Top NH Democrats say Biden, 74, would be viable, exciting 2020 presidential candidate.
Former vice president to speak at state Democratic Party fundraiser on April 30.
'Former Vice President Joe Biden’s return to New Hampshire at the end of April has already sparked speculation about a possible run for president in 2020.
The state’s top two Democratic lawmakers stopped short of providing Biden with very premature presidential endorsements, but Sen. Jeff Woodburn of Dalton and Rep. Steve Shurtleff of Penacook said they were excited that he will be back in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
“I would love to see him get into the 2020 race,” Shurtleff said. “He will bring a lot to any campaign, and he is well-liked and would be a very viable candidate.”
“It’s very exciting, and anytime a national politician shows up in New Hampshire-- this is, after all, New Hampshire, and speculation occurs,” Woodburn said. “Joe Biden is someone who will excite and give some focus to everything that is happening in Washington.”
The state Democratic Party announced Monday that Biden will be the featured speaker at its annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner on April 30 at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester. The dinner, which has been held annually since 1959, is named after the late Sen. Tom McIntyre and current Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor. . .
At the University of Pennsylvania, Biden indirectly criticized 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
"What happened was that this was the first campaign that I can recall where my party did not talk about what it always stood for, and that was how to maintain a burgeoning middle class," Biden said. "You didn't hear a single solitary sentence in the last campaign about that guy working on the assembly line making 60,000 bucks a year and a wife making $32,000 as a hostess in restaurant."'>>>
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