 But he's too selfish to actually get out of the way to make room for maybe another candidate who would be more successful in taking on Donald Trump and who isn't getting skunked by him in the polls just a few months in advance of the election. The message coming from the White House is clear, says Semaphore. Biden isn't going anywhere. If you come after him, you'll be the one who gets blamed for undermining the party's general election chances. So full scale threats to melt down the Democratic Party if they get in his way.