Did Klobuchar just spill the beans on her role in Biden's campaign?

[Seasider]

My guess is it was a Freudian slip but it wouldn't surprise me if Biden made a similar offer to Buttigieg in exchange for their endorsement of him.

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[bluedye33139]

1. She would be absolutely fantastic. Except we need her in Congress.

I would absolutely be overjoyed if she were the VP, however.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. She would be replaced by another Democrat.

It would be cool if that were Al Franken.

[onetexan]

15. Oh that would be SWEET JUSTICE for Al Franken

Im torn between her & Kamala but i think Kamala wld be food candidate for AG or Homeland Security. Amy would really help with voters in the midwest, and she's a centrist like Biden is, someone independents & anti-trump conservatives can vote for.

Getting Al back to the Senate in her place would be cherry on top!

[judeling]

11. Peggy Flanagan is on deck

That would be a fantastic replacement for Amy.

If Amy is the pick and it is made early enough, she could resign and Peggy could run in November.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. She would be a good choice.

[Mister Ed]

17. Doesn't sound like the right strategy there.

If Amy resigned and Peggy Flanagan had to put together a hasty-pudding campaign, there's always the danger that the senate seat could be lost. And what if, heaven forfend, Trump were to win in November? Then Amy would have forfeited her senate seat needlessly.

Far better, if Amy became a running mate, would be to resign only after a victory in November. Democratic MN Governor Tim Walz would then appoint a successor, who would hold the seat until a special election in November 2022. That would be plenty of time for that successor to build a proper election campaign.

[karynnj]

22. She could run as VP as the incumbent Senator, if we lose, she will still be Senator

Both Obama and Biden did that. Tim Kaine did that. John Kerry did that.

[Mister Ed]

23. Yes. But not if she resigned, as the poster to whom I replied had suggested.

As you point out, there's no need to resign from a senate seat in order to run for another office. Neither Obama, nor Biden, nor Kaine, nor Kerry resigned while running. No one would.

That was the point of my reply to the poster who suggested that Amy would need to make sure to resign early enough to give another Democrat adequate time to run as her replacement.

[judeling]

33. No I think it would be Amy's best move

First Walz could appoint Flanagan right away and she would be running as the incumbent and with Amy on the ballot in Minnesota.

She would be up in 2014 anyway and the only reason not to do so would imply that Biden/Klobuchar loses. If that happens it probably would be better to get as far away from Washington as possible. Look at what happened to Paul Ryan.

She would automatically be in the conversation from the start of that cycle. Much better to spend the time converting the national network that the even losing run would allow into a tight team under a leadership Pac where she can focus on shoring up her profile. Hit 2022 very hard and gain the cred and come into the 2024 campaign season with a fully developed team and deep national network.

[bearsfootball516]

2. I don't think there's much to it, my guess.

On the night before Super Tuesday, Biden tweeted a picture of him and Buttigieg shaking hands with a caption that finished with “welcome to the team”

I think it just implies they’re working together.

[bluedye33139]

3. It also underscores how well Biden works with Democrats

And if you were president, how well he would work with Democrats in Congress and all over the nation to bring about progress and change and to correct the horrors of the past three years.

[showblue22]

4. Yes. Everyone feels like they are all a part of the team

[Sloumeau]

5. I was wondering what Biden might have promised her to get her endorsement.

While in general, I would prefer a Woman of Color, I love Amy.

[Indykatie]

14. Why Would He Have To Promise Her Anything - Her Campaign Was Going Nowhere

I'm sure there are roles for Amy, Pete and Beto if they want them in a Biden Administration. I just don't think Biden had to offer up anything now to get their endorsements. From everything I've read Amy and Beto reached out to Biden not the other way around. I think Pete did too.

[Chemisse]

7. Maybe it was just on her mind as something she hopes for.

We must have a woman, without a doubt, but I think we can do better. I am hoping for a woman who is also a POC. That would be ideal, imo.

[Lulu KC]

57. +1

[YOHABLO]

8. So you're saying he may have asked her to be his VP running mate?

[comradebillyboy]

9. I told my wife that I thought Biden would pick Amy

to be his VP. My wife thought that was an excellent plan. I do too.

[monmouth4]

10. I certainly hope not. n/t

[Demsrule86]

18. Why not? Amy is great. It would be a solid ticket.

[Dem4Life1102]

20. She is but

She does add anything to the ticket on an ideological, demographic and geographic basis.

[Demsrule86]

45. She helps with the Senate...and a VP chosen on Ideological ground can't help us with that.

[Dem4Life1102]

49. How does she help with the Sense?

[Demsrule86]

53. She wins GOP types in her state...has like an 80% approval rate.

I also like Tammy Duckworth...but I will be happy with whoever.

[Dem4Life1102]

58. How does that help win the Senate?

[Demsrule86]

64. She is a moderate and can win Senate seats which are in moderate to red states this year.

[Dem4Life1102]

66. Again what seats

and exactly how does her on the ticket win those seats?

[cwydro]

12. I can only wish.

That would be a dream ticket.

[judeling]

13. There are reasons Amy is probably the top choice right now

Not only did she deliver Minnesota and would take it off the board and narrow Trump's path. Biden needs a clear and logical understudy to mitigate some of the doubts. Amy provides that clearer then anyone else in the race.

Additionally it is a clear play for the newest and shakiest part of the coalition, Suburban women.

Once the Obamas are unleashed, Amy brings the one thing that nobody else does right now. A level of credibility and familiarity in and with deep red Rural America that could allow just enough of a tinge of pink to really expand the playing field.

[Dem4Life1102]

21. Minnesota is a solid blue state

It doesn’t need to be delivered and Biden has no problems with suburban women either.

[Awsi Dooger]

24. The Minnesota electorate is 87% white with 4% more conservatives than liberals

That is hardly solid blue. It is exactly the type of state that we can't take for granted. Hillary got barely above 46% and won by 1.5%.

We can take states for granted if they have more self-identified liberals than conservatives. That includes most of the northeastern states other than New Hampshire, and states like Oregon and California. Washington state now has slightly more liberals than conservatives. Likewise New Mexico.

But it is incredibly foolish to take states for granted just because they have a recent blue history, if the ideological split is not markedly different than the nation itself. The nation is 9% more conservatives than liberals. All of those states we lost narrowly in 2016 are close to the national ideological split.

I really wish the campaigns would poll that aspect and not the candidate to candidate preference. We would not have wasted time in places like Ohio and North Carolina in 2016 if we realized they were going to report such a wide ideological split. Ohio was all the way up to a 19% gap...39% conservatives and 20% liberals. That is no chance territory. Yet we idiotically were chasing that state while assuming victory in so many states that were very close to the national ideological breakdown. North Carolina was no chance whatsoever at 43% conservatives and 22% liberals.

Against an incumbent we have to double down on ideology. It has to be moderate flanked by moderate. Otherwise you are really rolling the dice in those pivotal states. Nobody seems to grasp how extraordinarily difficult it is to oust an incumbent. Only Jimmy Carter has lost in Trump's situation in more than a century...incumbent whose party has been in power only one term.

I'd go with Beto or Klobuchar. They were my 1-2 picks for the top of the ticket.

[judeling]

30. Thank you

I do not understand why people haven't figured this out yet. I'm not saying we should abandon any state (if only for down ballot reasons), but we have to first secure what we can. That cannot involve any dilution of our standard bearers core message and appeal.

Another candidate than Biden may have had a bit more flexibility. But the idea of Bide is firmly implanted into the voting consciousness (as is the idea of Sanders). Much like the Clinton/Gore double down it will be important for Biden to find a true and perceived logical partner.

This is not 2016. The reality of Trump is an entirely different thing then the idea of Trump.

[Dem4Life1102]

41. It's a solid blue state

Won by Clinton with a Democratic Governor and both Senators.

O’Rouke is a better choice for VP. Klobuchar since he might make Texas more competitive and would appeal to more on the left of the party.

[former9thward]

25. Solid Blue?

Clinton won by just 1.5%

[aeromanKC]

29. Looks like Twin cities, Rochester and Duluth

Not a lot of people in all that red area.

[judeling]

31. Only enough for about 4 and a bit more of the congressional districts.

Don't think for a moment that Minnesota is that secure.

[aeromanKC]

32. Gerrymandering all that blue up

But agree it is not as deep blue as it used to be ala 1984. Nice to know that moderate Biden will be the Dem candidate. (he will be)

[judeling]

36. Mondale won his Home state by less then 4,000 votes.

Minnesota also had 2 republican Senators at the time one of whom won reelection that year.

Even then Minnesota wasn't all that Blue.

[Dem4Life1102]

42. Yes Clinton won it

Plus both Senators and the Governor are Democrats. Current polling there has an unnamed Democrat beating Trump. It’s a solid blue state.

[judeling]

26. Minnesota is a lot less Blue then you are assuming

or Amy would not have to be flipping State chambers every time she has run. Don't forget how close it was in 2016 and that it was the only state that had 2 CD's flip from Blue to Red.

Also the Joe Biden of this last week is still the Joe Biden of the weeks before where he did indeed struggle with Suburban women.

We have to be clear eyed about this and Joe more survived then won. It was a "Damn Fine thing" to quote Wellington on Waterloo (meaning close).

[Dem4Life1102]

43. But it is still blue

And Biden is not struggling with suburban women.

[democrattotheend]

37. Hillary barely won it in 2016

And I think it was fairly close in 2004 as well, though not as close.

There was a brief time in 2008 when polls showed McCain competitive there.

The reason people think it's solid blue is because it was the only state to vote for Mondale in 1984, but it was his home state (and he also barely won it).

[Dem4Life1102]

44. She still won it

And polling shows an unarmed Democrat beats Trump.

[Lucid Dreamer]

52. Polling doesn't make me comfortable.

"Polling " doesn't elect candidates, voting does.
Otherwise we would be backing Hillary for reelection now.

[Demsrule86]

46. We almost lost Minnesota in 16 so that is not true.

[Dem4Life1102]

50. Almost doesn't count

Better choice is someone who can help flip a swing state.

[Demsrule86]

51. Yes it does count...and she help could flip some Senate races and states.

[Dem4Life1102]

61. What Senate seats

and states?

[Demsrule86]

63. you know exactly which ones...Arizona to start.

[Dem4Life1102]

65. How so?

Please provide data to support that.

And what other seats?

[squirecam]

59. It is a swing state.

Nt

[Dem4Life1102]

62. Minnesota hasn't voted for a Republican for President since 1972

It is not a swing state.

[squirecam]

69. It is a swing state.

Arizona is also a swing state. Just because it hasn’t voted blue doesn’t mean it cannot switch.

A swing state is a state that could potentially shift its preferences back and forth between the candidates of the two major political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats , in a U.S. Presidential Election. Swings states, which are also called battleground states, are in play in presidential elections where the popular vote is close so that the electoral college outcome is up for grabs.

[Dem4Life1102]

70. No it is not

Claiming that it is over and over again doesn’t make it so. It is a solid blue state with a Democratic Governor and two Democratic Senators. Polling in the state already shows an unnamed democrat will beat Trump. Florida is a swing state better to find a VP that will help there and secure its 29 electoral votes than Minnesota’s already secure 10 votes.

Sorry need to make one correction: the latest polls in Minnesota show Biden beating Trump by 12 points and Sanders beating him by 9.

[mikelgb]

19. I'm digging her MC hammer Pants

[BusyBeingBest]

35. Love ya, Amy, but...

those pants--not your best look, girlfriend...

[Raine]

39. Totally agree

not good at all.

[Raine]

38. IMO they don't do her any favor

it's not a good look at all.

[AlexSFCA]

27. Amy would be the best choice for midwest

young, sincere, relatable, experienced, non-polarizing, uniting, etc. full package.

[Celerity]

40. 'Young' is very subjective. She will be 60 in May. If she had won

the 2020 nomination, only 3 Democrats in the 192 year history of the party (Truman, barely, Buchanan, and the first Dem POTUS, Andrew Jackson) would have been older the fist time they were sworn in. The same even goes for Kamala Harris now, in 2020.

If Biden loses in 2020 and Klobuchar won in 2024, she would be the oldest first time Democrat President ever.

[applegrove]

28. She's probably just thinking about it. Probably everyone who has dropped out is thinking it. np

[grantcart]

34. Great new if it becomes the case.

Your insinuating that Vice President Biden has made similar offers to other candidates however is simply more evidence, now coming out by the minute that Sanders devotees will take any simple occurrence twist it, poison it , exaggerate it, fabricate it, hallucinate about it because in their zero sum existence the only hope they have is to try and undermine the character of Joe Biden

It is a lie

Biden has a 5 decade record of decency.

Your reckless accusations do nothing to harm, they do reveal a lot about your lack of character.

It also confirms a wide and deep picture we have of Sanders supports and by extension the candidate you support.

Go Biden/Klobuchar.

[squirecam]

60. Joe/Amy 2020

Nt

[MrsCoffee]

47. Doubtful.

[Lulu KC]

48. I am seeing Kamala in that role

as of this moment.
He would be taking on some stuff, but he has room to do so.

[Demsrule86]

54. No, She waited a week to endorse him...could have helped in Calfornia...she is too calculating for

my taste. She is not trustworthy.

[Lulu KC]

56. clarification: Not necessarily recommending her

--or unrecommending her--I am seeing the more likely choice for him as of right now.
He also has room for Amy's challenges.
He has room for plenty of people's challenges--and none of them are perfect.
I hope he waits a while and let's some things shake out but of course am very curious!
P.S. I just read that Kamala would not endorse while Elizabeth was still in the game.

[RelativelyJones]

55. I think she is top of the list right now. I'd be happy with that, as a lot of other people.

[musicblind]

67. Would prefer Elizabeth or Pete

But Amy is also great and she can deliver Minnesota.

[LiberalFighter]

68. I wouldn't read too much into it.