Biden's VP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bernie would pick Nina Turner, there is already a petition to draft her, horrible human being that she is. Hope I never see this happen.

Biden would pick Kamala. He will play to the identity politics to his last breath, because that's what the DNC and the "liberal" media expect.

All this primary has proven is that, unless you have been decades in Washington, have run for president before and have a machinery at your disposal (or have been running for president for the last 5 years), or have immense personal fortune, you are DOA. See Buttigieg, Pete; Booker, Cory; Harris, Kamala, etc.

I am very close to indulging my personal privilege and staying home.

There's another way to look at this if you're open to not being completely cynical. Politics is about relationships. No one can accomplish anything wholly on their own. So when people in politics are deciding who to support for an office like President, they're not just looking at the person's positions, they're also considering things like whether they've successfully worked with that person before, can they trust that person to keep their word, does that person have other strong relationships that will be needed to get legislation passed, etc. Voters do something similar -- does this person have a track record of supporting legislation I agree with? Do they have good relationships (including as measured by endorsements) with people I trust and respect?

When you look at it through that lens, it makes sense that long-term, more established candidates will have an advantage in things like a primary race. It also explains why Sanders has had a hard time gaining traction with the party. He's caucused with them for years, but he's never been someone they could trust. His supporters like to point to the number of legislative amendments he's secured over the years as evidence of his effectiveness, but the flip side is that on just about every major initiative, Democrats couldn't trust Bernie to work with him because the legislation was good, they knew he was always going to be looking out for his own pet interest above all else, and they weren't going to get him on board unless he got it. So naturally, they're skeptical now about how a President Sanders would govern. Would he be willing to work with Democrats to advanced major party positions if they're not his personal interests? Probably not.

+100
You're wasted on DCUM

+200 - fantastic assessment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bernie would pick Nina Turner, there is already a petition to draft her, horrible human being that she is. Hope I never see this happen.

Biden would pick Kamala. He will play to the identity politics to his last breath, because that's what the DNC and the "liberal" media expect.

All this primary has proven is that, unless you have been decades in Washington, have run for president before and have a machinery at your disposal (or have been running for president for the last 5 years), or have immense personal fortune, you are DOA. See Buttigieg, Pete; Booker, Cory; Harris, Kamala, etc.

I am very close to indulging my personal privilege and staying home.

Turner is not a horrible person. You’re certainly making the case that you are.

[Anonymous]

Hope Biden picks Klobuchar. He needs the Midwest, not MA, and it would like a younger person, particularly a woman, on the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Has to be an African American female

Let’s all come home and support Biden tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Deval Patrick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Deval Patrick

I like Deval too. He’s wonderful!

My personal recommendations, lol, would be:
Deval Patrick
Pete Buttigieg
Elizabeth Warren

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has to be an African American female

Let’s all come home and support Biden tomorrow

I agree. I think it has to be a POC, a POC female would be a great optical 2-fer. Harris, Abrams are clearly the smart money. Booker maybe? Castro could be interesting as an attempted nod to lefties, but not sure it would work and could exacerbate latent AA v Hispanic infra-party tensions Warren is who he should pick in many ways, but I just don’t think he’ll go white given he will per his candidacy to AAs.

[Anonymous]

The whole sister’s rapist thing I think may be too big a hurdle for Deval Patrick. His whole announcing he was running for President thing was a total cluster too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who will be President Biden's VP?

Pete

[Anonymous]

Just heard Biden praise Pete to the heavens. Literally. He "reminds" him of Beau. Same soul or something like that. Remember, Biden claims that Beau was his "soul."

Anyone else remember the 2008 convention when Biden was nominated? Beau was headed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Biden kept talking about it. "Pray for Beau" or something like that. I do not question his pain and devotion to Beau. But, it gets to be a little over the top sometimes. Anyone else, and people would say that he is capitalizing on it.

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of Michelle.
I don’t like the idea of anyone else honestly.

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Anonymous wrote:I like the idea of Michelle.
I don’t like the idea of anyone else honestly.

Oprah

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Anonymous wrote:I like the idea of Michelle.
I don’t like the idea of anyone else honestly.

Massive eyeroll. Michelle Obama running for office is a fantasy and it’s ridiculous to think that anyone could find her the end all be all to the exclusion of literally anyone else.

[Anonymous]

I'm here for Stacy Abrams. I knew very little about her then watched her on YouTube. Very smart woman.

[Anonymous]

I would love to see Buttigieg debate Pence. This alone would be one the best debates in political history.

I don't know whether Buttigieg can bring Biden more votes in key swing states or be charismatic enough to bring out the younger vote but the debate with Pence would be amazing to watch.