Is Joe Biden a serious contender?

[NewYorkExpress]

I've seen a couple of state polls showing VP Biden in the top two (behind Hillary Clinton), including key states like Iowa and New Hampshire over the past summer for 2016... So a two fold Question-  Will Biden run and is he a Contender?

[minionofmidas]

Possibly.

If he does, yes. He won't run if he won't be one. It also depends on his health and how the second Obama administration goes, obviously.

[Maxwell]

I don't think he'll continue, he's leading mainly on name recognition, and the party will want someone new, particularly if he starts off as the establishment candidate.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Hes too old lololol

[heatmaster]

For national buffoon...I'd say yeah

[Niemeyerite]

For national buffoon...I'd say yeah

You'd lose your job.

[Mr. Morden]

If Clinton doesn't run, Biden will lead all the early primary polls purely on name recognition (a la Lieberman's early lead in the 2004 polls, once Gore said he wouldn't run).  Once voters get to know the other candidates though, Biden will sink.  Perhaps not quite as much negative joementum as Lieberman had, but the same basic principle applies.

[Platypus]

He won't run, unless he's running as the sitting President.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

For national buffoon...I'd say yeah

I dislike many of Biden's comments (I can give particulars...) but the man has served honorably- without scandal or the motivation of personal gain- and has survived personal tragedy beyond what most of us could endure... I despise when liberal posters describe McCain as a "useless idiot" and I likewise despise you referring to another honorable public servant as a "buffoon"... both of these comments reveal the member who types them to be what they allege these men to be

[CountryRoads]

He'd start off as one, based on name recognition, but eventually Democrats will realize he's an idiot, and his numbers will collapse. (Gingrich Style!)

[CLARENCE 2015!]

He'd start off as one, based on name recognition, but eventually Democrats will realize he's an idiot, and his numbers will collapse. (Gingrich Style!)

A member of an online political message board is calling the Vice President of the United States an idiot... go figure!

[BlueSwan]

I love Joe Biden, but really, he's gonna be too old. I even think that Hillary might be too old and she's both much younger and a woman.

[Donerail]

Joe is too sick to run for President, what with his foot-in-mouth disorder and all.

[Zioneer]

Too old, and doesn't have anything new to offer. Sorry Joe, you're great, but no dice.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Yeah, and he's gonna win.

[© tweed]

what if Obama promised him his support way back when?

[Ebowed]

what if Obama promised him his support way back when?

Biden promised Obama that he wouldn't run in 2016 when he was first picked as his running mate.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

^Is there any source that actually confirms that though? I remember all the pundits were talking about how Biden fit the bill for a vice president who wouldn't put his own political career above the vice presidency, but I can't recall hearing of Joe Biden actually promising not to run. It just seemed like it was assumed.

[Lincoln Republican]

Obviously no.

Too old, too loose lipped, and too arrogant and condescending.

The Democrats will be passing the torch in 2016 from the era of Obama, Clinton, and Biden to a new generation of Democrats eager to bring fresh life and renewed energy into the party.

Biden in 2016?  This is truly a joke.