Biden mulling White House run

WASHINGTON:  Vice President  Joe Biden
is actively exploring a possible presidential
run- a move which would jolt the Democratic
field  and it frontrunner Hillary Clinton ,The
New York Times reported  Saturday,

Traditionally ,a democrat would not take
on a fellow party member who was leading
the field and its decisively, and Biden has
not done so officially.

Still "Biden's"advisers have started to each out
to Democratic leaders and donors who have not
yet committed to Mrs Clinton ,or who have
grown concerned about what they see as her
 increasingly  visible vulnerabilities as a candidate
:'the times reported.

Also  Saturday ,Times columnist  Maureen Dowd
 reported that Biden had been holding meetings
at the residence :talking to friends ,family and
donors about jumping in"challenge Clinton in
Lowa and New  Hampshire ,the first two
nominating states

The former first Lady ex US senator and  former
secretary of state ,an attorney by training ,is
sometimes criticised as  being lawyerly and
evasive,

She has also is seen as somewhat vulnerable
after controversy over her use of her personal  
email for State Department  correspondence
and for having deleted 30,000 emails then
wiping her personal server clean.
AFP