Joe Biden Dems' Best Shot in 2016?

Obama's VP hasn't ruled out third presidential bid

Joe Biden's first two presidential bids, in 1988 and 2008, went nowhere. Now that's he's the sitting vice president, soon to start his second term, 2016 could finally be his year.

Biden hasn't ruled out a bid to succeed President Barack Obama, ABC News reports. After casting his ballot Tuesday morning, Biden was asked whether that would be the last time the 69-year-old politician votes for himself. He answered frankly.

"No, I don't think so," Biden said outside Alexis I. duPont High School in Wilmington, Del. where he voted.

But it's not clear Biden would have a clear shot at the Democratic nomination. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 2008 runner-up to Obama for the Democratic nod, would seemingly have right of first refusal. She's wildly popular among Democrats and her image has improved considerably among independents and even some Republicans. Clinton suggests she's uninterested, but anything can change in politics. That leaves Biden as a leading Democratic candidate, if not frontrunner, come 2016.

Politix analysis and via ABCNews.com.

Should Vice President Joe Biden run for president in 2016?

[Xenocracy]

YES PLEASE !!

[TheLoneRanger]

Yes I think Joe Biden should run for President in 1016 on the Democrat Party ticket.

This is something I can support wholeheartedly!

[IraqWarVeteran]

@TheLoneRanger Joe Biden will help the GOP insure and elect a (R) president. Jeb Bush/Marco Rubi

[IraqWarVeteran]

@IraqWarVeteran Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio 2016

[We_Won]

@IraqWarVeteran

You are obviously not a veteran.

34 ID, Redbulls. Last out of Iraq. Every single guy in my platoon voted Obama, because we don't like being smeared over foreign roadways.

And Jeb Bush.....really??????????

[Kajai]

@IraqWarVeteran
Lol. There is no way in hell Jeb could ever win a presidency, dubya made sure of that.

Thanks for the good laugh though.

[AceLuby]

Lol, no. There are MANY better (younger) choices than Biden. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy as VP, just not as the guy in charge. 4 years is a long time and in 2004 I never thought Obama, the new guy at the DNC, could ever win the nomination, much less the presidency in 2008.

[MBernard]

Nah, I love Joe but No, I think Hillary should, I'd definitely vote for her.

[RobertJHarsh]

Problem with Hillary is she has a slight (however minor) murder habit. She just kills people and it's not like she can help it. She'll never be prez because the Republicans know where a lot of the bodies are.

[Thegrif]

I could see Hillary, that might work.

[bsking]

you might as well forget about Hillary she's done. because of her complicity in the cover up of Ben Ghazi her political career is over. I can't wait to see her sweat at the upcoming hearings

[bsking]

@RobertJHarsh yeah remember foster ? they found his body in that park in DC... and the first thing they noticed he wasn't murdered there... I think that was during the Whitewater scandal I don't know there are alway so many scandals with the Democrats.

[PNWest]

Gauging from the all the right wing Hillary hate in this thread I think Hillary would do just fine.

[2DamnLiberal]

Elizabeth Warren 2016!

[Realthinker]

I think Joe is going to find Hillary believes she has waited long enough. Joe will find himself muscled aside in 2016, because the "good of the party" and electing the first black man will not be the issues. Electing the first woman will be.

[jessejaymes]

I like Joe Biden. He's a very likeable guy. But he's unelectable. He's not hard nosed enough (Hilary is), he's not glib enough, he makes speaking gaffes that just are unbelievable for someone with his experience. I won't be voting for either but if the Dems plan on holding the Presidency there is only one nominee and that's Hilary.

[artjeb]

By the yr of 2016 BIDEN will have hoof & mouth disease.
He sure seems like he has it now

[Mercury34]

No. He shouldn't run again. I'd love to see Hillary Clinton run again!

[artjeb]

HILLARY has said she wouldn't run in 2016 BUT polititions never say for sure.

[JimMoore]

Spare me, this man sounds like a drunk union leader when he speaks, I am amazed he would even thyink about running the country, he is just a political hack in my book.

[We_Won]

That makes Paul Ryan look like a paste eating Ayn Rand worshipper......

[crittersitters]

I'm sure the libs would love it. Let's go from a socialist dictator to a dic that can't even remember what state he is in. Are you people nuts? Oh, yes, that's right, liberalism IS a mental illness: http://www.wnd.com/2008/11/56494/ and the nuts have broken out of the insanaslym and taken over. No worries, there will be NOTHING left of the country but our memories soon. Too bad the free phones won't be of use to you when TSHTF.

[Polusalo]

So much hate... Do us a favor. Next time you have a thought... just let it go man.

[Denizen_Kate]

crittersitters, the lunatic liberals are not running the asylum. They are currently sub-letting it to the far right wing nut jobs. Enjoy your stay. ;-)

[EquinsuOcha]

Biden as the democratic nominee would be the best bet for the GOP to win in 2016........So yes, I hope he is......

[We_Won]

Na, the rich are loosing their power. Only blissfully ignorant people give them their foothold over the nation they rape often...

Know anybody like that????

[LetsAllBeHappy]

@We_Won lets see the words rich and rape followed by the question-know anybody like that-Why does Kennedys pop in my mine

[stimpy]

Does'nt matter. Remember 12/21/12 is'nt far away.

[MRMacrum]

That's right. I almost forgot. I have to write myself a note to wear clean underwear that day.

[stimpy]

@MRMacrum LOL.

[Denizen_Kate]

@MRMacrum - My first full belly laugh of the day. Many thanks!

[LetsAllBeHappy]

@MRMacrum make sure they say Friday also

[tomincali]

ha1 i think folks better focus on if there will be a country left in 2016. we may belong to another if things from the last for years get worst the next.

[Rfsme]

That is really scary!!

[Kellso]

Biden was a better choice 4 years ago but NOT the best choice of all the candidates 4 years ago. I guess it depends on who runs against him for nomination.

[raidermike99]

Rahm will run in 2016

[Denizen_Kate]

I doubt that. Too much baggage.

[Dan_Tien]

He can run if he wants, just so long as someone good runs against him.

[Dan_Tien]

Look at that face. I would be careful even buying something from him at a garage sale.

[Sinestro]

This guy is a bigger goofball than Obama.

[We_Won]

Your in the minority, we won.

You lost.

[LetsAllBeHappy]

@We_Won I can't quite put my finger on it, but something tells me that you like to make sure everyone knows Obama won

[RichSPK]

I love Joe, but I don't think enough of my fellow Americans feel the same to get him elected.

[Dallas39]

I feel both he and Hillary are too old at this point... and I'm no spring chicken. Part of Obama's original appeal was his comparative youth. We need someone again in that age bracket, or not much older. Experience isn't always a definative prerequisite for being a good leader and in some cases it's downrighrt obstructive.

In the meantime I think all those like Ryan, Rove and other members of the Trump Cult should go ahead and immigrate instead of being traitors to this wonderful nation, trying to incite revolution and obstructing measures the majority have voted to uphold, such as Heath Reform. Their sort has held back the development of more jobs as well. When they spend so much cash and effort on obstructing reform, they set us back and cost WE The People plenty.

[Denizen_Kate]

Actually, Rove and Adelson and their Super PACs got pretty much nothing for their money in this election, and that makes me happy.

[Speedieg]

@Denizen_Kate well at least all that cash went into the economy.