Subject: Joe Biden Gets Serious About Campaign as HiIlary Clinton Struggles - NYTimes.com
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:50:08 -0400

Joe Biden Gets Serious About Campaign as HiIlary Clinton Struggles -
NYTimes.com
Daschle?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/politics/joe-biden-campaign.html?referrer=&_r=0

Joe Biden Gets Serious About Campaign as HiIlary Clinton Struggles

WASHINGTON — As Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign struggles with sliding
poll numbers, Vice President Joseph R. Biden
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/joseph_r_jr_biden/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
Jr.’s exploration of a presidential candidacy is taking on a new
seriousness.

Mr. Biden has been in contact with donors who could help finance a
campaign, eyeing major contributors to President Obama and pillars of his
own fund-raising network: trial lawyers, Jewish leaders and
Greek-Americans. On Thursday, the vice president, who is not known for
aggressively courting donors, spoke to George Tsunis, a Long Island
developer and longtime supporter, who raised more than $750,000 for the
Obama-Biden ticket in 2012.

“I think he is doing the prudent thing, which is to look at it and lay down
some groundwork should he run,” said Mr. Tsunis, saying that Mr. Biden is
aware that Mr. Tsunis will help him if he enters the race.

At the same time, some Democrats supporting Mrs. Clinton have quietly
signaled that they would re-evaluate their support if Mr. Biden joined the
race. For example, Tom Daschle, an influential former Senate Democratic
leader who has given the maximum amount allowable to Mrs. Clinton’s
campaign, has indicated that he would reassess his position if Mr. Biden
entered the race, according to people who have been in contact with him in
recent days.

Eric D. Schwerin
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