http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/joe-biden-president-223046Biden: 'I would have been the best president'
By Nolan D. McCaskill
05/11/16 07:28 AM EDT
Vice President Joe Biden is confident Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination and ultimately the White House, but still believes he would be a better president.
“I had planned on running. It’s an awful thing to say: I think I would have been the best president,” Biden told Robin Roberts in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Wednesday.
But ruling out a White House run in 2016 was the right decision for Biden and his family, he said. “No one should ever seek the presidency unless they’re able to devote their whole heart and soul and passion into just doing that,” said Biden, who announced in October following the death of his son that he would not be pursuing the presidency. “And Beau was my soul. I just wasn’t ready to be able to do that.”
Biden acknowledged that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has been underestimated since he launched his campaign last summer but signaled that his approach — which prevailed against 16 Republican rivals — won’t be as effective against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
“I think what’s gonna happen here is that the constant attack coming from [the] Republican side, the sort of vitriol that’s pouring out, I don’t think that’s gonna fare well over the next several months,” Biden said. “So I feel confident that Hillary will be the nominee, and I feel confident she’ll be the next president.”
In an interview with Mic last month, Biden said the country was ready for its first female president, adding that he would like to see a woman elected.
