{"id":15919,"date":"2015-08-25T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15919"},"modified":"2015-08-25T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:46:58","slug":"is-it-time-for-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/25\/is-it-time-for-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time for Joe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In all my discussion for the race for the Democratic nomination for President, I have never even mentioned Joe Biden, as I hadn\u2019t the slightest inkling that he had any inclination to run.  However, recent events indicate that I (along with virtually everyone else) may have been mistaken, and if Joe does run, it will change my order of support for candidates.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Joe Biden’s team appears to be leaning more towards a presidential run than away from one, according to a Democratic source who has been in touch them. This source doesn’t believe a decision has been made but left a conversation with those advising Biden with a strong sense he very well might enter the race.<\/p>\n

Biden has been told by aides he should make a decision by October 1st. <\/p>\n

A possible plan — if he decides to run — currently involves Biden announcing his intentions in the first week of October, the source said.<\/p>\n

Speculation about a Biden run was sent into overdrive when he met Saturday with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts<\/strong>, the progressive icon whose decision not to run herself was a major boost for Clinton. <\/p>\n

And on Monday, President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Josh Earnest, praised Biden’s "aptitude for the job" and said it’s possible that Obama will endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow<\/a> reacted to the story and provided more evidence.<\/p>\n