The Second Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, today expressed regrets and wistful feelings over her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, not running for President.
This is a thought and feeling shared by millions of Americans, including this blogger and author, who shares that sentiment!
Joe Biden is certainly not perfect, and no candidate is, but somehow, the feeling is that the Presidential race would have been dignified by his presence, and it might have changed the whole nature of the Presidential campaign.
Dr. Jill Biden, a community college professor, said that her husband would have been good at promoting compromise and progress, as that is his forte in politics, which is so true. The Vice President has helped President Barack Obama so much, as he gets along well with Republican leaders.
So this blogger will again say that the best possible Vice Presidential choice that Hillary Clinton could make, once she is the Democratic Presidential nominee, is to ask Joe Biden to run for a third term as Vice President, perfectly legal under the Constitution, although a President is limited to two elected terms by the 22nd Amendment.
Who would be better at helping a President Hillary Clinton to get things done than Joe Biden? And Hillary Clinton would have the blessing of both Biden and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who would become “First Gentleman”, to assist her in making crucial domestic and foreign policy decisions!
This blogger backed the idea of a third term as Vice President for Joe Biden back in February of 2015, and John Hockenberry of “The Takeaway” on National Public Radio interviewed me on January 21 of this year regarding my promotion of Biden, and the eight minute interview is on the right side of the blog under “Interviews”!
There could be no better team than Hillary and Joe to be the top two people running our government starting January 20, 2017, and it would allow the nation to utilize the talents of a man who has served the nation for 44 years on the national level, and could now add four more to his amazing record of service!
I’m glad Joe Biden didn’t run for president.
Here is one reason why:
@ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-biden-crime-bill_us_57165484e4b0060ccda45d69?ir=Black+Voices§ion=us_black-voices&utm_hp_ref=black-voices
Certainly, it would have been an issue if Biden had run for President!
I think part of the reason why it is rare for a vice president to win direct election from that office to the presidency is because of not just one’s record but because the voting electorate wants some fresh air.
I never wanted Joe Biden to run for president. And, admittedly, I may feel this way about every vice president going forward.
Well, on this, a rare situation, I totally disagree with you, D, but that is fine.
Joe Biden is the most experienced, best qualified person to be President, even with his shortcomings, which all candidates and people have.
He has the ability to cross the aisle, has friends on the other side, and is the most genuine, sincere politician in my lifetime, after Hubert Humphrey, as I see it.
But then, that is my opinion!
My first choice was Biden.
Similar to what the Professor said, nobody is pure: http://pleasecutthecrap.com/no-one-is-pure/
Thanks for that Leia. Like that says, I look at the overall record and don’t obsess over every single Congressional vote.
Also, like that says, your past helps mold you, it doesn’t define you. That’s how I look at it and the reason why I don’t judge a candidate based on their lack of perfection.