REPORT: Biden To Reveal Plans With 48 Hours

CNBC just tweeted this: “BREAKING: Joe Biden to announce whether he is running for president in 2016 or not in the next 48 hours, sources tell @NBCNews.” Biden has been teasing his decision for months, with several previous deadlines having passed without an announcement. Yesterday a Biden “confidant” anonymously told CBS that Biden won’t be “bullied” into making a decision by the Clinton campaign:

“He (Biden) really does not care about John or anyone else,” the source said, referring to John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman. “He does not like bullies and will not be bullied. “He has never really been part of the Democratic establishment and could care less about it.” Podesta told multiple media outlets last week that it was time Biden made a decision about whether he’s running for the presidency. Former top adviser to President Obama, David Axelrod, seemed to agree with Podesta. After pointing out the filing deadlines that come up in November, he said he thought “particularly within the Democratic community there’s a growing impatience with this period of reflection,” he said in an interview with John Dickerson on “Face the Nation” Sunday.”