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It's gotta be Kamala (Original Post) cilla4progress May 2020 OP
It SHOULD be one of them. BigmanPigman May 2020 #1
Or Tammy Duckworth mucifer May 2020 #2
+10 at140 May 2020 #8
I think Kamala makes the stronger ticket Under The Radar May 2020 #3
I do, too. dmr May 2020 #22
Likely not Elisabeth Warren. drray23 May 2020 #4
I still think Kamala is the candidate for supreme court Bev54 May 2020 #5
Kamala. TheCowsCameHome May 2020 #6
Not at all Trumpocalypse May 2020 #7
But would likely give us Florida and North Carolina. With Georgia as a distant possibility. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #19
How? Trumpocalypse May 2020 #28
Kamala would be a near perfect pick for Biden JI7 May 2020 #9
Nowhere near perfect Trumpocalypse May 2020 #13
Biden was from a solid blue state. White people that blame a black woman JI7 May 2020 #17
Yes he was but Trumpocalypse May 2020 #29
Right, Biden already appeals to that certain type, he doesn't need a VP to do it for him JI7 May 2020 #30
Yes Trumpocalypse May 2020 #31
Biden himself already has what appeals to swing voters. He has more freedom in his VP JI7 May 2020 #32
True Trumpocalypse May 2020 #33
Also she has the issue of her relationship with Willie Brown Raine May 2020 #24
Trump pays women for sex and he wants to have sex with his daughter JI7 May 2020 #26
Michelle O SBoy May 2020 #10
While she would be PERFECT, I doubt she will accept... ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #12
Nope, Klobuchar - and Kamala Harris for Atty General! pnwest May 2020 #11
Terrible choice Tim Kaine 2.0 Trumpocalypse May 2020 #15
Grisham (will help pick up Texas) aeromanKC May 2020 #14
I like Klobuchar. cwydro May 2020 #16
Yes. She will deliver the Midwest. question everything May 2020 #27
Kamala Has A DEm Gov Me. May 2020 #18
Susan Rice? 2naSalit May 2020 #20
The fascination... quickesst May 2020 #21
She's fine. No doubt, she'll get my vote... VarryOn May 2020 #23
I'm fine with either mvd May 2020 #25
Yeah, I think so. kentuck May 2020 #34

drray23

(7,634 posts)
4. Likely not Elisabeth Warren.
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:45 PM
May 2020

She would relinquish her senate spot which is not good, be a slap to the face of African Americans who pretty much got Joe Biden where he is and i think a bit too old given that Biden is 78, he will want a much younger VP.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
7. Not at all
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:47 PM
May 2020

First most of the time nominees don’t pick a former primary candidate for the VP spot. In this case both Warren and Harris come from blue states and won’t help flip any swing states.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
19. But would likely give us Florida and North Carolina. With Georgia as a distant possibility.
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:29 PM
May 2020

And Wisconsin and Michigan as low turnout in Madison and Detroit killed us in 16.


She’s my choice. Has been since Biden got in.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
13. Nowhere near perfect
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:57 PM
May 2020

She’s from a solid blue state and won’t help flip a swing state. Her history as a prosecutor won’t help attract progressive voters. Plus she accused Biden of being a racist on national television. That’s a GOP attack ad that writes itself.

JI7

(89,257 posts)
17. Biden was from a solid blue state. White people that blame a black woman
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:03 PM
May 2020

for lack of criminal justice are not progressives.

And anyone that needs to be attracted to vote for Biden is not a progressive.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
29. Yes he was but
Tue May 5, 2020, 04:54 AM
May 2020

at the time the Obama campaign was worried about Pennsylvania. Biden helped shore that up. He was also picked to reassure older white more moderate voters they feared might switch to McCain.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
31. Yes
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:00 AM
May 2020

He needs a VP who can help flip swing states like Florida and North Carolina, and that’s not Harris.

JI7

(89,257 posts)
32. Biden himself already has what appeals to swing voters. He has more freedom in his VP
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:03 AM
May 2020

pick and go for someone he could work with in office .

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
33. True
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:14 AM
May 2020

He needs someone who will help attract progressives and energize the African American vote. Again, not Harris. There are other better choices, None of whom accused him of being a racist on national television. That’s a GOP attack ad that writes himself.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
24. Also she has the issue of her relationship with Willie Brown
Tue May 5, 2020, 01:34 AM
May 2020

Gopers are already salivating at the thought of dragging that out and turning it into something scandalous and dirty.

 

SBoy

(92 posts)
10. Michelle O
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:50 PM
May 2020

If it is Kamela, I’d like too see a WWE move during the Presidential debate where she storms the stage and verbally puts Trump in his place. It would be Golden...Jerry

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
12. While she would be PERFECT, I doubt she will accept...
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:57 PM
May 2020

Michelle Obamaon the ricket would surely see a 30 plus state win for Democrats down ticket. At least or close to a Filibuster proof Senate, a broader majority in the House, and a huge REBUKE of Republican agendas for the foreseeable future.

A Biden/Harris ticket would accomplish that as e
well with Michelle Obama top surragette.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
15. Terrible choice Tim Kaine 2.0
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:00 PM
May 2020

Klobuchar is from a solid blue state and won’t help flip a swing state. She won’t energize the African American vote or attract progressive voters. There are many other and better choices.

aeromanKC

(3,325 posts)
14. Grisham (will help pick up Texas)
Mon May 4, 2020, 09:59 PM
May 2020

Executive experience, minority, woman, help flip a state

Kamala AG, Warren Treasury (if she wants it And we pick up 4+ Senate seats!!) Amy SCOTUS (she was on Obama's short list) Pete (SCOTUS how's that for a lifetime appointment at 38!!)

Is it November yet!!??

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
21. The fascination...
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:27 AM
May 2020

.... with Kamala Harris baffles me. She would be a poor choice for Biden's VP. Just a few reasons why which seems to have escaped most people.

1. She is from a solid Blue State. No help there.

2. She was barely able to garner 5% of black support during her entire campaign. Minimal help there.

3. She tried several times to discredit Joe Biden and throw him under the bus. All of those attempts failed miserably, and was a major factor in her dropping out of the race.

There are several women, including Val Demings, Gretchen Whitmer, and Susan Rice to name a few who would be much better choices than anyone who ran for the Democratic nomination, including Elizabeth Warren.

mvd

(65,178 posts)
25. I'm fine with either
Tue May 5, 2020, 01:55 AM
May 2020

Really want Warren due to her policies. I know that even though Baker isn’t one of the worst Republicans, his replacement wouldn’t be nearly as good as Warren. But if Warren would help Biden win, it could be worth it.

I also like Demings, Whitmer, Duckworth and Baldwin.

Geez, it is late and I had Baldwin with Duckworth as a last name.

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
34. Yeah, I think so.
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:54 AM
May 2020

Elizabeth would make a great Secretary of the Treasury. But we may need her seat in the Senate?

Eric Holder would make a good Attorney-General if Kamala is the VP. Again.

Biden will need some very good people around him. These are not ordinary times.

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