Official Kamala Harris VP Thread

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Anonymous wrote:Per CNN, Tim Walz at a Harris event last night, demonstrating his ability to combine idealism with straight-out pitbull:

“How often in a hundred days do you get to change the trajectory of the world? How often in a hundred days do you get to do something that’s going to impact generations to come?” Walz asked. “And how often in the world do you make that bastard wake up afterwards and know that a Black woman kicked his a**, sent him on the road?”

Don't like this.

I kinda do.

-not a black woman

I am a black woman. I don't really care for it.
Hopefully someone speaks to him about messaging.

I wouldn't mind him or Kelly being the VP pick

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Anonymous wrote:So who are we rooting for today?

I am still team Walz but I could be swayed to Shapiro or Kelly

Exactly where I am.

I'm with Kelly or Walz.

I'm just praying they don't do something stupid that kills the momentum.

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Anonymous wrote:For the impatient posters here

Maybe a Friday announcement?

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Anonymous wrote:So who are we rooting for today?

I am still team Walz but I could be swayed to Shapiro or Kelly

Exactly where I am.

I'm with Kelly or Walz.

I'm just praying they don't do something stupid that kills the momentum.

+1 both have wonderful spouses, who would be assets to the campaign as well. More on Gwen Walz: https://mn.gov/governor/about-gov/gwenwalz/

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Anonymous wrote:So who are we rooting for today?

I am still team Walz but I could be swayed to Shapiro or Kelly

Exactly where I am.

I'm with Kelly or Walz.

I'm just praying they don't do something stupid that kills the momentum.

I prefer Walz because he’s savvy and a better speaker but I like Kelly a lot too.

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love Pete (I’m liberal) and many conservative leaning voters respect him too. But his unpopularity in the Black community means he’ll never be President or VP. His record as transportation secretary also leaves him open to excessive attacks from the right (some are unfair, but it is what it is).

If Harris picks him the black community would get on board. He had Jim Clyburn’s support and he (Buttigieg) is the father of two black children. Pete would be a phenomenal ally for the black community and all of America.

He's also on record as telling his black constituents he didn't care so good luck with that.

He brings nothing to the table that Harris needs and actually poses a risk to losing votes

He's a no.

Get over it.

You're wrong and I'm not getting over it. He brings a lot that she needs - he's an adept communicator, messenger, and attack dog. He loves policy and has a brilliant and calm demeanor. Any of the choices are risky and she very well may not choose him, but he's still the smartest pick.

Pete should be Sec of State.

This would be a terrible choice. He has zero international politics experience. At this point, we need an experience hand. There are multiple international crises that we need to be on top of from Ukraine to Gaza to Taiwan to the Koreas, Iran, and South America. Pete has a good handle on domestic issues, but the closest he comes to international experience is being the Oxford International Review editor and being deployed to Afghanistan. While I respect the man, his experience and knowledge is predominantly domestic US and he has very little experience outside of book learning on international politics.

He wants SecState to firm up his credentials for a future rerun for the Presidency. But he does not have the credentials to be SecState. Even others, like Clinton, who wanted SecState for the same reason had a lot better credentials at the time to be selected for the office than. During her time as first lady, she was one of the ambassadors from the US. She visited over 70 foreign nations as first lady and although she wasn't an official representative of the US, she firmed up relationships with many world leaders. She also worked in international policy during her time in the Senate. By the time she was appointed as SecState, she had been traveling internationally for over a decade with official US delegations in both an unofficial and official role representing the US. She had a lot of international clout. Buttigiet doesn't come close to the level of experience or knowledge of US international relations for the post.

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Anonymous wrote:So who are we rooting for today?

I am still team Walz but I could be swayed to Shapiro or Kelly

Exactly where I am.

I'm with Kelly or Walz.

I'm just praying they don't do something stupid that kills the momentum.

I prefer Walz because he’s savvy and a better speaker but I like Kelly a lot too.

I'm okay with either one. But I think Walz might have a slight edge. They both have great resumes and appeal to the same target demographic. I just think Walz has a slight relatability edge he's the guy you want to grab a beer with.

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Anonymous wrote:NC governor Cooper has dropped out of consideration.

Poor guy can’t leave NC, or the women in his state lose their reproductive rights. He did the right thing.

Either that or he doesn’t want to be on a losing ticket.

Cooper is 67. It’s not like he has a shot at the presidency. VP would be a fantastic opportunity for him. I’m the PP who posted about my skeletons in the closet theory. I don’t care if he does, so I’m not trying to tear him apart. I’m just hoping the VP choice is fully vetted so there is no scandalous history to defend. That is always the risk in choosing a man.

He’s running for Senate in 2026.

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Folks…

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Anonymous wrote:So who are we rooting for today?

I am still team Walz but I could be swayed to Shapiro or Kelly

Exactly where I am.

I'm with Kelly or Walz.

I'm just praying they don't do something stupid that kills the momentum.

+1 both have wonderful spouses, who would be assets to the campaign as well. More on Gwen Walz: https://mn.gov/governor/about-gov/gwenwalz/

Their daughter is a delight in her dad's twitter videos, too.

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Anonymous wrote:I will lose faith in Harris if she doesn’t have a VP running mate by this weekend. She doesn’t have time to sit around on this decision.

So, you would rather she picks someone who looks great superficially, get invested in this person and have the media dig up a big issue on the candidate in 3-10 days that could sink the candidate or the Harris campaign?

Vetting is there specifically to make sure that the skeletons in the closet are found before any announcement. This is what is happening with Vance, Trump rushed to announce Vance and the campaign did not sufficiently vet him and now he's an albatross for Trump. Harris has been the candidate for a little over a week and she's been making steady headway and has momentum. It's not good to be impatient and possibly curb that momentum. In politics, especially these last few months, the momentum can decide the winner. She's on a fast track schedule and will have a candidate before they have to submit to Ohio next week. That's the major deadline. But it is likely that they will try to get the name out this week. But gotta make sure that the candidate really is as good as they look.

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Yep it’s happening folks!

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I think he's a bit green but I know Harris is close to him from her AG times and that gives me comfort that she chose. They'll make a nice team. She's older, more senior.