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>> yep, las vegas. >> one would think that -- i mean the decision seems like it should be -- it's got to be pretty soon, right? >> i'll leave the decision-making up to the people who make those decisions. what i know is that over the next four to six weeks with an eye towards this debate, there's some really good work that draft biden could do that we will do. >> can you look me in the eye here and say you're not talking to the vice president and the vice president's people? >> i can definitely tell you that. >> i guess legally you can't so you have to say that. >> the last time i talked to th...

Political advisor to beau but had worked for actually the vice president in earlier political jobs? >> i was an assistant to the finance director on that first presidential campaign so as low as you can go. >> not assistant finance director, assistant to the finance director. >> right. >> how much are you in conversation with his people, i guess is what i would say, and how enthusiastic are they? >> that was part of the reason i think i joined draft biden was i was hearing from the donors that beau and i had met over the course of our time together, i was hearing from people in iowa who i had ...

Ran in 1987, he ran in 2007. he's been thinking about this for a while. think back to the last six and a half years. he's been the president's closest advisor. he's been the last guy in the room for many, many decisions. for the last six and a half years he's been thinking about his day job, and i think what draft biden is doing is preparing the way for him should he decide to run. >> draft biden is an organization that was, i think fair to say, moribund in this sense. that without any kind of indications from the man at the center of it that this was a real thing, it's hard to raise money. wh...

Me that draft biden needed to have a lot more -- a much larger grassroots network, and i could go there and help them kind of build that. by lending it some -- you know, some credibility and some seal of approval almost. >> the first democratic debate, i believe, is the second week of october. >> yep, las vegas. >> one would think that -- i mean the decision seems like it should be -- it's got to be pretty soon, right? >> i'll leave the decision-making up to the people who make those decisions. what i know is that over the next four to six weeks with an eye towards this debate, there's some re...

Draft biden is doing is preparing the way for him should he decide to run. >> draft biden is an organization that was, i think fair to say, moribund in this sense. that without any kind of indications from the man at the center of it that this was a real thing, it's hard to raise money. who's going to write you a check -- >> the money was one thing but what they were able to do with limited resources is build an actual grassroots e-mail list. when i started last week, we had 150,000 names. it's over 200,000 names now. so the work that they did early on is incredibly important. >> people are go...