220,000 people who signed a petition, draft joe biden.com. there is a powerful ad that tells a story that not a lot of folks know about joe biden. his tragedies and the difficulties he faced early in his political career and how because of that he became the person that he is today with an enormous amount of empathy for people who have troubles of any kind. that is really what we re trying to get to with this. but the name of your group is draft biden. i wonder for the 220,000 people who signed up, do they care when he will actually run? i mean, is there a point where this effort of yours will cease to exist? will it continue through the primaries? we re ready when he is ready and will be here when he makes the final decision? so that would be a no? i m telling you we re ready when he is ready and will
releasing a deal to voters regarding his tragic story. i got a phone call, my wife and three children were christmas shopping. the tractor-trailer broadsided them and killed my wife and killed my daughter. and they were not sure that my sons would live. incredible bond i have with my children is a gift i m not sure, i would have had. had i not been through what i went through. but by focusing on my sons i found my redemption. the ad comes just a day after a political report alleging that biden himself was the force for a the new york times column about his son beau s dying wish that he run for president. the implication that biden was using his son s death at the age of 46 from brain cancer for
it sort of speeds the narrative that perhaps joe biden is more calculating politically than the country thinks especially when it regards his bid for president. do you worry that this ad diminishes or furthers it in any way? not at all. i believe that beau thought his father would make an incredible president. he was there in 2000 and 2007 when he ran. so no, i don t think it is true. what i m thinking about right now is the private conversation that the vice president and beau had. i know it was a private conversation. that report left a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth. so it left a bad taste in your mouth, but you re not worried about the line of argument? no, i m not worried about the conversation at all. i think the conversation should be private. and that should be private. well, i have to ask, there is a question of whether joe biden s decision to run is going
to be imminent. i wonder as you see this is there a date he actually has to announce he will run. mike halpern suggests he might wait. the new hampshire primaries, when he would decide to throw his hat in the ring. do you think it would be possible? i think his decision is his to make. what we see with joe biden we have incredible amount of support across the country, over 220,000 people who signed a petition, draft joe biden.com. there is a powerful ad that tells a story that not a lot of folks know about joe biden. his tragedies and the difficulties he faced early in his political career and how because of that he became the person that he is today with an enormous amount of empathy for people who have troubles of any kind. that is really what we re trying to get to with this. but the name of your group is draft biden.
incredible bond i have with my children is a gift i m not sure, i would have had. had i not been through what i went through. but by focusing on my sons i found my redemption. the ad comes just a day after a political report alleging that biden himself was the force for a the new york times column about his son beau s dying wish that he run for president. the implication that biden was using his son s death at the age of 46 from brain cancer for political office. while his campaign wouldn t deny it was a force, they called the report both categorically defenseless. thank you for joining us. let s get to the act, david axelrod, president obama s senior strategist from days of yore has called the ad in a tweet, tasteless, powerful but