Watch out Hillary Clinton! Everyone’s favorite slightly quirky Vice President may be gearing up to take Barack Obama’s seat in four years.
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Talks about Vice President Joe Biden laying the groundwork for a campaign in 2016 are heating up. Throughout the inauguration, it was reported that Biden packed his schedule with events and receptions to meet with top Democrats; the meetings are speculated to help him gain the support he might need in 2016.
Rumors started after Biden’s critical role in facilitating the compromise over the fiscal cliff and his work on gun legislation with the violence task force, which he heads.
But Biden has remained neutral about all of the hoopla, even saying this to CNN:
“There’s a whole lot of reasons why I wouldn’t run,” Biden, who will be nearly 74 on Election Day in 2016, told CNN in an interview before the inauguration. “I don’t have to make that decision for a while. In the meantime, there’s one thing I know I have to do, no matter what I do. I have to help this president move this country to the next stage.”
But chatting it up with politicians all weekend isn’t the only reason why speculations run high. According to the Huffington Post:
Biden dropped by the Iowa State Society Inaugural Ball, slipping up and telling partygoers he was “proud to be president of the United States,” prompting cheers. He quickly corrected himself, saying he was “proud to be vice president of the United States, but I am prouder to be … President Barack Obama’s vice president.” Laughing it off, he said, “There’s goes that.”
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Freudian slip, perhaps?
SOURCE: Huffington Post
