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Joe Biden Regrets not Joining Presidential Race

<p>Vice President Joe Biden disappointed a vast number of Democrats last October when he announced that he would not be seeking the presidency&period; Biden had managed to gather enough support to challenge Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton before stepping down&period;&nbsp&semi;This week&comma; he told the press that he regrets his decision&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I regret it every day&comma;&rdquo&semi; Biden told an NBC affiliate in Connecticut&period; &ldquo&semi;But it was the right decision for my family and for me&hellip&semi;and we&rsquo&semi;ve got two good candidates&period;&rdquo&semi; Biden has yet to endorse either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton&period; He did not mention third-place Democratic candidate Martin O&rsquo&semi;Malley&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After months of deliberations with family members and political advisers&comma; Biden announced in late October that he had run out of time and had decided not to run&period; Many believe his decision had a lot to do with the tragic death of his son Beau&comma; who died in May from brain cancer&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;I believed I could win&comma; but that&rsquo&semi;s not enough&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;I know myself&period; And I know it takes time&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even so&comma; the Vice President plans to stay &ldquo&semi;deeply involved&rdquo&semi; in the elections&period; The Democratic side of the race is proceeding just as he expected&period; &ldquo&semi;There&rsquo&semi;s real&comma; robust debate between Hillary and Bernie&comma; as there would have been if I had gotten in the race&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Biden&period; &ldquo&semi;There has been no personal attacks that I&rsquo&semi;m aware of or any consequence&period; It&rsquo&semi;s not a bunch of serendipity out there&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden&rsquo&semi;s words came during an interview with a Connecticut TV station he conducted while promoting President Obama&rsquo&semi;s executive actions on gun control&period;&nbsp&semi;In regards to the Republican side of the race&comma; he had nothing nice to say&colon; &ldquo&semi;I promise you&comma; I&rsquo&semi;ve spoken to three of the presidential potential nominees on the Republican side who tell me&comma; &lsquo&semi;Joe&comma; it&rsquo&semi;s crazy&period; It&rsquo&semi;s absolutely crazy&period;&rsquo&semi;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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