Clinton unfazed by possible Biden White House run: Aide

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A top Hillary Clinton staffer told CNN Sunday that the former first lady's campaign team is unfazed by news that Vice President Joe Biden is giving serious consideration to a White House bid.
 
"We'll let him make his decision," Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's campaign spokeswoman, told CNN.
 
"However hard it is to secure the Democratic nomination is however hard it is. We have no illusions. We never thought that this was going to be easy,"  Palmieri said.
 
News late August 1 that Biden is exploring a White House run had US pundits and politicos -- including some already declared candidates -- handicapping his odds of wresting the Democratic nomination from Clinton, widely viewed as the top contender.
 
A New York Times columnist reported on August 2 that his son Beau Biden, who died in May, at the end of his life encouraged his father to run for the US presidency.
 
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was among those weighing in August 2 on Biden's odds.
 
"I think that Biden would have a good chance at beating her now," Donald Trump, the leading contender in the Republican race, told CBS television.
 
Controversy over Clinton's use of a private email server for State Department business may have tarnished her candidacy for some voters -- at least temporarily.
 
"I think that the email scandal is going to be a devastating blow for Hillary," said Trump, who made the rounds of various political chat shows.
 
"I think she's got some very big problems," he said on August 2.    

"And you look at her poll numbers, they're coming down like a crashing rocket."  

Biden, 72, has run, unsuccessfully, for the White House twice before, but news reports said he has said he...

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