Washington (AFP) - The White House on Monday acknowledged that Vice President Joe Biden is still weighing a possible run for the top job, amid controversy surrounding Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Biden, President 0bama's deputy for nearly seven years, has previously said he would make a decision on entering the 2016 race by the end of the summer.
"I would assume that that means he's got a another month or so to think about this and announce a decision," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
0bama has so far been careful not to pick among the Democratic candidates.
But several close aides have jumped from the White House to Clinton's campaign in recent months.
Her struggles to explain why she used a private email server to conduct state business has raised questions about her status as presumptive nominee.
Democrats have long been concerned about the prospect of a half-hearted primary race leading to Clinton's nomination.
Biden would provide Clinton with stiff competition, but his path back to the White House is not entirely clear.
He has been a presidential candidate twice and twice lost badly.
Earnest did not rule out the possibility that Obama would ultimately chose between his vice president and his former secretary of state.
"I wouldn't rule out an endorsement," he said.
Speculation about Biden's plans were fueled by reports over the weekend that he had met privately with Senator Elizabeth Warren, an influential voice in the Democratic Party's left wing.
Poster Comment:
The Dems' have totally miscalculated on what they assumed was a simple slam-dunk on tapping the impossibly unlikeable witch, Hitlery as their candidate. Stepping up to the plate: On deck: Joe Biden and his own special brand of insanity and impropriety. After 8 years of having a corrupt, treasonous, clueless Communitah Organizer take dump after dump upon the head of the White Hut and America, Commie-Dem standards can't get any lower.
It's hard to fathom that the Dems ever presumed that Hitlery would become their unchallenged candidate for the Donkey's Party given she's been inundated with repeated scandal, ZERO competency and accomplishment, ZERO credibility, and treason.
THIS is a TWO-FER election that wipes out both the reptilian Dems AND GOPe in one fall swoop!
