The Harris Shortlist

[applegrove]

The Harris Shortlist

July 23, 2024 at 11:09 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 848 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/07/23/the-harris-shortlist/

"SNIP...........

The Harris campaign has requested vetting materials from the following potential vice presidential nominee picks, according to NBC News:

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

..........SNIP"

[lizardkingjr]

1. I think Whitmer

has opted out.

[displacedvermoter]

3. If she could convinced she is who I would like!

[NNadir]

12. I agree. n/t.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Josh Shapiro is a good choice.

...although all of them are good choices.

[BComplex]

9. I have liked Josh Shapiro since he was the Atty Gen in Pennsylvania. He's just such a genuine, fine man,

and I'd love to have him there backing up Madam President. He suffers no fools, and the trump team would have their brains scrambled by a Harris/Shapiro ticket.

[Freddie]

16. I can only imagine Gov Shapiro debating Vance!

Will be as much fun as Kamala debating TFG, although I seriously doubt that will happen.

[BComplex]

17. Shapiro would make Vance look like the idiot tool that he is.

I'd love it!

[2naSalit]

4. Why...

Do they always pick sitting Democrats? It risks losing a seat and the ripple effect from that.

[Ocelot II]

8. If a senator is from a state with a Democratic governor, in except for only a few states

(none on this list), that governor can appoint another Democrat to fill the vacancy until the next election. Governors usually have lieutenant governors of the same party who would take over. They won't choose anyone that would cause the loss of a Dem seat.

[2naSalit]

10. It still bothers me...

Even though I know that part that you offered. Guess there will always be things like that with which I am uncomfortable.

[FloridaBlues]

5. Cooper is termed out. Be nice to get NC in our column plus he's worked with VP Harris

As At General. All good choices!!

[BComplex]

11. I absolutely love Governor Cooper (he's my Governor)! He's 67 years old, and I know Kamala thinks a lot of him,

and he, her. That would also be a good match. Josh Shapiro might bring in more of the young people. He's 51 years old. It seems that age is more of an issue this election than it has ever been.

[Autumn]

6. No reason to lose a Senator from a red stantte.

[rzemanfl]

7. I prefer Pete, but Tim Walz

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would be a good choice to get the rural vote to turn blue. I believe he said there were 44 in his graduating class and a lot of them were cousins.

[lees1975]

13. There are those who think two women on a ticket isn't viable but I think that's a guaranteed winner!

And the combination of Kamala Harris and Gretchen Whitmer, I think, might be unbeatable.

I like Shapiro. I lived in PA when he was attorney general, and met him a couple of times. He's the kind of guy that everyone can trust, and knows how to make politics work. I know a few Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature who might not admit it in public, but they are relieved he's in there, and not Mastriano. He won election in 2022 56-42, way outside what the polls predicted. If he's on the ticket, Democrats carry Pennsylvania and that may make a dent in neighboring Ohio.

Mark Kelly is a personal favorite. I grew up in Arizona District 8, which his wife, Gabby Giffords, represented until an attempted assassination. Kelly is very popular in Arizona, which is just emerging into purple state status. It's looking good for Ruben Gallego to win Sinema's old senate seat, and this would be a one-two punch from a state that had only one Democrat in the senate in over five decades.

Roy Cooper is popular enough in North Carolina to swing the one or two percent of the vote necessary to turn its electoral votes blue. So it may be a question of which guy has the potential to bring the most in terms of electoral power. Pennsylvania has 19, North Carolina 16, Arizona 11. Kelly's popularity may extend next door, to Nevada, which has 6, giving that western combo 17. Michigan has 15.

I like Walz a lot. He's got it together, and he'd be a great VP. But in terms of helping gather electoral votes, although there's been some erosion claimed in Minnesota, which I doubt, it's a strong democratic state.

[bluewater]

14. Once again cruel fate refuses to recognize my keen insights and political acumen.

I thought for sure I would make the short list this time.

It's almost like the national Democratic leadership isn't reading my posts here on DU.

Oh well.

Let's all make sure to support Vice President Harris in the 2024 Presidential Campaign in any case!

[MistakenLamb]

15. i think Shapiro delivers PA to us with is the most important to prevent Trump from coming back