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Is Joe Biden Run Hinting at a Run for President in 2020?

<p>Former Vice President Joe Biden seems to be considering a run for president in 2020&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has expressed regret for not running in 2016 &ndash&semi; a decision that was in based in part on his son&rsquo&semi;s tragic death to brain cancer in 2015&period; Biden told CNN that he &ldquo&semi;had planned&rdquo&semi; to run in 2016 and is confident that he &ldquo&semi;could have won&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden has been vague in his answers to talk show hosts&rsquo&semi; questions about running in 2020&comma; saying he is &ldquo&semi;not committing not to run&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although his&nbsp&semi;intentions&nbsp&semi;are unclear&comma; one thing is certain&colon; he does not want Trump to get a second term&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Biden sees an argument for a candidacy for which he is the only answer&comma;&rdquo&semi; reports <em>Politico<&sol;em>&comma; &ldquo&semi;an elder statesman who can help repair the damage and divisions in the country and around the world&comma; unite the competing wings of the Democratic Party&comma; and appeal to traditional Democratic voters who fled last year for Trump&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to rumors&comma; California Senator Kamala Harris is the most likely&nbsp&semi;pick for running mate&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The biggest worry about a Biden candidacy is his age&period; Biden will be 77 in 2020&comma; second only to Bernie Sanders as the oldest candidate in the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other are nervous about putting the future of the party into the hands of a former two-term vice president&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For now&comma; the former VP is focused on his upcoming book tour&comma; which begins next week&period; The tour will take him through at least eight states&comma; and it is deliberately structured to avoid politics&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&nbsp&semi;is also heavily committed to getting other Democrats elected&period; Twelve of the 14 candidates he backed in Tuesday&rsquo&semi;s election won&comma; including Danica Roem&comma; the transgender candidate who won a seat in Virginia&rsquo&semi;s House of Delegates&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&nbsp&semi;is planning to spend the first few months of 2018 focused on fundraising for current Congressmen and potential candidates&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a personal friend of Biden&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; the former VP is &ldquo&semi;out working furiously to support and promote Democrats at all levels because he believes the future of the party is bright&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&rsquo&semi;s PAC &lpar;American Possibilities&rpar;&comma; which was launched in May&comma; expects to have raised between &dollar;500&comma;000 and &dollar;1 million by the end of 2017&period; The group has already donated to the campaigns of more than 10 Democrats running for state-level positions&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&rsquo&semi;s appeal as party leader has certainly increased since January&period; The former VP receives at least five requests every week for endorsements or events&period; More than a few former Clinton and Obama donors have reached out with interest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;If someone emerges that the former VP believes can beat &lbrack;Trump&rsqb;&comma; I think he is at peace with that&comma;&rdquo&semi; said one potential donor&period; &ldquo&semi;On the other hand&comma; if that person doesn&&num;8217&semi;t exist or doesn&rsquo&semi;t run&comma; you can expect Joe Biden to take a very serious look&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon; This would be good for Trump&period; Right now nobody seems to remember Biden&&num;8217&semi;s buffoonery&period; We will remind them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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