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Home Front: Politix

Clinton Insiders Fuming Over Pending Biden Presidential Bid

2015-08-28

The now-growing Biden camp is said to have received no fewer than nine phone calls from different politically-connected and Clinton supporting individuals in the span of just 24 hours -- each one demanding to know why the Vice President appeared ready to declare his intent to run for president in 2016.

Each phone call centered on the same question to Mr. Biden -- "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

What's the problem with a two-term sitting vice president running for the top job? That's what they do. Gore. Bush I. Nixon. It's not like Dick Cheney established a binding precedent...

What motivated the panic within the Clinton Machine was not the initial media reports that Biden was now leaning toward running, but the over-the-weekend roll out of that very plan by the Obama White House which included surprisingly supportive commentary of a Joe Biden campaign from the Valerie Jarrett-controlled White House media office.

Team Clinton fears that if Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett begin to direct campaign dollars toward Biden, the Clinton war chest will be greatly diminished.

She could always tap the Foundation nest egg...

Even more troubling than the financial impact is the legal one. With an ongoing FBI investigation into her mishandling of sensitive government documents, the Clinton campaign is now bracing for the Obama White House to remove the political firewall that has protected both Hillary Clinton and the president.

Couldn't happen to a finer, more deserving person...

"Joe Biden has been told what they have on Hillary and that she may not survive the scandal. That was a very big motivator for him to get into the race."

So says a trusted D.C. Whispers source with considerable knowledge of the day-to-day operations within the White House.

The Clinton heartburn is certain to continue following a Quinnipiac University poll released today indicating Mr. Biden is more competitive against the top GOP candidates than Hillary Clinton and presently 83% of Democrats polled view Joe Biden favorably vs 76% for Hillary Clinton.

Better a dummy than a crook, sez the poll responders...

"The Clintons maintain substantive and potentially damaging dossiers on every significant figure in D.C. They will first remind the Vice President of this. If that doesn't work, expect them to begin leaking some of that information to their most trusted media figures."

Like what? That's he's dumb as a bag of hammers? That he's a plagiarizer? That he puts his hands on women in inappropriate ways? We already know all that.

UPDATE: Clinton supporter, Iowa political power broker and former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin appears to be the one chosen by the Clinton Machine to fire the first warning shot over the bow of the Vice President's presidential aspirations. Harkin gave the following statement to the New York Times (exactly as our D.C. Whispers source said would happen) regarding a prospective Joe Biden 2016 campaign:

"He has served the country so well and been a good friend of mine -- I love Joe. I just don't think this would be a wise move...With Hillary as president, I can see him being secretary of state or ambassador to the United Nations. There are a lot of things he can do down the road that would be of valuable service to the country or the world."

What Harkin is offering is a promise from the Clintons that Joe Biden will be financially taken care of should he agree to "play ball" and back off from what now appears to be an imminent presidential campaign announcement. Harkin's comments also included a barely veiled hint at the above mentioned Clinton dossier file on the Vice President -- "I just don't think this would be a wise move."

The proverbial ball is now in Mr. Biden's court as the Clintons await a response to what is both an offered deal and/or a threat.

Go! Slow! Joe!

Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#7 Hildabeest and ValJar both have ruthless character and a bag full of scandals, but while Hildy and Bill have a bigger bag, ValJar has the DOJ, the talking head and the undying loyalty of the essential black voting block. A shooting war mostly ruins Hildy' a chances, but she and Huma need the WH to keep the party going and Bill wants the perks and chicks again. I see ValJar winning a Pyrrhic victory. Feels like early Imperial Rome. And look, a Parthian mess looming against judea.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-08-28 20:52

If Gore, Kerry or Biden fall out of the race, the Dems have other alternatives...

Posted by: BigEdLB 2015-08-28 16:16

#5 Maybe Hildabeest will melt away as did another wicked witch of Oz.

Posted by: JohnQC 2015-08-28 16:11

#4 They live in a bubble with folks covering for them constantly. I can see how they might underestimate the danger.

I also suspect Hillary cut a deal with Obama to get her to drop out of the race in exchange for being the 2016 candidate (with a side-deal of Sec State to get foreign policy on her resume) and that is looking extremely shakey right now because she botched everything.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-08-28 14:46

#3 Is there something they know... that we do not ?

Actually, you know it too---you just refuse to believe.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-08-28 03:12

#2 What concerns me is not a Biden run, but rather the fact that with the email scandal brewing, the Clintonistas still believe they have a shot at the office.

The confidence these people have in the light of all that is happening is telling. Is there something they know... that we do not ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2015-08-28 02:25

#1 As a reminder to GOP-DEMS, its not JANUARY 2016 yet.

MSM + DemoLefties are also waiting to see iff KERRY + former Clinton VPOTUS AL GORE will be throwing their hats into the ring.

"THE DONALD" TRUMP = "AWAKENING" OF "WHITE AMERICA" + [POTUS Nixon-era]"RETURN OF THE SILENT MAJORITY"???

"WASP"-ISH AMERICA NOT DEAD YET???

* WORLD NEWS > [Public Technologies] PAT BUCHANAN: IS TRUMP/TRUMPISM THE "NEW NATIONALISM"?

* IIRC LUCIANNE > DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS ARE "MAD AS HELL", + HERE ARE THEIR REASONS WHY.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-08-28 00:58

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