Bye Bye Biden
The vice president says he won't be running for president.
By Patrick Caldwell
Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will not run for president in 2016. In a speech in the White House Rose Garden, with President Obama by his side, Biden said he has missed his window to run as he's mourned the death of his son Beau. "I've concluded it has closed," Biden said.
"Unfortunately, I believe we are out of time," he said.
Although Biden will not be mounting a presidential campaign, he sounded eager to continue pushing his ideas. "While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent," he said, adding that any Democrat who wants to replace Obama needs to support the legacy of the current president. "Democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record, they should run on this record."
Biden's decision not to run leaves Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination. Polls showed that Biden would have chipped largely at Clinton's base of support.
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