so then what becomes of joe biden. he sounded very much the statesman making this announcement, saying democrats need to come together. the opposition is not the enemy. what will his role be now over the next year of this campaign. well, i think both for the administration and to some extent potentially even for the clinton campaign, he almost becomes negotiator in chief. which has been his kind of behind the scenes role. the real priority is going to be to help the president get his agenda done in the next year and a half. because the vice president spent so much time in the senate, he has an incredibly good strong relationships with the republican leadership. if there s going to be any bipartisan deals and i m not going to be too optimistic there is going to be but ifs therest there is, he s going to be the one to lead that. in the other party, when the clinton campaign moves forward, assuming it does win the nominati nomination, i think it s a pretty fair bet she does, he