Joe Biden Die Hards Still Dying Hard

John Sununu is simply Su-nuts-nuts. I don’t know what to say about these Democratic Biden backers who still seem to think Joe can be cajoled and flattered into “saving” the Democratic Party from itself.

WASHINGTON — As donors expressed hope over the weekend that Vice President Joe Biden could still jump into the presidential race, particularly if front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign is felled by scandal, political watchers wondered: can Joe give it a go?

“There is a definitive answer to that, and it is ‘No,’ ” said Steve Schale, a Florida-based Democratic strategist and former advisor to the Draft Biden super PAC.

An email circulated by prominent Democratic donor Bill Bartmann Friday urged dozens of former Biden supporters to stand ready to back a potential last-minute bid by the vice president, citing Clinton’s waning lead in national polls to a challenger who self-describes as a Democratic socialist.

“We cannot afford to lose the White House,” Bartmann wrote in the email, first obtained by Reuters.

But while the email received a few positive responses, Democrats — including Biden backers — said nothing has changed since Biden’s own determination in October that time had simply run out to run an effective campaign.

“The vice president has closed the door,” Schale said. “And even if he were to call us up and say, ‘Hey, let’s do this,’ there is really not enough time.”