Back to the Future Day just took a tragic turn, my friends.
Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, NYT:
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Wednesday he will not be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign…
Mr. Biden’s decision, announced in the White House Rose Garden with President Obama looking on, ends one of the most public episodes of indecision about a political path since Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York left a plane bound for New Hampshire idling on a tarmac in 1991 as he fretted over whether to run for president.
This is a huge loss for fans of comedy. Joe Biden running for president in 2016 would’ve been hilarious. The gaffes alone would’ve been a constant source of amusement. All those Vines and animated GIFs of him groping women and girls on the campaign trail: not to be. And then, throw in all our friends in the media trying to pretend this guy isn’t a complete imbecile? It would’ve been so very wonderful.
I’m not giving up hope, though. Keep doing your push-ups every morning, Joe. Keep taking your vitamins. There’s always 2020!