Biden's VP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Dems assume one of Bass's rivals unearthed and distributed the opposition research. Hmm, I wonder which one felt most threatened by her and has the rep for being the most ruthless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html#link-5513fcba

Rumor is Harris’ team has been dropping cookie crumbs on all the opposition to reporters.

Of course. I dislike her so much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone but Harris or Rice works for me. The ethics questions surrounding Rice are ample. Progressives will actively hate her and I'm not sure many beyond the intelligentsia would find her at all appealing:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/progressives-alarmed-by-rices-vast-investments-392507

There are no ethics questions. Rice recused herself. That she owned oil and gas stocks or gasp stock in a Republican owner casino upsets some of the very left. The moderate or center voters and the Republicans who need to vote for Biden will not care in the least or see it as a positive. Rice will sell her stocks or give up all control as VP. This is really a nothing burger.

Not a nothing burger. There is so much in her history that can be weaponized, she is the embodiment of the "anti-do-no-harm" pick especially since she will not help with Joe's enthusiasm problem to counterbalance all that mud that will be slung at her.

All of the candidates have histories that can be weaponized. I would say Benghazi is Rice’s biggest hurdle. This stock business is a nothing burger. Let’s open up Harris’ stock portfolio or any of the other candidates and they will all have invested in some stock that someone can complain about. The beauty of Rice is she has no voting record or legislative acts to pick apart. Regardless, her office was next to Biden’s for years. He knows the real Susan Rice and will either pick her or not. The rest are unknowns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Dems assume one of Bass's rivals unearthed and distributed the opposition research. Hmm, I wonder which one felt most threatened by her and has the rep for being the most ruthless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html#link-5513fcba

Rumor is Harris’ team has been dropping cookie crumbs on all the opposition to reporters.

Of course. I dislike her so much.

Biden is not a fool, knows her ruthlessness would be turned toward him in a hot second if she and her team deemed it useful. He can't trust her, she won't be the pick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Dems assume one of Bass's rivals unearthed and distributed the opposition research. Hmm, I wonder which one felt most threatened by her and has the rep for being the most ruthless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html#link-5513fcba

Rumor is Harris’ team has been dropping cookie crumbs on all the opposition to reporters.

Of course. I dislike her so much.

Yeah, I’m sure Kamala is a nice person, but her team and supporters are unbearable. They called themselves the “K-Hive”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Dems assume one of Bass's rivals unearthed and distributed the opposition research. Hmm, I wonder which one felt most threatened by her and has the rep for being the most ruthless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html#link-5513fcba

Rumor is Harris’ team has been dropping cookie crumbs on all the opposition to reporters.

Of course. I dislike her so much.

Yeah, I’m sure Kamala is a nice person, but her team and supporters are unbearable. They called themselves the “K-Hive”

You can tell a lot about a person by their team and supporters. I refer you to Bernie Sanders.

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Anonymous wrote:Whitmer. And then Michigan will have an AA governor. Yes, please!

Who would this be?

Garlin Gilchrist. A 37-year old from the Detroit metro. I just read up on his bio and it is pretty interesting. His resume includes engineer at Microsoft, Campaign director at Moveon.org and Community Change, Chief Information Officer of the City of Detroit, and a researcher at UMich.

I actually went to college with Garlin. He is brilliant and insanely tall. Garlin Gilchrist is a name we will be hearing a lot in the next couple years (and rightfully so!)

Perhaps it would bring out the AA vote in Michigan if Whitmer got the VP nod and then Michigan would have the first black Governor of the state. It seems like a win-win in Michigan- a state Biden needs.

Interesting, this make sense. She’s been at the forefront of governors on race issues and seems like she’d be a good coalition pick. Lots of chatter about her now, starting to think she is the one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch Harris on MSNBC a Chris Jansing. It was an absolute joke ...the questions were the biggest softballs.

She's not sharp when it comes to articulating policy (and knows it so is nervous) and is terrible when put on the spot in any way. Even when tightly scripted she tends to flub when speaking. Given she brings no real policy or legislative prowess to the table, I've never understood why she's no. 1 on so many ranking lists.

I think she’s No. 1 simply because she checks three boxes that seem to be mandatory requirements this year:

Female
POC
Experience

I also think she’s seen as a relatively safe, do-no-harm choice, in part because she has already been vetted. I don’t know that she necessarily brings anyone new to the table, but she’s not potentially polarizing like Rice.

I think she’d be a good choice for AG if he decides on someone else for VP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whitmer. And then Michigan will have an AA governor. Yes, please!

Who would this be?

Garlin Gilchrist. A 37-year old from the Detroit metro. I just read up on his bio and it is pretty interesting. His resume includes engineer at Microsoft, Campaign director at Moveon.org and Community Change, Chief Information Officer of the City of Detroit, and a researcher at UMich.

I actually went to college with Garlin. He is brilliant and insanely tall. Garlin Gilchrist is a name we will be hearing a lot in the next couple years (and rightfully so!)

Perhaps it would bring out the AA vote in Michigan if Whitmer got the VP nod and then Michigan would have the first black Governor of the state. It seems like a win-win in Michigan- a state Biden needs.

Interesting, this make sense. She’s been at the forefront of governors on race issues and seems like she’d be a good coalition pick. Lots of chatter about her now, starting to think she is the one.

Fingers crossed, I would be totally fine with this pick. I wonder if she simply dropped off the radar for a while due to the shutdown backlash. But the tide seems to have turned on that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whitmer. And then Michigan will have an AA governor. Yes, please!

Who would this be?

Garlin Gilchrist. A 37-year old from the Detroit metro. I just read up on his bio and it is pretty interesting. His resume includes engineer at Microsoft, Campaign director at Moveon.org and Community Change, Chief Information Officer of the City of Detroit, and a researcher at UMich.

I actually went to college with Garlin. He is brilliant and insanely tall. Garlin Gilchrist is a name we will be hearing a lot in the next couple years (and rightfully so!)

Perhaps it would bring out the AA vote in Michigan if Whitmer got the VP nod and then Michigan would have the first black Governor of the state. It seems like a win-win in Michigan- a state Biden needs.

Interesting, this make sense. She’s been at the forefront of governors on race issues and seems like she’d be a good coalition pick. Lots of chatter about her now, starting to think she is the one.

Fingers crossed, I would be totally fine with this pick. I wonder if she simply dropped off the radar for a while due to the shutdown backlash. But the tide seems to have turned on that.

Chatter all along has been Biden doesn't approve of open campaigning. I think from the beginning Whitmer did not really think she'd be the pick either. And, yes, she's definitely been busy.

[Anonymous]

^^I'm skeptical she'll be the pick though. Only because I think it's a lot to ask of a governor to campaign during a pandemic when things are only expected to get worse.

[Anonymous]

Still a lot of support for Bass despite the obvious problems:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/over-300-dnc-delegates-members-urge-biden-to-pick-bass-for-vp-392553

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still a lot of support for Bass despite the obvious problems:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/over-300-dnc-delegates-members-urge-biden-to-pick-bass-for-vp-392553

Hmm. I am not sure I like this. Biden should pick who he can work best with and who can fill the role appropriately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still a lot of support for Bass despite the obvious problems:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/over-300-dnc-delegates-members-urge-biden-to-pick-bass-for-vp-392553

Hmm. I am not sure I like this. Biden should pick who he can work best with and who can fill the role appropriately.

Well Bass would probably be great in that sense. Her issues are electability-related not governing.

[Anonymous]

Bass would be a terrible choice.

Biden really backed himself into a corner all but promising to pick an African American woman as VP. I don't think that many Democratic rank and file care about either the sex or race of the VP...it's mainly activists/politicos who care.

Biden unnecessarily limited his choices. Going with a governor would have been much better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Dems assume one of Bass's rivals unearthed and distributed the opposition research. Hmm, I wonder which one felt most threatened by her and has the rep for being the most ruthless.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/us/elections/biden-vs-trump.html#link-5513fcba

Rumor is Harris’ team has been dropping cookie crumbs on all the opposition to reporters.

Of course. I dislike her so much.

Obviously. Your IP is littered all over this thread.