In the end, Joe Biden just didn't have it in him.<br />The 72-year-old Vice President said Wednesday at the White House that he would not make a third bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.<br />The revelation came after weeks of public agonizing about whether he could muster the emotional strength to challenge his party's frontrunner, Hillary Clinton.<br />Biden's announcement was the final word on whether he would try to honor a request from his late son that he take another stab at the job he first sought in 1988, at age 44.<br />Throughout his public hedging and personal conversations, Biden continue to ask his closest advisers if they thought he stood a chance at winning the nomination.<br />He spoke frankly about lacking the "emotional fuel" for a run during conversations with allies, and it never materialized, no matter how much he wanted to honor a final request from his late son.
