Biden has strong Florida ties, but few see plausible path to presidency | Tampa Bay Times

The vice president’s visit to South Florida — to discuss the Iran deal with Jewish residents, speak at Miami Dade College, and raise money for Democratic U.S. Senate campaigns — is his first high-profile trip since the prospect of him challenging Hillary Rodham Clinton for the nomination ceased to seem far-fetched. Reporters and Biden friends alike will be watching for signals about his level of interest.

But for all of the vice president’s Florida ties and contacts — including top money-raisers and political strategists in his corner — it’s far easier to find Democrats who love the idea of the feisty, shoot-from-the-hip Biden running for president than Democrats who see a plausible path for him outside of the Clinton campaign falling off the tracks.