It could be the most intrigue-filled forum on infrastructure spending in the history of Washington.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden will share the stage with Sen. Elizabeth Warren Thursday at the Four Seasons in Georgetown to talk about job creation, just as speculation is cresting that Mr. Biden wants to run for president in 2016 and has even hinted about a ticket with Mrs. Warren.
The Massachusetts Democrat will speak immediately before Mr. Biden at the forum, to be hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Also speaking will be Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff to President Obama.
The session will convene bipartisan officials from federal, state and local government, corporate executives, and experts from academia and think tanks, “to explore practical means for addressing the nation’s infrastructure crisis while building a foundation for future American economic strength,” Carnegie said.
In late August, Mr. Biden invited Mrs. Warren for an unannounced Saturday lunch at the Naval Observatory in Washington as he began to consider in earnest challenging Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Politico reported Tuesday that during the lunch, Mr. Biden raised Mrs. Clinton’s scheduled appearance at the House Benghazi Committee hearing at the end of October, and hinted that there might be a running-mate opening for Mrs. Warren.
Mrs. Warren told CNN this week that she and Mr. Biden discussed “a whole range of policy issues,” including the need to police Wall Street banks more effectively. She called it “a good conversation.”
The vice president’s office declined to comment on the two sharing a stage this week.
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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