Joe Biden, The Anti-Bernie?

[Puzzledtraveller]

I was sitting here enjoying a cup of coffee and perusing the interwebs when I saw a headline about Joe's wife saying something to the effect, let's do this thing. I began to wonder, perhaps it seems obvious. The establishment needs to knock Bernie out of contention. They have probably looked at Bernie's supporters and determined they could pull a small amount away from him,(they would be wrong I believe) using the unelectability meme and secretly pushing Joe to run. The other part to this is the possibility of ensuring that no matter what, Hillary Clinton gets in the WH. Joe if he gets the nomination selects Hillary Clinton as vp. Bernie would never select Hillary Clinton.

[peacebird]

1. I think TPTB want more of the same, which is Hillary or Biden. I believe Biden will take votes

From. Hillary, not from Bernie.

I don't see us electing Joe as President.

[liberal_at_heart]

2. I agree. I don't see too many Bernie supporters switching to Biden.

He doesn't have the same record of fighting big money interests. Economically he is more in line with Hillary.

[Puzzledtraveller]

4. That's what I was wondering too.

Who would Biden hurt the most. The crazy meme about Bernie and his supporters being too white and too elite yada yada made me think that perhaps they think Biden is an antidote to this. Of course I think the claim is ridiculous but let's look at who started making that claim. But I suppose that all in all Biden would hurt HC the most.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. I think he's more the "Not as bad as Hillary and not as radical as Bernie" candidate.

And, I think he's going to run.

And, I think, if he does, it'll be a 3 way race which will give Bernie a better chance of winning.

[Puzzledtraveller]

6. Yeah, I definitely can see that too.

It was when I thought that if they want to make sure HC is in the WH at any costs, how would they go about that and that is what got me thinking about the motive for a Biden run.

[Pope Sweet Jesus]

5. Nope. Biden is the Anti-Hillary

and actually will make way for Bernie to capture the lead and remain there and secure the sweep of all delegates from IA to Super Tuesday states, denying Clinton any delegates she needs for the nomination. At the same time, her superdelegate endorsements will begin switching to Bernie soon after first two states are done and delivered all of its delegates to Bernie.

[djean111]

7. Joe is pretty much Hillary on the issues.

To paraphrase Hall & Oates - I can't vote for that, oh no, I can't vote for that. I won't.

[bigwillq]

8. Biden and Clinton are basically the same candidate.

Neither one excites me. I think they are both stale.

[gateley]

11. I don't understand why people think that --

Hillary is DNC, Joe isn't. Joe is far more liberal than Hillary or Obama. He's more like Bernie that he never took donations/meetings with lobbyists because he didn't want it to influence his voting.

He's not Bernie, but he's not Hillary, either.

[DCBob]

9. Its possible... like a tag team.

For sure he wont criticize Hillary but he could take some subtle jabs at Bernie. That could greatly benefit Ms Clinton.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. More Hillary voters will go to Joe Biden