After WaPo's Accidental Biden Run Announcement, an Apology and Some Reaction

The ghost of Dewey Defeats Truman

Every prematurely published story about an as-yet-unrealized future event always comes back to the classic of the genre. The ghost of Dewey Defeats Truman was resurrected once more after the Washington Post published a story announcing that Vice President Joe Biden was launching a campaign for the presidential nomination, an event that has not and may never occur.

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