Does Jill’s Teaching Mean Joe’s Not Running?

This is extreme reading of the tea leaves, but…..

If he were to run for President, Jill Biden would be a central figure in his campaign. However, according to Bloomberg, she just registered to teach a full load of classes this fall at Northern Virginia Community College – and that’s the ballgame.

Why does this rule Joe Biden out as a candidate? If he were running, she would be on the campaign trail with him, helping orchestrate things behind the scenes, as she has in the past. Her decision to go ahead and teach this fall means that he has decided for certain that he won’t be running. Although the election is more than a year away, the Bidens would need to be on the road campaigning full-time this fall in the primary race. The only question now becomes at what point Joe makes the announcement official, and whether he formally throws his support behind his close ally Clinton now or waits until the primary results are official.

This assumes that Jill Biden could never quit the courses or job, or take a sabbatical, and that somehow her teaching schedule is set in stone. That assumes a lot, in my opinion. Indeed, what did she do in the fall of 2007? That was the last time her husband ran for President. I am willing to bet she taught. Plus, it’s not like teaching precludes any campaigning.

But, take it for what it is worth.

This is not even the more important Biden news of the day. The Vice President met privately with Sen. Elizabeth Warren. I wonder what they discussed. Biden was talking with advisers this past weekend on what kind of path he could take in the primary, what with Sanders and O’Malley clogging the far left lane, Clinton hogging the center left lane, and Webb and Chafee holding onto the small right shoulder of the Democratic Party highway. I hope Warren told him he has no path except as Clinton’s replacement, should that need ever occur.