Subject: Is It Too Late for Joe Biden?
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:13:42 -0400

Is It Too Late for Joe Biden? <http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/17/is-it-too-late-for-joe-biden/>
August 17, 2015By Taegan Goddard <http://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/>22 Comments <http://politicalwire.com/2015/08/17/is-it-too-late-for-joe-biden/#disqus_thread>
First Read <http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/one-crazy-summer-2016-reality-check-n410941?cid=eml_nfr_20150817>: “Every day that Biden waits to create a fundraising apparatus (to finance a sitting vice presidential — with his security detail in tow — campaigning across the country) makes it harder for him to compete against Bernie Sanders, let alone Hillary Clinton. A Biden confidante told one of us that the vice president’s chances of jumping into the race are now as high as 60%-40%. But if he gets in, Biden faces this reality: His chances of finishing third are greater than finishing first.”

“Also over the weekend, Politico wrote <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/biden-strategy-for-white-house-run-taking-shape-121377.html?ml=ri> that Biden, if he gets into the 2016 race, plans to focus on South Carolina, plus get big Super PAC checks from a handful of wealthy Democratic donors. But folks, that’s more of a campaign strategy for the likes of Rick Santorum and Rick Perry — rather than a sitting vice president. Bottom line: Sitting vice presidents don’t get to skip early nominating states.”

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