| | | | Will he or won't he? TBD! |  | | Joe Biden's probably going to run for president.
Emphasis on probably because things can always change and you never TRULY know if someone is running until they definitively say so. It's like the Schrödinger's cat of politics.
Biden teased that probable presidential run this morning.
"I appreciate the energy you showed when I got up here. Save it a little longer, I may need it in a few weeks," Biden said to applause at the International Association of Fire Fighters' annual legislative conference in DC, where the crowd chanted, "Run, Joe, run," as he took the stage. "Be careful what you wish for," the former vice president added.
In case you needed the reminder, Biden has been teasing out his potential presidential ambitions for a WHILE.
For reference, here are eight times in the last five months Biden has hinted at some sort of impending presidential announcement or decision: - "I haven't made up my mind. I will at the beginning of next year. But I don't know," Biden said in a Politico story published on October 30.
- "I wouldn't announce if I were going to run that early. It would be too early to start it," Biden said of a January announcement on November 6.
- "We're going to make that decision in the next six weeks to two months," he said on December 4 (when Biden also noted he is "the most qualified person in the country to be president").
- Biden told a reporter he will decide his 2020 plans "soon," as he walked through the Philadelphia airport on January 7.
- "We'll make the decision soon," he said on January 28.
- "I don't think there's any hurry, but there's a bigger hurry to decide just personally," Biden said on January 29.
- "We're very close to getting to a decision" and the "most important people in my life want me to run," Biden said on February 26. An audience member then shouted "Oh, God! Just say yes!"
- Today's "careful what you wish for" comments, plus after his speech he was asked by a reporter what the holdup on 2020 was. Biden replied: "No holdup, the car's running." He then got into his waiting car.
The Point: Biden continues to bide his time (pun intended).
-- Lauren | | "It will all come to a head on Thursday."
-- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying the President's national emergency declaration over the border wall has generated a lot of "discussion" among senators. The vote on overturning the declaration is scheduled for Thursday. | | |  | GOP mutiny? Trump's possible 2020 challengers | | President Trump started his 2020 re-election campaign the day of his inauguration. But a challenge from within the GOP may throw a wrench in his 2020 plans.
Have you challenged yourself to subscribe to The Point on YouTube? | | | I'm a sucker for the music video for the Jonas Brothers' new single, "Sucker." | |  | | Today's topic: Pence pressures GOP senators over national emergency vote. | | THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING | | Like Ted Cruz retweeting his Senate colleague Elizabeth Warren.
"First time I've ever retweeted @ewarren But she's right — Big Tech has way too much power to silence Free Speech. They shouldn't be censoring Warren, or anybody else. A serious threat to our democracy," Cruz tweeted this afternoon.
Warren's retweet-worthy missive: "Curious why I think FB has too much power? Let's start with their ability to shut down a debate over whether FB has too much power. Thanks for restoring my posts. But I want a social media marketplace that isn't dominated by a single censor. #BreakUpBigTech"
Warren launched a broadside against big tech companies like Facebook and Amazon last week when she announced a plan that could dismantle massive tech companies. Facebook initially removed some of Warren's ads that called for the breakup of the company and others -- but then restored them.
As Warren's state director tweeted of Cruz: "In this very unique case, RT does indeed = endorsement." | | Bernie Sanders: Plans to run a much more diverse and thought-out campaign in 2020 than in 2016, he told The Des Moines Register.
Beto O'Rourke: Is THIS CLOSE to pushing the button on his presidential campaign this week, a source tells CNN. He's also headed to Iowa this weekend, where he'll campaign for a state Senate candidate.
Larry Hogan: Is headed to New Hampshire for his Politics and Eggs installment on April 23 as he mulls a primary challenge to President Trump.
Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Julián Castro and John Delaney: Will debate America's "monopoly problem and other solutions" at a Rolling Stone magazine-sponsored event in Iowa on March 30. | |
IT'S A GOLDEN SPONGE BIRTHDAY | | | For Mitt Romney, who celebrated his 72nd birthday with a Twinkie cake festooned with candles in his Senate office today -- which the Utah Republican plucked from the cake one by one and blew out. | |  | | From Brenna: "Joe Biden is waving at his audience, but I think this is also a master class in how to wave at the haters. Biden had a lot to say during his remarks today, although none of them was 'I am/am not running for president.' Share The Point with someone in your audience!" | | | | | | |
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