Newswise — Though Vice President Joe Biden might have said he will not run for the presidency in 2016, depending on what transpires politically with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi hearings by Congressional Republicans, he could still be in the wings as a fallback candidate for the Democratic Party, a Georgia State University political scientist said.
Political scientist Daniel P. Franklin, an associate professor at Georgia State University and an expert on American chief executives, is available to discuss the Democratic presidential race and the dynamics of the campaign.
“The vice president’s decision not to run was made for him by Hillary Clinton's convincing performance in last week's debate,” Franklin said. “He will, however, still be available as a fallback candidate should something go wrong with Hillary's campaign – specifically, to her testimony before the House Benghazi Committee starting tomorrow."
Franklin is the author of “Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Term” (Palgrave MacMillian, 2014) and “Politics and Film: Political Culture and Film in the United States” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006), among other publications exploring political culture, executive powers and the relationships between the presidency and Congress.
For more information about Franklin, visit http://politicalscience.gsu.edu/profile/daniel-p-franklin/.
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