of them could possibly recapture some of the excitement that he has generated in 2008. political reports that "with one candidate he pointed out that during his own 2008 campaign he had an intimate bond with the electorate, especially in iowa, that he no longer has." he added, "you know really doesn't have a question mark joe biden." obama gave a victory speech on caucus night 2008 as joe biden conceded and dropped out. 11 years later it doesn't sound like an obama endorsement is imminent, because it doesn't sound like obama wants to. which is different than the way joe biden described their chat about this with his former boss. when the asking about it, his first question as a declared candidate, and delaware. >> if you are the best choice for the democrat in 2020, why didn't president obama endorse you? biko asked president obama not to endorse, and whoever wins this nomination should win on their own merits.