Rupert Murdoch says Joe Biden ‘actively preparing’ to run against Hillary Clinton
Murdoch gave no details on how he had come upon the knowledge that Joe Biden would challenge Clinton for the party's presidential nomination
News Corp. executive chairman Rupert Murdoch knows a thing or two about breaking news, and causing a stir on Twitter, but does he also have an inside line on who is planning on challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination?
On Sunday, Murdoch took to the social network to share his own insights on how the Democratic field may be shaping up.
He tweeted “Guess what! Joe Biden actively preparing to run against Hillary. Maybe others like Kerry."
Murdoch gave no further details on how he had come upon the knowledge that vice president Joe Biden, and possibly Clinton’s successor at the state department, would challenge Clinton for the party’s presidential nomination. A Bloomberg Politics-Des Moines Register poll of Iowa Democrats released over the weekend found Biden coming in a distant third place to Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren. Biden received just 9% support in the poll, while Clinton was the first choice of 56% of those surveyed.
When asked last week by Good Morning America host George Stephanopolous whether he would seek the Democratic nomination, Biden left the possibility open.
“Yes, there is a chance," Biden said. “But I haven’t made my mind up about that. We’ve got a lot of work to do between now and then. There’s plenty of time."
Secretary of state John Kerry, who lost to George W. Bush in the 2004 Presidential election, was much more resolute in a 2014 interview with CNN.
“I’m out of politics. I have no plans whatsoever, this is my last stop," Kerry told host Jake Tapper. “I’m going to serve the country in the extraordinarily privileged position the President has given me, the great challenges that I have, and move on.
Three days before Mitt Romney announced he would not seek the presidency, Murdoch weighed in on whether the former Massachusetts governor should attempt a third presidential campaign.
His tweet read “Let’s be clear. Know and like Mitt Romney as a very nice person. But he had his chance and seemed to lack big vision for this country." Bloomberg
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