Biden "Intoxicated" by Potential 2016 Run

Only two vice presidents were ever elected president at the end of their terms

Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.

"I took a look at who was there," said longtime New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, "and said to myself, 'There's no question he's thinking about the future.' "