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October 22, 2015
Why do children decide who runs for president or speaker of the House?
First it was Beau Biden, Biden's grown son. Biden was said to be considering running for president because Beau, on his deathbed, whispered something like "Dad...you have to run for president!" with nearly his dying breath.
How do we know this happened? Because Joe Biden delighted in revealing this very personal conversation to everyone with a pair of ears.
Aug. 1, to be exact – the day renowned Hillary Clinton-critic Maureen Dowd published a column that marked a turning point in the presidential speculation. According to multiple sources, it was Biden himself who talked to her, painting a tragic portrait of a dying son, Beau's face partially paralyzed, sitting his father down and trying to make him promise to run for president because "the White House should not revert to the Clintons and that the country would be better off with Biden values."
So Biden was said to be considering running, not because the public...(Read Full Post)