Joe Biden Wades Further Into ’16 Bid

By The Huffington Post

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is vacationing on Kiawah Island off South Carolina’s coast, riding bikes and walking the beaches with his family. But on Wednesday night, he called one of his most outspoken political supporters and wrestled with the question looming over his future: Should he run for president?

An Iowa surprise: Donald Trump is actually trying to win

By The Washington Post

For five days, the royal-blue bus rumbled through miles of cornfields alongside a popular annual bicycle trek across Iowa. It showed up at a country music concert in Cherokee and at a bacon festival in Ottumwa.

And when the hulking vehicle with thick white block letters that spell “TRUMP” pulled into a Wal-Mart parking lot in Fort Dodge this week, people flocked to it. It didn’t matter that Donald Trump wasn’t inside. The bus alone — with the “Make America Great Again!” slogan extending across its sides — created an irresistible oasis of celebrity politics amid a desert of minivans and shopping carts.

Donald Trump to run for president in 2016

By BBC News

Property billionaire Donald Trump has announced he will run for the White House in the 2016 election.

Mr Trump, a Republican, has never run for the party's nomination before, but has often talked about it.

Jeb Bush promises to 'fix' the US if elected president

By BBC News

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has officially launched his US presidential campaign, promising to "run with heart" and "take nothing and no one for granted".

Mr Bush, the son and brother of two former presidents, spoke in his hometown of Miami, Florida.

Britain set to face weeks of political paralysis after election

By The Guardian

General election 2015

Britain faces “weeks not days” without an effective government following Thursday’s general election if David Cameron wins the most seats and tries to renew his coalition vows with Nick Clegg, according to senior Tories and Liberal Democrats.

 

Why Rubio is running away from the most prominent item on his résumé

By Washington Post

Marco Rubio had changed his mind.

 

It was December 2012. The Senate gym. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) was making the ask. “You ought to be a part of this,” Durbin told Rubio (R-Fla.), as Rubio rode a stationary bike. Durbin and six other senators wanted to rewrite U.S. immigration laws. In the process, they wanted to give illegal immigrants a way to become legal residents and — eventually — citizens.

 

French Press Says Le Pen Will Hover Over Elections

By Le Figaro

On Monday morning, the day after the first round of the French presidential election, French newspapers devoted just as much attention to the high score earned by third-place candidate Marine Le Pen as they did to the two candidates who will advance to the second round.

Hollande Prepares Battle for Round 2 of the Presidential Election

By Le Figaro

The key phrase for Socialist François Hollande's campaign between the two rounds of the French election will be "bringing people together."

Yesterday was the first round of the French presidential election. Socialist François Hollande came in first place, with UMP candidate and current president Nicolas Sarkozy finishing right behind him. The second round of the election-- the run-off between the two candidates-- will be held in two weeks.

Nigerian election: opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari sweeps to victory

By The Guardian

The Nigerian opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, has swept to victory in the country’s presidential election, a political earthquake that inflicted the first defeat on an incumbent in the history of Africa’s biggest democracy.

Joe Biden Says 'There's A Chance' He'll Challenge Hillary

Vía Bussines Insider

Vice President Joe Biden claims he might enter the 2016 fray. 

Biden insisted Wednesday morning the contest is "wide open" for both Democrats and Republicans, despite polls showing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is by far the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

"Yes there's a chance," Biden replied on ABC's "Good Morning America"when directly pressed on whether he would challenge Clinton. "But I haven't made my mind up about that."

Biden said his focus is on his duties as vice president and "getting implemented what the president talked about" in the annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening. The vice president further argued he doesn't have to make a final decision on the 2016 race until the summer of this year. 

"We've got a lot of work to do between now and then; there's plenty of time," he said. "I don't think you have to make up your mind until the summer. I think this is wide open on both sides."

The vice president wasn't eager to take any shots at Clinton, however, and offered nothing but praise for her.

"Secretary of Clinton is a really competent, capable person — and a friend. The person who is going to be the next president of the United States is the one who is going to be able to articulate the clearest vision to the American people where they're going to take the country," he said.

Biden ran for president twice before — in 1988 and 2008 — but has yet to give any indications he's forming the national operation that would be necessary to mount a successful 2016 campaign. In contrast, Clinton has been quietly laying the foundation for a White House bid.