Thread: If Biden Announces Run it will SIGNAL JAILTIME FOR HITLERY.

If he announces that will change things a bit. BUSH2016 to save NWO/UN/AGENDA 2030 Work/Money that has been INVESTED. Biden KNOWS HE CANT/WONT WIN.

Joe Biden camp to allies: Be ready


By Jeff Zeleny, Senior Washington Correspondent
Updated 11:52 AM ET, Fri October 16, 2015 | Video Source: CNN



















Story highlights

• Vice President Joe Biden has been calling operatives about how -- not whether -- to launch a presidential bid
• "His family is totally on board," one top Democrat who has spoken to Biden this week told CNN,

(CNN)Vice President Joe Biden has personally made a series of calls this week to Democratic strategists from Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, asking a final round of detailed questions about how -- not whether -- to launch a 2016 presidential campaign.

People familiar with the conversations tell CNN that Biden has been making the calls throughout the week, including on Wednesday, just as many leading Democrats argued the window to a potential candidacy was closing in the wake of Hillary Clinton's strong performance in the party's first presidential debate. He is asking these people to work for him if he runs.


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The vice president has been making clear that his family is fully supportive of him jumping into the 2016 race, according to people familiar with the calls. They are guided by the belief that he has the best chance of keeping the White House in Democratic hands and he could forever regret taking a pass at another shot at the presidency.
The new round of calls this week -- from the vice president himself, not simply his top advisers -- suggest Biden is finally moving toward announcing a decision. He has been down this road before, inching close to a run but pulling back, so his next steps are far from certain.
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Biden has not shared the timing of his decision or announcement with people he is calling this week. One senior party official said the announcement is expected in the next three days, while other Democrats say Biden may wait for a week or more. He will reveal his decision before month's end.
Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, a member of Biden's close inner circle, sent an email late Thursday to a network of Biden alumni, obtained by CNN, saying that while he doesn't know when Biden will decide, he knows Biden is aware of the ticking clock.
"On the second question - timing - I can't add much, except I am confident that the vice president is aware of the practical demands of making a final decision soon," Kaufman wrote. "He has been in public and political life a long time and he has a good grip on the mechanics around this decision."
READ: Sen. Ted Kaufman's email Biden allies
Biden is still leaving the impression this week that he wants to join the race, people familiar with the calls say, and does not seem dissuaded by the argument that he could complicate the party's nominating fight or damage his own reputation.
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"His family is totally on board," one top Democrat who has spoken to Biden this week told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversation. "He wants to do this."
Biden: I 'would not hesitate' to run in 2016 if family can handle race
Kaufman did not in his email prognosticate on whether Biden would jump in, but wrote about what he thought might go into his decision making. He said family support was crucial and that Biden would run an "optimistic campaign."
"If he runs, he will run because of his burning conviction that we need to fundamentally change the balance in our economy and the political structure to restore the ability of the middle class to get ahead. And whether we can a political consensus in America to get it done," Kaufman wrote.
The question of whether he has waited too long comes up in the conversations, people familiar with his calls say, which could be the most important remaining consideration in his decision. It could also provide an exit strategy for him if he ultimately decides against running after doing little to quiet weeks of speculation.
The arguments in favor of running, according to people who have spoken with the Vice President and his team of advisers, include:

• He would have full access to the vaunted Obama campaign email list, since Biden is effectively a part owner since he was on the ticket in 2008 and 2012.

• A handful of influential labor unions have not yet endorsed a Democratic candidate, including international unions representing the firefighters, steelworkers, SEIU and Teamsters.

One potential point of entry into the race comes October 24 at Iowa's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, when thousands of party activists will descend on Des Moines. If he decides to vigorously campaign for the Iowa caucuses in February, his supporters believe this is a moment that shouldn't be missed, given the high-profile event is attracting the rest of the party's top candidates.


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Yet a Biden candidacy is also challenging. The campaign has moved quickly - even more so in recent weeks - and Biden would have to work to compete with his fellow Democrats at that Iowa dinner. It's remembered for being a break-out moment for Obama in 2007.
But Katy Perry is scheduled to perform for Clinton that night. The question is whether Biden can compete -- or catch up -- with a race that's been underway for months.
Biden himself teased the press earlier Thursday when he was repeatedly asked about whether he would run for president. "I'll talk to you all about that later," Biden told members of the media earlier in the day, after laughing at their 2016-related questions.
Kaufman closed his email by reminding Biden alums that they could be called upon -- and soon.
"I know in the daily ups and down of the political swirl, we all get bombarded with the tactics. So sometimes it's good to take a step back and get real again," Kaufman wrote. "Let's stay in touch. If he decides to run, we will need each and every one of you -- yesterday!"

Nevermind.


Damn! I wanted to see Hitlery Clinton in Jail.

Photo Illustration by Dair Massey/The Daily Beast
Written byJackie Kucinich Matan Gilat

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Hillary Clinton’s Mega-Donors Are Also Funding Jeb Bush

Racetrack owners, bankers, and chicken kings: Meet the ultra-rich bankrolling the Bush and Clinton dynasties. A special report by Vocativ and The Daily Beast.
For some wealthy donors, it doesn’t matter who takes the White House in 2016—as long as the president’s name is Clinton or Bush.
More than 60 ultra-rich Americans have contributed to both Jeb Bush’s and Hillary Clinton’s federal campaigns, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by Vocativ and The Daily Beast. Seventeen of those contributors have gone one step further and opened their wallets to fund both Bush’s and Clinton’s 2016 ambitions.
After all, why support just Hillary Clinton or just Jeb Bush when you can hedge your bets and donate to both? This seems to be the thinking of a group of powerful men and women—racetrack owners, bankers, media barons, chicken magnates, hedge funders (and their spouses). Some of them have net worths that can eclipse the GDPs of small countries.

Read more exclusive data stories at Vocativ

Larry Noble, senior counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, told The Daily Beast that it’s a common practice among a small number of people.
“Some of them will say they believe in the process, but the truth is you usually see them giving to people who will be most helpful to them if [the politician] gets into office,” he said. “They are not necessarily Republicans or Democrats, they are business people first.”
Some of them said personal connections are driving the double donations. Many work in industries that depend on the federal government for their continued operation. A few have had brushes with the law. One donor said he’s soured on Hillary, and is now on Team Jeb. Another claimed that he gave to Clinton by mistake.
John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, is a long-time—and promiscuous—political player. This year alone, his company spent half a million dollars lobbying Congress on everything from immigration reform and fuel taxes to food safety regulations. He himself has given $25,000 each to the political action committees supporting Clinton’s and Bush’s 2016 candidacies, according to the data parsed by Vocativ.
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In the late 1990s Tyson was embroiled in political scandal when then-Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy was accused of illegally accepting gifts from major food corporations—several of which were given by Tyson, then a senior employee. Espy was acquitted, and John Tyson was granted immunity in exchange for his cooperation.
The company eventually paid a $6 million settlement to the government, and a Tyson Foods employee was sentenced to prison and their lobbyist was fined. (Both were later pardoned by President Clinton.)

Until not too long ago, David Stevens, the CEO of the real estate lobbying group the Mortgage Bankers Association, was in the government himself. Stevens served in the Obama administration as the assistant secretary for housing and as Federal Housing Administration (FHA) commissioner at the Department of Housing and Urban Development from July 2009 to April 2011.
But that doesn’t mean he’s completely onboard with his fellow administration alum.
“I want to focus on candidates who best represent issues of housing and issues important to me and are not extreme, especially on the social issues that are important to me,” he said.
Stevens has given $2,700 to Hillary For America and $1,000 to Jeb 2016. He said he has watched with great concern about the increased polarization of both parties.
But at the end of the day, Stevens conceded it’s also about access.
“While [Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush] don’t make commitments, obviously, I want to make sure my views are presented to them, because they are considered more center-left or center-right,” he said.
Richard Parsons, the former head of Time Warner and now a senior adviser at Providence Equity Partners Inc., has donated the maximum $2,700 to both the Clinton and Bush presidential campaigns.
Vocativ
His résumé reflects dual political loyalties.
He’s served every Republican president since Richard Nixon and in 1997 was appointed to a task force by President George W. Bush to help study the best way to overhaul social security.
However, he also advised then-President-Elect Obama as part of the Economic Transition Team in 2008. Parsons did not return attempts for comment.
James R. Borynack, the owner of Wally Findlay Galleries—noted for its long history and expertise in European art—was shy about saying why he wasn’t choosing sides.
“[Borynack] has no detailed comments at this time, other than to support both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush equally as presidential candidates,” a spokeswoman said.
Two Barclays employees have each donated $2,700—the legal maximum—to both the Clinton and Bush campaigns. One is Brett Tejpaul, a managing director at Barclays Capital who has also given $25,000 to the Jeb-affiliated super-PAC Right to Rise. The other is Robert Foresman, head of Barclays’s business in Russia.
Foresman’s Russia ties include the state-owned energy company that is one of

Putin’s biggest levers against the West. Russia’s state-owned Gazprom provides critical gas to nearly two dozen European countries—and has shut off energy to countries in dispute with Russia. In the early 2000s, Foresman was nominated as a candidate to the board of directors of Gazprom, but was never actually appointed to the board, according to the company’s website.
Double donors Shawn Seipler, CEO of the nonprofit Clean the World Global, and textile magnate James Richman both make issues of economic justice central to their public presence. Richman is part of the Patriotic Millionaires, a left-leaning group of more than 200—you guessed it—millionaires who vow to support legislation to reduce income inequality.
Michael Granoff, a principal at Maniv Energy Capital, was once a strong supporter of both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Granoff worked on Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in the early ’90s and donated to Hillary Clinton’s Senate and 2008 presidential campaign.
But Granoff but has since soured on the Democratic Party’s foreign policy decisions—particularly on Iran. And that’s led to a change of heart about supporting the former secretary of state.
“I have nothing but continuing admiration for Hillary Clinton and her lifetime commitment to serving the public,” he wrote in a February The Times of Israel blog post. “But she deeply disappointed me recently when she aligned herself with the Administration’s threat to veto a Congressional bill to strengthen Iranian sanctions.”
Granoff said his post only rings more true now. He’s made his devotion to Jeb clear by donating $2,700 to his campaign and $25,000 to Right to Rise, according to Vocativ’s analysis of donors’ data.
The mix of donations also exposed a seemingly common practice of wealthy individuals donating at the request of clients and friends.
One Wall Street donor, who asked to remain anonymous because he considered the donation to Hillary “embarrassing,” said he gave money to her Senate race after a bundler friend asked him for a contribution. He noted he asked the bundler friend to donate to a Republican in return.
Vocativ
Robert Burlington, a prominent Florida attorney whose firm counts Exxon Mobil, Union Labor Life Insurance Company, and Merck as clients, told The Daily Beast that his donations to the candidates also had more to do with personal relationships than politics.
“My donations arose from a request from a client (Clinton) and from a friend (Bush), rather than my affiliation with either party. But for the relationships with my client and my friend, respectively, I would not have donated to any candidate,” he said, adding that he and his wife prefer to donate to children’s charities.
Burlington said that while he doesn’t plan to give any more money to any candidate, he will quietly root for Bush.
“He was a strong leader of Florida while he was our state’s governor, and he has integrity,” he said. “I will not be too disappointed, however, if Hillary Clinton is elected because she has relevant experience and we will benefit from having a woman as president.”
At least one donor initially claimed to not remember the Clinton donation.
“I never donated to Hillary,” said Bradford Freeman, a major fundraiser for both George W. Bush presidential campaigns.
Reminded of his $2,300 donation in 2007, he said, “Well, that would have been Hillary against Obama [in the primary]… I don’t recall, but I may have.”
In fairness, his one time donation to Hillary might be forgettable after the $1 million he gave Right to Rise.
Freeman, whose investment firm Freeman Spogli won a $50 million commitment from the Florida pension system during Bush’s tenure (and paid the former governor $45,000 for a speech after he left office, according to The New York Times), told The Daily Beast he was all in for the former Florida governor.
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“I’ve known Jeb for a long time. He’s seen two successful terms as governor of Florida. I believe in him and I support him. I think he’d make a great president,” he said.
Randall Dee “R.D.” Hubbard, a business executive in the horse racing business, credited—or blamed—his 2008 donation to Hillary Clinton on former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.
“I would say I did not agree with her policies, and Gov. Richardson was a friend, and he requested a donation, which I gave,” Hubbard said. “As far as 2016, I am one hundred percent behind Jeb Bush.”
But Bush might not find Hubbard’s support as straightforward. The former governor of Florida is praised for his work clamping down on Florida’s illegal drug trade. Hubbard, meanwhile, saw his New Mexico racetrack tied to a money-laundering scheme by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels. In 2012, federal authorities raided Hubbard’s Ruidoso Downs racetrack and seized dozens of horses, whose financial backers allegedly had ties to the bloody Los Zetas cartel. Several cartel members were ultimately sentenced to prison in connection with the scheme.
—with additional reporting by Alexa Corse, Tim Mak, and Tal Reznik
An earlier version of this story noted two Tyson’s employees were sentenced to prison. Only one was sentenced to prison.


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