Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumJoe Biden's 2020 Plan is Almost Complete. Democrats Are Impatient.
WASHINGTON The pieces for a Joseph R. Biden Jr. presidential campaign are falling into place: His nucleus of advisers has begun offering campaign positions to seasoned Democratic strategists. They are eyeing a headquarters in Delaware or nearby Philadelphia and a launch date in the beginning of April. Mr. Bidens family is on board his wife, Jill, enthusiastically so.
Mr. Biden has also been privately reaching out to a range of influential Democrats, including party donors, members of Congress and allies in the early primary states, to gauge their support. A pillar of organized labor, the International Association of Fire Fighters, is prepared to support him in the Democratic primary.
And in recent weeks, Mr. Bidens strategist, Steve Ricchetti, has called a handful of would-be candidates and their aides to signal that the former vice president is likely to enter the race and of late has been telling Democrats that hes 95 percent committed to running, according to officials directly familiar with the discussions.
Yet while Mr. Biden is plainly further along in preparing for a White House bid than he was four years ago, when he grudgingly deferred to Hillary Clinton after months of consideration in the aftermath of his son Beaus death, there is still one crucial element thats outstanding: full and final consent from the former vice president himself.
This juxtaposition an eager cadre of supporters laying the groundwork for a campaign they assure is all but certain while the would-be candidate publicly vacillates has effectively kept the nascent Democratic race on hold.
Mr. Bidens decision looms as perhaps the most significant unanswered question of the 2020 contest and his entry could bring shape to what has been a diffuse Democratic primary, providing voters with a clear front-runner.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(67,453 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Peacetrain
(22,879 posts)He is in the mix.. and hopefully Joe Biden will be too soon
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
R B Garr
(16,985 posts)Jill Biden is a huge asset. Not a petty sniper. Shes all class.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,520 posts)I dont get the sense hes particularly motivated to do it. Which, of course, doesnt mean he wont run.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided