Joe Biden says he'd prefer a running mate who is 'of color and/or a different gender'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former vice president Joe Biden has been leading the Democratic field in most polls since he entered the race, but even he acknowledges that he’s a long way from winning the nomination. If he does, Biden said it would be ideal for his ticket to reflect the diversity of the American population.

The presidential hopeful told a small group of black journalists Tuesday that if he wins the nomination, he’d prefer that his vice presidential candidate not be a white male.

Asked by Washington Post reporter Vanessa Williams whether it would be important to him to select a running mate who reflects diversity, Biden replied: “Whomever I pick, preferably it will be someone who was of color and/or a different gender, but I’m not making that commitment until I know that the person I’m dealing with I can completely and thoroughly trust as authentic and on the same page [as me].”

Biden spoke at length about Barack Obama’s choice of him as his running mate because, he said, Obama knew that they would usually be on the same page. He said that that consideration was more important to Obama than Biden’s ability to win over voters who might be slow to back a black man with an uncommon name.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-joe-biden-says-hed-prefer-a-running-mate-who-is-of-color-and-or-a-different-gender/ar-AAGrL0i?li=BBnb7Kz

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Ya think?

Of course he has to.

[zackymilly]

2. Oprah? n/t

[Blue_true]

38. No more celebrity politicians. Let Pros hold higher office, we get more in the end. nt

[Gothmog]

3. I like Biden/Harris or Biden/Abrams

[calguy]

25. I like Biden/Harris

Harris would be the perfect attack dog always getting under trump's skin.

[madville]

37. No way Biden chooses Harris

That ship sailed after the debates

[calguy]

39. You're probably right

That doesn't stop me from liking the choice that most likely won't happen.

[Blue_true]

40. I disagree. If she can help him, they sit down to have a talk and she becomes his

running mate.

Biden is right, an all White male ticket excites only racists and evangelicals, we are not going to get them anyway.

[Skya Rhen]

4. You're spot on Joe - I agree that you should choose someone that is authentic and that you can trust

[WheelWalker]

5. Susan Rice

[Skya Rhen]

7. Makes sense to me - she is more than capable, given her credentials & experience and Joe trusts her

[Thekaspervote]

18. I like that ticket too! I really like Tammy Duckworthas well

[Blue_true]

41. Senator Duckworth would be an excellent choice. nt

[honest.abe]

15. That would be an interesting ticket.

She has a solid resume and excellent speaker. I wonder if she would be willing to take it.

[Skya Rhen]

21. Susan Rice has a new book out and she was on CNN, a few weeks ago, discussing politics which are

both positive signs. I would be shocked if she is not on top of the list since he has actually worked with her and knows that she has his back...

[honest.abe]

24. If she is VP I guess Benghazi will be resurrected.

[honest.abe]

6. I suspect it will be Biden / Harris.

That is a solid duo.

[Skya Rhen]

9. Harris should not settle for second - she is in it to win it.

[honest.abe]

14. No doubt she is in it to win and could still pull it off.

If she can somehow win Iowa that would be a game changer.

[padah513]

10. I can see it and wouldn't be surprised if he was the nominee and chose her to be his running mate

But I think she might have singed the bridge a little. She didn't burn it but she definitely put a little heat on it.

[customerserviceguy]

26. If at this point

Harris sticks to attacking Trump and not fellow Democratic candidates, I can see Joe Biden looking past the busing attack, just as Barack Obama was able to get past the "clean and articulate" thing. But with the latter, Biden was just super clumsy at trying to say something nice about Obama, and Harris all but called Biden a racist.

I saw where Stacy Abrams is not going to run for the Senate from Georgia, I figure she's thinking that she can be Joe Biden's VP. That would be a solid pick.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Big Hillary supporter here but her VP pick could have been better and it could

have prevented the KGB from stealing the election by getting more votes, even though she won by 3 million as it is.

I sure hope everybody has learned that lesson.

I dont care if it is Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck

[thesquanderer]

19. I agree. Tim Kaine may be a fine person, but I don't think he got HRC any more votes.

Yes, a stronger VP choice could have made the difference. It's probably one of a dozen factors in the loss, but one of the few that she had direct control over.

[StarfishSaver]

34. The Russians were gonna do what Russia was gonna do no matter who the VP candidate was

And regardless whom she picked, someone would claim that she would have won if only she'd picked someone else.

[YOHABLO]

11. It could be Harris, however Stacy Abrams is a well qualified & AA woman from the South.

Harris took a shot at Biden's stance on the busing issue. There might be some animosity on the Biden side. But if they could rally together, they'd make an unbeatable team. But I don't rule Abrams out.

[underthematrix]

12. It's more likely to be Stacey Abrams because

she's from the south. I don't think it will be Harris, the senator from California, my awesome senator.

[nolabear]

30. My thought exactly. She'd be great.

[aeromanKC]

13. Biden/Obama

Slam dunk!!

[jberryhill]

27. 12th Amendment

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

[subterranean]

31. Michelle Obama is eligible!

[aeromanKC]

35. And she seems to meet Biden's parameters

Slam Dunk!!

[NYC Liberal]

36. Obama isn't constitutionally ineligible to the office though.

He’s over 35, a natural born citizen, and been a resident for 14 years.

[Autumn]

16. Of course. I think it's already a done deal.

[Doreen]

17. I agree with him but if he were

to take a white male Buttigieg would be very good at reflecting the diversity also.

[gordianot]

20. Why does Joe have to wax the nostalgia and telegraph what many think is obvious?

I get it he wants to get rid of Trump I would like to know some specifics even though my Democratic vote is a sure thing.

[thesquanderer]

22. re:"Biden's ability to win over voters who might be slow to back a black man with an uncommon name."

Actually, I think that was a darn big part of it.

Good article about Obama's selection of Biden at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/us/politics/biden-obama-history.html

[jaysunb]

23. Biden/Bullock is the winning ticket n/t

[Srkdqltr]

28. How different of a gender?

[Celerity]

29. I have not changed since March, I still think if Biden is the nominee he is going with Abrams

Zero animosity there, and she puts states into play at a level that Harris does not quite do, IMHO

GA, FL, NC

plus no muddled health care plan to walk back, no executive order on guns to walk back

I may be wrong, but now with Abrams actively saying she wants the VP (after being so coy on all her plans) and definitively ruling out a GA Senate run, I feel more confident than ever


and IF Biden does toss gender out the window, then Deval Patrick

[MBS]

32. Absurdly premature to be setting public criteria for VPs!

A bit presumptuous, too. But more than anything, ridiculously and unproductively early.
I don’t even like Abrams (whom I admire) putting out the word on talk shows that she’s available.

[Bayard]

33. If there was any way.....

Biden and Warren could patch things up, that would be an unbeatable ticket. Harris for attorney general, although I'd hate losing two senate seats.