The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: The Biden-Obama Axis

September 04, 2015

Thursday  6 February 2014 / Hour 2, Block A: Daniel Henninger, WSJ, in re: The Biden-Obama Axis The Obama network wants control of the party they won from the Clintons. Here’s the short reason for the boomlet to get Joe Biden into the race: Hillary’s just not fun anymore.  Set aside whether she ever was. Let’s divide humanity into two groups: normal people and politicians. What makes the political class flutter about Joe Biden is a little different than what excites the rest of us.  On Labor Day weekend, more than 99% of the American population will unwind with family and friends, picnics, the beach and baseball. Not the politicians. Every elected politician in America, from Podunk town mayors to super PAC-backed candidates for the presidency will be pressing flesh with strangers. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going to spend Friday afternoon with his new best friends in Contoocook, N.H.   
Why do they do it? Because they love it. Politicking is the only thing they do. And standing nearby in politicking’s upper divisions this weekend will be aides, abandoning normal life for the same reason. They love it.  Where in this great political parade is Joe Biden? Vice President Biden has become the “Where’s Waldo?” of U.S. politics. Is he in the picture or isn’t he?  The case for Joe Biden disembarking permanently from the campaign train is . . .