Who will Biden choose as running mate?

[Skeptic Ginger]

Biden more or less boxed himself in when he said he'd pick a woman....

Boxed himself in?

And in case you hadn't noticed, Duckworth is a minority candidate.

NYT: Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden

a death-cheating, double-amputee Iraq war veteran whose life story — whose very appearance, whooshing by wheelchair through the Capitol — defines the decency and service that the president’s opponents have found lacking in this White House.

Who better to stand up to Cadet Bonespurs than Duckworth?

 

[acbytesla]

Here you go: Karen Bass' Stalinism.



People around here switching to the "What's wrong with defending Stalin?" line shortly.

Judges call? Buzz ...wrong answer.

I use to go to a gay bar from time to time. That doesn't make me gay. Nor does attending American legion and VFW events make me a veteran. And my perspective on thw world is radically different than it was in the 70s.

And not everything Stalin did was bad...just like not everything Trump has done is bad. They're both close however.

 

[sir drinks-a-lot]

I picked Kamala Harris, although I don't think that's his best strategy.

 

[Meadmaker]

I picked Michelle Grisham. I think the virus response is his best issue, practically the only issue if the election were held today, and picking a governor who did things right is a nice contrast to a president who didn't.

I would like to see Gretchen Whitmer, but I think she has been just a bit too controversial and has some negatives.

 

[Venom]

Why is a Stalinist on Biden's short list? Who in his entourage has those ideas and that kind of influence? Previously I said I'd be okay with a Biden administration in counterpoint to a GOP legislature. But if he's got actual Stalin apologists nudging his policy positions, I'm going to have to nope out of that. Four more years of Trump is infinitely preferably to a Stalin-adjacent presidency.

That's sorta shocking from Biden's team of all people. Usually something of that nature you would find among Trumpist Republicans.

Oh well it's not like she could actually get anything done with all the checks and balances in the federal government.

 

[Loss Leader]

Just going by the peek at Biden's notes, Harris seems to have this in a walk.

FTR, I don't think the VP pick really gives a boost to any candidate. I certainly didn't vote for Obama because I loved Joe Biden. I think a bad pick can signal weakness, but only after the VP nominee says something stupid. Palin really dragged McCain down (not that he ever had a chance anyway). Quayle spoke very little as a nominee but became increasingly dumber as VP. I think he was at least partially responsible for Bush losing after one term.

Trump made a good choice with Pence. He used his connections to help shore up Evangelicals but otherwise has stayed completely out of the way. I don't see anyone on the list sinking Biden. Harris' past in law enforcement hurt her in the primary but will likely help Biden among so-called independents and disgruntled Republicans.

 

[Frank Newgent]

It will be Harris who then becomes the candidate when Biden drops out due to health issues. She'll then pick John Kasich as her VP.

You read it here first.

 

[acbytesla]

It will be Harris who then becomes the candidate when Biden drops out due to health issues. She'll then pick John Kasich as her VP.

You read it here first.

Biden might pick Harris, but Kasich doesn't become VP. You heard it here.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Just going by the peek at Biden's notes, Harris seems to have this in a walk.....

Something about that leaked peek was fishy.

Unless it was a feeler, see how people react to the Harris pick, I'm not impressed by the news media glomming on to it.

 

[Ziggurat]

Biden campaign says he is so close to a VP pick he can smell her

 

[angrysoba]

Biden campaign says he is so close to a VP pick he can smell her

LOL! Not even clicking on that.

ETA: Though if it is Bottoms, the jokes write themselves.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Establishment Cog number three, hopefully a better speaker than Dementia Joe.

Who?

It was Donald Trump who "aced" the dementia test. So now it's official: he is genuinely demented.

</derail>

 

[Norman Alexander]

Worth pointing out that any potential candidates for VP that don't get chosen don't necessarily disappear into the mists either. There are plenty of non-veep cabinet positions where they could still play major and worthwhile roles. For example, you can imagine Duckworth as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

 

[Loss Leader]

Worth pointing out that any potential candidates for VP that don't get chosen don't necessarily disappear into the mists either. There are plenty of non-veep cabinet positions where they could still play major and worthwhile roles. For example, you can imagine Duckworth as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

We've never had a female SecDef.

 

[Norman Alexander]

We've never had a female SecDef.

Someone could be first.

 

[gypsyjackson]

Boxed himself in?

And in case you hadn't noticed, Duckworth is a minority candidate.

NYT: Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden

Who better to stand up to Cadet Bonespurs than Duckworth?

But I think Harris will get it. How many times has a VP pick influenced their home state to switch vote?

 

[Firestone]

I thought Harris was less popular with black voters than Biden.

Yes, she definitely was in primary polls.

It's weird how Biden won the nomination thanks to the support of African American voters, but is now (apparently) lagging Clinton with them.

 

[Firestone]

I picked Michelle Grisham. I think the virus response is his best issue, practically the only issue if the election were held today, and picking a governor who did things right is a nice contrast to a president who didn't.

Hispanics are another demographics where (according to polls), Biden is lagging Clinton, so that could also make sense.

 

[Sideroxylon]

Why is a Stalinist on Biden's short list? Who in his entourage has those ideas and that kind of influence? Previously I said I'd be okay with a Biden administration in counterpoint to a GOP legislature. But if he's got actual Stalin apologists nudging his policy positions, I'm going to have to nope out of that. Four more years of Trump is infinitely preferably to a Stalin-adjacent presidency.

Lol

 

[Orphia Nay]

I think he'll choose Elizabeth Warren. She seems pretty popular with Democrats, though so is Kamala Harris. But he's pretty conservative so he'll choose someone white.