Networks Delighted for Hillary’s Sake at Biden’s Decision Not to Run for President

Curtis Houck | October 21, 2015
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Hours after Vice President Joe Biden decided that he would not launch a presidential campaign, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC largely welcomed on Wednesday night Biden’s decision as it stands to benefit Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton one day before her testimony to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.

On NBC Nightly News, Clinton correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell exprssed relief that “the Democratic race officially becomes a two-person showdown between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders” with it being “good news for Clinton.”