Can Biden Be Veep Forever?

[DonViejo]

Jeff Greenfield

The chances of him winning the presidency are, um, slim. But what if Hillary just keeps him around a bit longer?

In the financial world, inflation is defined as “too much money chasing too few goods.”

In the world of political journalism, inflation is “too many pundits chasing too few scenarios.” Like the editors of Cosmopolitan struggling each month to find new sexual positions, implements, and erogenous zones, scribes are already running out of ways to chronicle the strategies and prospects of presidential contenders: “How Marco Can Stop Jeb”; “How Paul Can Block Cruz and Huckabee”; “How A Fiorina-Santorum Alliance Can Overcome The Pataki Threat.” Meanwhile, we have only recently crossed the halfway point of Barack Obama’s second term.

Is there any unexplored scenario for 2016, any notion that offers something genuinely new to contemplate? Yes.

I urge Vice President Joe Biden to run for…vice president.

I know Mr. Biden wants to be president. He ran twice, leaving the 1988 race before it began, amid charges of plagiarism, and making a respectable showing twenty years later by winning 1 percent in the Iowa caucuses. If he can figure out a way to run a competitive race against Hillary Clinton, he will likely try again. (I should quote you poll numbers here to demonstrate how daunting this will be, but I treat polls a year before the first caucuses the way I treat month-old unrefrigerated sushi).

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/16/can-biden-be-veep-forever.html

[Cryptoad]

1. He is the perfect Veep! nt

[3catwoman3]

4. He absolutely...

...is. I wish he and President Obama could both stay in office.

[aquart]

2. Yeah. I'd like that.

[NightWatcher]

3. If they didn't need to groom the next Prez, I'd be all for it

He's a great insurance policy.