After the Democrat debate last week, the window of opportunity for Joe Biden to jump into the race seems to be closing. If Hillary Clinton had blown the debate, the chorus for Biden to run would have been deafening. But with the softball snoozefest that it really was, Hillary made a strong enough showing that Biden’s hand is now forced. He really needs to make up his mind immediately.

CNN is reporting that Biden has already secured some significant backing if he makes the leap.