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September 16, 2015
The Financial Times
Give Biden space to decide whether tojoin the raceSir, By anymeasurement, no vice-president has contributed to the success of anadministration as much as Joe Biden (“Joe Biden: the Hamlet of the 2016American election”, Comment, September 14). The vice-president, if he chose torun, is not only viable for the Democratic party but for all of the US. And, noone in either party is better prepared to be president. Furthermore, in a veryspecial relationship between the president and the vice-president, they haveeach other’s back.As the mediaspeculation continues, the problem is not “he cannot make up his mind”. Theproblem is the media wants to goad him into making a decision before he isready. They thrive on conflict. For the time being, everyone should take a deepbreath, have the decency to allow the vice-president the space he and hisfamily need. He will decide when he decides.FariborzS Fatemi Former Professional Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee McLean, VA, US