One of our go-to blind squirrels, Dana Milbank, discusses the narrative that won't die, until it does:
Finally, it can be reported: Joe Biden is running for president, unless he isn’t. He will announce his decision this weekend, unless he doesn’t.
Who, besides self-serving, anonymous "advisers" and "friends" want Joe Biden to run for President?Furthermore, Biden is approaching important deadlines for declaring his candidacy, unless those deadlines don’t matter. His advisers really want him to run, except those who don’t, and he has been sounding out potential staffers, or perhaps not. He finds the opportunity irresistible, except when he lacks the passion for it.
Why, the media, of course. Like Politic-ho, as Milbank notes. Like the
And ... Republicans who like nothing better than ratf*cking Democrats whenever they can (and whenever we let them get away with it).
But Democrats? No. Not so much.
Maybe the media should give it a rest for a few days at least. See if you can find something else to write about, like "issues important to the American people" -- hahahaha, just kidding!
BONUS: Ed Kilgore has some additional updates worth reading, and a suggestion for Joe Biden.
BONUS II: Charles P. Pierce has the last word, until it's not the last word:
The whole Biden shadow play is getting very, very old. The inclusion of him in current polling models is one very small step short of ratfcking Hillary Clinton's numbers, and it does a real disservice to the other candidates as well. (Why not put Mitt Romney or Michael Bloomberg in the Republican field?) What we seem to have is a bunch of generally nervous Democrats, and some Biden loyalists who like to talk to reporters, and who still dream of that West Wing office that was denied them the other two times Joe Biden ran for president and got crushed. Oh, and there are some political reporters who find this whole thing a lot easier than working for a living. (our emphasis)
