Biden Is Almost Certainly Running

The vice president is forming a team to lay the groundwork for a potential presidential run in 2016. Among current Biden strategists, insiders describe Mike Donilon as the first among equals, while people close to Biden say Steve Ricchetti, a Clinton White House deputy chief of staff, is on the ascendancy in the inner circle, as National Journal’s Jim O’Sullivan reports. WHAT ABOUT HILLARY? “Clinton herself doesn’t know. Friends expect her to rest a year or so before taking a final measure of her health and her prospects.” “As she prepares to serve her last day as secretary of State, National Journal’s Ron Fournier, who has covered her for more than two decades … draws one conclusion:  Never bet against Hillary Rodham Clinton.”