONALD TRUMP IS ALWAYS NICE
WHEN AN OPPONENT STEPS OUT.
>> DONALD TRUMP WAS NICE, HE
SAID HE WOULD RATHER RUN
AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON BECAUSE
SHE HAS A WORSE RECORD.
>> BERNIE SANDERS ALSO SAID THAT
JOE BIDEN IS A GOOD FRIEND,
HE PRAISED HIS LIFETIME OF
PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALL THAT
HE HAS DONE FOR THE NATION.
>> HILLARY CLINTON'S
TWEET ENDED WITH #whew
>> IT WOULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE
DAMAGE TO HER. I THINK THAT JOE
BIDEN HELPS WHATEVER LEGACY HE
WANTS TO HAVE COMING OUT OF HIS
TIME, AND HE HAS BEEN IN
POLITICS FOR FOUR DECADES ñ I
THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR
HIM.

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