Biden's VP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

From the NYTimes article yesterday: "The way she [Harris] and her advisers handled the 2020 primary left some in the Biden campaign with significant reservations."
Bass and Demings are more appealing in my opinion. I prefer Bass due to legislative experience and because she is an excellent, warm speaker.

Bass and Demings are appealing, indeed.

However, only Harris has the essential experience Biden knows he really needs: Someone who can be POTUS at a moment's notice.

Huh? Bass has far more legislative experience than Harris, including international policy (which Harris is seriously lacking). I like Harris, but think she needs another term in the Senate.

+1

However, Harris only ran for Senate because she viewed it as a stepping stone to the White House. She's put herself first before the interests of her state.

This is spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

From the NYTimes article yesterday: "The way she [Harris] and her advisers handled the 2020 primary left some in the Biden campaign with significant reservations."
Bass and Demings are more appealing in my opinion. I prefer Bass due to legislative experience and because she is an excellent, warm speaker.

Bass and Demings are appealing, indeed.

However, only Harris has the essential experience Biden knows he really needs: Someone who can be POTUS at a moment's notice.

Huh? Bass has far more legislative experience than Harris, including international policy (which Harris is seriously lacking). I like Harris, but think she needs another term in the Senate.

Don't forget, Senator Obama only served 3 years in the senate - January 3, 2005, and ended it on November 16, 2008.

Funny. I understand, but don't agree with your point about Harris needing more experience. I couldn't help but think about the "experiences" of the two knuckleheads currently running the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

Sorry, but she carries way too much baggage from her career as a prosecutor and DA. She might have been a more viable choice a month ago before George Floyd's murder. Not today.

Harris' DA experience is precisely why she'll be chosen. Remember, candidates run to the left (or right) in the primaries; they run to the center in general elections.

It's Harris, folks.

Only if Biden plans to loose.
Californian won't bring him swing states

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

From the NYTimes article yesterday: "The way she [Harris] and her advisers handled the 2020 primary left some in the Biden campaign with significant reservations."
Bass and Demings are more appealing in my opinion. I prefer Bass due to legislative experience and because she is an excellent, warm speaker.

Bass and Demings are appealing, indeed.

However, only Harris has the essential experience Biden knows he really needs: Someone who can be POTUS at a moment's notice.

Huh? Bass has far more legislative experience than Harris, including international policy (which Harris is seriously lacking). I like Harris, but think she needs another term in the Senate.

Don't forget, Senator Obama only served 3 years in the senate - January 3, 2005, and ended it on November 16, 2008.

You must have skipped over Obama’s years as a state senator for seven years before becoming a US Senator.
Funny. I understand, but don't agree with your point about Harris needing more experience. I couldn't help but think about the "experiences" of the two knuckleheads currently running the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

From the NYTimes article yesterday: "The way she [Harris] and her advisers handled the 2020 primary left some in the Biden campaign with significant reservations."
Bass and Demings are more appealing in my opinion. I prefer Bass due to legislative experience and because she is an excellent, warm speaker.

Bass and Demings are appealing, indeed.

However, only Harris has the essential experience Biden knows he really needs: Someone who can be POTUS at a moment's notice.

Huh? Bass has far more legislative experience than Harris, including international policy (which Harris is seriously lacking). I like Harris, but think she needs another term in the Senate.

Don't forget, Senator Obama only served 3 years in the senate - January 3, 2005, and ended it on November 16, 2008.

You must have skipped over Obama’s years as a state senator for seven years before becoming a US Senator.
Funny. I understand, but don't agree with your point about Harris needing more experience. I couldn't help but think about the "experiences" of the two knuckleheads currently running the country.

Harris is a brilliant, talented woman but in my opinion does need more legislative experience and also to reflect on what kind of politician she wants to be (no vacillating). I think she should embrace her AG accomplishments and build on them, rather than skirt them as she seems to do now. The fact that she wasn't prepared to handle Tulsi's criticisms in the debate came down to inexperience and lack of political acumen. She did something similar when Colbert asked her about her Biden attacks the other night. She has trouble handling questions that make her uncomfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

From the NYTimes article yesterday: "The way she [Harris] and her advisers handled the 2020 primary left some in the Biden campaign with significant reservations."
Bass and Demings are more appealing in my opinion. I prefer Bass due to legislative experience and because she is an excellent, warm speaker.

Bass and Demings are appealing, indeed.

However, only Harris has the essential experience Biden knows he really needs: Someone who can be POTUS at a moment's notice.

Huh? Bass has far more legislative experience than Harris, including international policy (which Harris is seriously lacking). I like Harris, but think she needs another term in the Senate.

Don't forget, Senator Obama only served 3 years in the senate - January 3, 2005, and ended it on November 16, 2008.

You must have skipped over Obama’s years as a state senator for seven years before becoming a US Senator.
Funny. I understand, but don't agree with your point about Harris needing more experience. I couldn't help but think about the "experiences" of the two knuckleheads currently running the country.

In addition to having more legislative experience, Obama is a political animal and is unusually brilliant. Harris is highly intelligent but does not have his political instincts, made all the harder because she's a woman. I find myself going back and forth on her, mainly because of her own inconsistencies. I'd rather she strengthen her political skill and experience, especially national security credentials, and come back in 2024 rather than flame out now. I won't hate it if she's picked, but I'd be nervous and have others I prefer right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamala Harris is Biden's VP choice.

You can take that to the bank.

Sorry, but she carries way too much baggage from her career as a prosecutor and DA. She might have been a more viable choice a month ago before George Floyd's murder. Not today.

This.

In the current environment, Senator Harris's record as a prosecutor is a huge potential liability. She came up through the ranks as a prosecutor when it was important for aspiring Democratic politicians to show they were "tough on crime." She continued being a tough prosecutor as District Attorney of San Francisco and carried that mindset throughout her career. It is part of who she is. All it takes is for Trump's researchers (or allies abroad) to find one case where a police shooting was mishandled by Harris or her office, and Harris will struggle to explain herself and lose votes. Biden himself is perhaps best known legislatively for the crime bill of the 1990s which put 100,000 cops on the street. He needs to find someone who is a credible candidate but not involved in law enforcement issues as it is not going to be possible to satisfy the reallocate/defund movement right now because no one person speaks for that movement.

Susan Rice is the safest choice. She has been in the room when major decisions were made. Biden should pick her and move forward.

[Anonymous]

Before we move any further with our thoughtful speculations (because it's fun and we like to test our political acumen), let's make sure we are all in agreement that it doesn't really matter who Biden selects - we'll support whoever's on the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before we move any further with our thoughtful speculations (because it's fun and we like to test our political acumen), let's make sure we are all in agreement that it doesn't really matter who Biden selects - we'll support whoever's on the ticket.

Yes, that is what I am going to do. I think all the women mentioned here are excellent.

[Anonymous]

Booker is the best choice (had Joe not said it would be a woman).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before we move any further with our thoughtful speculations (because it's fun and we like to test our political acumen), let's make sure we are all in agreement that it doesn't really matter who Biden selects - we'll support whoever's on the ticket.

Nervous?

If Biden chooses a woman of color as his VP, he’s going to lose support from some Democratic voters. It’s unfortunate, but it’s reality. The campaign needs to determine which individual causes the least about of commotion or controversy in what is already a VERY fractured base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before we move any further with our thoughtful speculations (because it's fun and we like to test our political acumen), let's make sure we are all in agreement that it doesn't really matter who Biden selects - we'll support whoever's on the ticket.

Nervous?

If Biden chooses a woman of color as his VP, he’s going to lose support from some Democratic voters. It’s unfortunate, but it’s reality. The campaign needs to determine which individual causes the least about of commotion or controversy in what is already a VERY fractured base.

Yes there are many competing demands and the key is to find someone who alienates neither Black voters nor key swing vote blocs in the midwest.

[Anonymous]

Updated NYTimes article, including Karen Bass. I absolutely love her.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/biden-vice-president-2020.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-elections-2020&variant=show®ion=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storylines_guide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Updated NYTimes article, including Karen Bass. I absolutely love her.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/biden-vice-president-2020.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-elections-2020&variant=show®ion=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&context=storylines_guide

Love her. But she's too old. Just like Warren.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before we move any further with our thoughtful speculations (because it's fun and we like to test our political acumen), let's make sure we are all in agreement that it doesn't really matter who Biden selects - we'll support whoever's on the ticket.

Yes, that is what I am going to do. I think all the women mentioned here are excellent.

+2
And no, I’m not nervous. The only way Donnie “wins” again is by hardcore cheating. It could definitely happen.