Despite a new book that claims President Obama was thinking of swapping Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the rumor is completely false, ABC News reported.
"Had anyone brought that idea to him he would have laughed it out of the room," Carney said on Friday.
"It's important to know that campaigns, pollsters test a lot of things. What I can tell you without a doubt is that the president never considered that," Carney added. "The role he played in 2012 - and you look at the job he did in his debate, I think there was little doubt he was an enormous asset."
"Joe Biden has been an excellent partner, in the president's view."
Authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann wrote in their upcoming book "Double Down -- Game Change 2012" that officials in the Obama administration seriously suggested switching candidate Joe Biden, who was currently vice president, with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During a "CBS This Morning" interview earlier Friday, former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said the idea was "looked at" by some aides. However, "Not for a moment was there a serious discussion" about the actual possibility of switching vice presidential candidates.
David Plouffe, former campaign manager, also said the book's claim was false in a Twitter post on Thursday.
"Never any - any consideration of VP/HRC switch. Not even entertained by the only person who mattered. Or most of us. Back to Halloween," Plouffe tweeted.
In addition to sifting through allegations made "Double Down," Carney also addressed the issues surrounding Obamacare -- specifically the Internet glitches and registration.
"And by definition, when you have a website that isn't functioning well, you're going to have problems and we've owned up to that repeatedly," he said.
"When it comes to low numbers early in the enrollment stage, I think we have to look at Massachusetts, which under Governor Romney introduced a healthcare reform plan very similar to what the President has introduced here. And in their first month of enrollment, only 123 people enrolled for premium paying plans in Massachusetts ... They had massive enrollment towards the end of the enrollment period ... We always expected enrollment figures to be low."
