Barack Obama had high praise for Joe Biden in an interview Sunday, suggesting he will “go down as one of the finest vice presidents in history, and one of the more consequential.”
Obama, appearing on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” said, “I am going to let Joe make that decision” on 2016 but “if you’re sitting right next to the president in every meeting and, you know wrestling with these issues, I’m sure that for him he’s saying to himself, ‘I could do a really good job.'” (RELATED: Obama Says Hillary’s Email Use Was A ‘Mistake’)
Steve Kroft: Right now, there’s nobody on either side of the aisle that is exactly running on your record. Do you want Joe Biden to get in the race and do it?
Barack Obama: You know, I am going to let Joe make that decision. And I mean what I say. I think Joe will go down as one of the finest vice presidents in history, and one of the more consequential. I think he has done great work. I don’t think there’s any politician at a national level that has not thought about being the president. And if you’re sitting right next to the president in every meeting and, you know wrestling with these issues, I’m sure that for him he’s saying to himself, “I could do a really good job.”
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