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That this had dragged on too long and was hurting her. i think doing it the day before the benghazi hearing tomorrow is a graceful act on the vice president's part because -- also, good for him. because if she does not do well at that hearing, which is going to be very long and very difficult, he could then -- this decision, however it was taken, could be misinterpreted. now it's a little bit cleaner and comes after her highs coming of the democratic debate. he looked at the numbers and saw her poll numbers yesterday, 38% of democrats saying to the nbc/wall street journal poll yesterday they d...

United states. and andrea, as you speculated, what can we make -- what can we assume from that image of both of them? steve kornacki is here with us in the studio. steve, everybody's scrambling to figure out what we are about to witness. >> yeah, and i just spoke with somebody a few minutes ago who very much wants biden to run and doesn't know what the announcement is going to be. but obviously it's a potential clue that the president is going to be there. because this is such a sensitive subject for him if joe biden were to get in this race. his vice president running against his former secre...

Party have to be in the omelet business quite shortly to make a case for their nominees. >> it's been interesting to see on the right, particularly in the conservative media, the excitement about the prospect of a biden candidacy. and the sort of savoring on the right of how the continued questions about whether or not joe biden was going to jump in sort of put hillary clinton in a spot and weren't implicit or undermining her as a candidate. so it will be interesting what happens with that storyline clap clap collapsing in the conservative media. but to that point andrea just made so well abou...

From harold schaitberger, that his union is not prepared to endorse hillary clinton. >> andrea, thanks. here in the studio we have rachel maddow and steve kornacki with me. and i understand on the telephone we are about to lose chris matthews who has been hanging on listening to the vice president's remarks. chris, can you hear me and your reaction? >> reporter: yeah, i think he came off today as the irish wolf hound. he's going to play predator to anyone who challenges the legacy of his boss, barack obama. he made that clear. he also made clear a couple of things. first of all, he said he wan...

Early as this morning, and democrats and people who like the obama administration and people who don't, and joe biden does not have an enemy in the world. and i don't know any other major political figure in my lifetime who has had such universal respect and just genuine personal affection. and so while he may, as ed rendell says, try to be the enforcer for sticking to the obama legacy and may have caused friction with the clinton campaign with how this played out, long view when you have a life-long history of earning people, not just people's respect but affection, that ultimately gets paid ...