Mitch Landrieu, a possible VP candidate? Give him a listen.

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From the south, New Orleans, campaigned to rid New Orleans of confederate statutes, excellent speaker. The best part of the video starts at about the 3 minute mark.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Mary's brother?

[Small-Axe]

2. Brother of Mary, son of Moon

His speech (once he gets started) is very impressive.

Thank you Brush!

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3. Yes, and a friend of Winton Marsalis.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. I'm not familiar with Winton Marcellus.

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5. Excuse me, it's actually Winton Marsalis, the prominent AA jazz trumpet player...

from New Orleans.

As mayor, Landrieu successfully campaigned to get rid of the confederate statutes in the city.

He's almost Obamaesque as a speaker.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Got it.

My brother was friends with Branford Marsalis (not kidding) but I wouldn't want my brother running for anything.
I don't mean to throw shade on this guy, maybe he's great. It's just that his sister really left me unimpressed. Not that she was a bad person but I never felt like there was a time where she'd lay her principles out there and put them ahead of political aspirations. It's naive to think any politician doesn't compromise here and there but I always wanted to see a little more from Mary that I saw recently in Beto O'Rourke-- take a stand and defend it eloquently to a constituency even though they're red-leaning.

[Blue_true]

11. Whoa. Did you just get back from Mars?

I don't even like jazz and I know who Winston is.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. No, Brush originally misspelled it then later corrected it.

Read the whole sub-thread.

[UTUSN]

6. Actually we've got a bright Dem future: Mitch, also Eric GARCETTI, Kamala, Beto

plus their "older" antecedants - Sherrod, WHITEHOUSE and (insert others).

[Garrett78]

12. Since I'm for Harris being the nominee, that rules out Garcetti for VP. But...

...I definitely think he has a future at the federal level.

I think Brown would be a good choice for VP, except for the fact that we'd lose a Senator.

[lancelyons]

7. Little Story about Mitch and another guy named Ron Foreman

After hurricane katrina, many of the kids from New Orleans found themselves at the same school as my son (Episcopal HS in BR). Ron Foreman's son and my son became good friends. One day Ron came over to drop his son off and we talked and watched football for a hour or so. 30 minutes into this, a friend of Ron's knocks on our door and its Mitch. Mitch and Ron where good friends. They asked if I wanted to go out and have some beers with them but I end up declining.

small world

[Garrett78]

9. I've listed him in recent posts as a potential VP choice.

I could go for a Harris-Landrieu ticket.

[mitch96]

10. I saw him do a few interviews...

Seems like a stand up guy... Someone to watch if he does not have any skeletons in the closet.
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[Blue_true]

13. I don't know much about him.

But everything I have heard or read says that he is clean and is a community type politician that solves problems. There are a couple people on DU that may live in the city that he led, maybe they can give insight.