So, the Holidays are finally over, and we can begin to concentrate on the Presidential campaign.  Since the inception of Frank on Friday last February, I have been arguing against the notion that the election of Hillary Clinton was a foregone conclusion.  For the record, I made this point on March 13, 2015 in Death Is Inevitable, Hillary … Not So Much.  On July 31, 2015, in What’s So Great About Hillary?, I predicted that the Democrats will cut her loose when she became a liability.  On August 28, 2015, in Hillary In The Dock,  I suggested that she would not be the Democratic candidate in 2016.  I thought Joe Biden might run.  When Biden announced in October that he wasn’t running, I still wasn’t convinced.  Since that time, I have been telling friends that Joe Biden is still waiting in the wings.

Here’s my scenario.  Recent reports confirm that the FBI has compiled a mountain of evidence proving that Hillary violated Federal laws by using the private email server she had installed in a Connecticut bathroom.  General Petraeus was indicted and convicted for two classified emails.  To date, investigators have identified nearly 1,300 classified emails on Hillary’s server.  Reports this week suggest that there could be a revolt in the FBI if she is not charged.  Sure, Obama can try to cover it up, but the truth will be leaked bit by bit during the election campaign.  That Obama hates the Clintons is not a secret.  And, as we have seen, Obama is all about Obama.  He wants to cement his legacy, and the moment he decides that Hillary can’t continue his march toward a Socialist Utopia, make no mistake, Obama will pull the plug on her.  All it would take is one phone call to the Attorney General – “Hello, Loretta?  It’s B.O. – do it.”

But then what?  Well, Joe Biden is tanned, rested and ready to go.  Just this week, Biden announced that he regrets not running for President “every day.”  By not running, he avoided being a target of Hillary.  Nobody from either Party is badmouthing Joe.  But wait.  Just yesterday, the Washington Post warned that Biden already has missed the filing dates for about a third of the State primaries.  So how can he get in now?  Here’s how.  State laws say it’s too late to get on the ballot?  Since when does the law stop the Democrats from doing what they want to do?  Hey, I’m from New Jersey.  A while back, we had a U.S. Senator named Bob Torricelli who was up for reelection.  He had some ethical problems, well, more than “some.”  It looked like his Republican opponent was going to win.  Then, 36 days before the election, not the primary mind you, but the November election, Torricelli withdrew.  The Democrats quickly roused Count Dracula lookalike Frank Lautenberg from his crypt, propped him up, and replaced Torricelli on the ballot with Lautenberg.  New Jersey law did not permit this change so close to an election.  No problem.  Two days later, the New Jersey Supreme Court overlooked the statute, ruling “It is in the public interest and the general intent of the election laws to preserve the two-party system and to submit to the electorate a ballot bearing the names of candidates of both major political parties as well as of all other qualifying parties.”  Even if Biden doesn’t get on some State ballots, neither an indicted Hillary nor the ever-present Bernie Sanders would likely get enough delegates to win on the first ballot.  Faced with a choice between Biden and Sanders, Democrats will opt for 73 year old Joe, rather than the 75 year old Socialist Sanders.

Bottom line, I don’t know how this will play out.  It could be that Obama will just let Hillary crash and burn in November under the weight of the criminal accusations.  Obama doesn’t intend to go away in 2017, and it will be a lot easier for Obama to constantly criticize a Republican President than President Hillary.  On the other hand, if the Democrat candidate turns out to be Crazy old Joe Biden, remember, you heard it here first.