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For Biden, calendar makes his 2016 decision tough to delay

In this Sept. 9, 2015, photo. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Compact Signing Ceremony with Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi, in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington. Biden may not be in a hurry to decide about the presidential race, but he faces a simple reality: the longer he waits, the harder it gets to win. The 2016 presidential campaign is barreling forward with or without him, giving a key advantage to declared candidates who have been working for months on the tedious task of qualifying for each state’s ballot. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
In this Sept. 9, 2015, photo. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Compact Signing Ceremony with Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi, in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington. Biden may not be in a hurry to decide about the presidential race, but he faces a simple reality: the longer he waits, the harder it gets to win. The 2016 presidential campaign is barreling forward with or without him, giving a key advantage to declared candidates who have been working for months on the tedious task of qualifying for each state’s ballot. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In this Sept. 9, 2015, photo. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Compact Signing Ceremony with Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi, in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington. Biden may not be in a hurry to decide about the presidential race, but he faces a simple reality: the longer he waits, the harder it gets to win. The 2016 presidential campaign is barreling forward with or without him, giving a key advantage to declared candidates who have been working for months on the tedious task of qualifying for each state’s ballot. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden may not be in a hurry to decide about the presidential race, but he faces a simple reality: the longer he waits, the harder it gets to win.

The 2016 presidential campaign is barreling forward with or without him, giving a key advantage to declared candidates who have been working for months on the tedious task of qualifying for each state’s ballot.

Even many Democrats who are pining for Biden to enter the race have questioned publicly whether it’s too late to mount a viable campaign.

The first filing deadlines for Democrats loom at the beginning of November.

Don’t make the ballot in time? You lose the chance to win any of those state’s delegates. Delegates from all the states are tallied to determine a winner.