Why is Biden waiting so long to make a decision?

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Ok so now Biden says he will decide by either late August or early September, why doesn't he just come out and say he is running or isn't running? Why is he biding his time.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

For the 2004 election, he was Biden his time too. Although the decision to not run was made a little earlier; August 11.

[kashifsakhan]

Ok so now Biden says he will decide by either late August or early September, why doesn't he just come out and say he is running or isn't running? Why is he biding his time.

I think he wants to gauge what the public's mood will be to a Biden campaign. If Hillary is doing well and looks set to grab the nomination, a Biden campaign would no the Democrats absolutely no favors.
Consider the following scenario:
Biden joins the race and gets blown out of the water by Clinton. What that will signify to the general electorate is that the Democrats have rejected the Obama administration, and all the work the Democrats have done over the last two terms. This would also damage Clinton in the general election.

Its a smart move on Joe Biden's part, which is something people don't usually associate with the VP.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Ok so now Biden says he will decide by either late August or early September, why doesn't he just come out and say he is running or isn't running? Why is he biding his time.

I think he wants to gauge what the public's mood will be to a Biden campaign. If Hillary is doing well and looks set to grab the nomination, a Biden campaign would no the Democrats absolutely no favors.
Consider the following scenario:
Biden joins the race and gets blown out of the water by Clinton. What that will signify to the general electorate is that the Democrats have rejected the Obama administration, and all the work the Democrats have done over the last two terms. This would also damage Clinton in the general election.

Its a smart move on Joe Biden's part, which is something people don't usually associate with the VP.

I'm sure he wants to carefully consider the decision, and feels it may be easier once his son's death isn't quite so recent.

[heatmaster]

Biden is considering his options, keeps Hillary guessing and on her toes. I hope he runs!

[Mister Mets]

My guess is he's leaning against a run, but waiting to see if Hillary is vulnerable.

He's also slightly more relevant as a potential presidential candidate.

[Bojack Horseman]

Because he's not going to run.

[Progressive]

Because he wants to see if by the fall, Hillary has made any massive mistakes. Also if he enters the fall he can possibly ride a wave of momentum that's crucial in the fall for the winter primaries.

[CapoteMonster]

He also didn't spend much time thinking in lite of his son's death.

[Lincoln Republican]

Because he has to decide if a humiliating loss to Hillary in the primaries is worth it to his legacy.

[Beezer]

Biden's time has come!

For the first time, the vice president looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/against-the-grain/joe-biden-s-political-moment-20150728?utm_content=buffer12c37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[RogueBeaver]

Because he's not running.

[Mr. Morden]

I wrote this about a year and a half ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187658.0

I will now accept my accolades.

[Fuzzy Stands With His Friend, Chairman Sanchez]

Of all the Democrats, I like Biden the best. 

The Democratic Party, however, is "all in" with HRC.  It would be disastrous for HRC's candidacy to implode at this point; she'll be propped up one way or another. 

[Simfan34]

I wrote this about a year and a half ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187658.0

I will now accept my accolades.

Surely you mean to collect them?

[Torie]

I wrote this about a year and a half ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187658.0

I will now accept my accolades.

Myself, I think that may be a tad premature. Hillary's downward spiral may not have yet completed its trajectory, e.g., say if Hillary is indicted somewhere over the email thing. So many possibilities ... but yes, so little time really as well. But I would not totally exclude two or three months being enough time.

[Kingpoleon]

Joe Biden and Martin O'Malley are the only Democrats I can see myself supporting.

List of Presidential Contenders:
1. Joe Biden
2. John Kasich
3. Martin O'Malley
4. Marco Rubio
5. Gary Johnson

[Famous Mortimer]

Biden will only run if Hillary is weak. But he will do so to help Hillary, not to actually win.

If Sanders looks like a real threat, Biden will come in to split the anti-Hillary vote and ensure that neo-liberals continue to control the party.

[Mr. Morden]

I wrote this about a year and a half ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=187658.0

I will now accept my accolades.

Surely you mean to collect them?

It's a reference to the famous mypalfish thread from Election Day 2004:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=12005.0

in which he insisted that Kerry was going to win the election.  Then said "I will now accept my accolades" on the afternoon of Election Day, when the leaked exit polls were looking good for Kerry.  It's been a forum meme ever since.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Myself, I think that may be a tad premature. Hillary's downward spiral may not have yet completed its trajectory, e.g., say if Hillary is indicted somewhere over the email thing. So many possibilities ... but yes, so little time really as well. But I would not totally exclude two or three months being enough time.

Or maybe they'll finally find the smoking gun of the Vince Foster murder. This will definitely sink her candidacy.

[MisSkeptic]

Myself, I think that may be a tad premature. Hillary's downward spiral may not have yet completed its trajectory, e.g., say if Hillary is indicted somewhere over the email thing. So many possibilities ... but yes, so little time really as well. But I would not totally exclude two or three months being enough time.

Or maybe they'll finally find the smoking gun of the Vince Foster murder. This will definitely sink her candidacy.

I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but Vince Foster committed suicide, he wasn't killed. 

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Biden's time has come!

For the first time, the vice president looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/against-the-grain/joe-biden-s-political-moment-20150728?utm_content=buffer12c37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Well, Sanders is also looking like a more electable Democrat. If someone's net favorables in Iowa and NH are around -20, they're probably not that electable.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

2004 was his time to run, Clinton will be nominee.

[rbt48]

I believe he is waiting to see if Hillary has any additional bombshells with her e-mail server or if she continues to dive in the polls.  If she does, he'll jump in and be the immediate favorite for the nomination.  It would be similar to Lautenberg replacing Torricelli in the NJ Senate Race in 2002.

[Mr. Illini]

Joe! Joe! Joe!