If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decides not to run for president in 2016, sadly the next most popular candidate in the Democratic primary is none other than current Vice President Joe “Shotgun” Biden.
According to new polling from Quinnipiac University, the gaffe-prone VP would get the most votes from Democrats and Democrat-leaning people if Clinton officially declined to run in the primary, capturing 45 percent of the votes. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would nab 15 percent of the vote, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick would take 6 percent, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley snagged 3 percent and 2 percent for Virginia Sen. Mark Warner.
It seems ridiculous that Americans would select Biden as their Democratic nominee if Clinton doesn’t run. But then again, Americans also re-elected President Obama — during terrible economic times and after the passage of Obamacare, the Benghazi attacks and the Solyndra debacle. Plus, Obama accomplished next to nothing in the first 100 days of his second term, and with Biden’s failed gun control legislation push, the same could be said for him.
If Clinton did decide to run in the Democratic primary, she would capture 65 percent of votes. Biden would still place second, with 13 percent. Cuomo would garner 4 percent and Patrick, 1 percent or less for Patrick, O’Malley and Warner.
Here’s hoping that the GOP can put forth a viable presidential candidate, because putting good ol’ Joe in the White House would be even worse that putting Obama in the White House — twice.
