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The possibility that Vice President Biden may jump into the 2016 presidential campaign is convulsing the network of wealthy Democrats that financed President Obama’s two White House bids, galvanizing fundraisers who are underwhelmed by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s performance.
A wide swath of party financiers is convinced that Biden will make a late entry into the race, and a sizable number are contemplating backing him, including some who have signed on with Clinton, according to more than a dozen top Democratic fundraisers nationwide.
Their potential support — driven in part by a desire to recapture the passion they felt in Obama’s campaigns — could play a key role in helping the vice president decide whether to make a third White House bid. The chatter among a cadre of well-connected party fundraisers suggests that he could benefit from an early jolt of money should he run."Galvanizing," "wide swath," "recapture the passion." Ooooh, we're feeling the Joe-mentum, completely neutral Bezos Bugle reporter!
Here's what those of us in the real world, who don't have to depend on creating false narratives and blowing hot air into trial balloons, are looking at: after months of assaults by Republicans and their media stenographers, Hillary Clinton still has a healthy lead among Democrats (48% to Bernie Sanders' 26%, with Joe Biden at 14%).
Clinton is maintaining a clear, sustained lead against her Republican rivals (see post below). Would Biden rise in the polls if he gets in? Probably - and it would last about as long his first gaffe (we like Joe, but the reality is he's a certified, long-term gaffe machine). They all look invincible when they're not running, and the media loves you until it doesn't, especially if you're a Democrat.
BONUS: Laura Clawson at Daily Kos has more on the same subject.
