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Who Will Harris Pick for VP Running Mate???

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Would be great once in the job. But no way will the party push any other boundaries right now beyond a woman pres.
Maybe, but from what I recall, he seemed to do pretty well in the midwest since he had more of a “favorite nephew” vibe where being gay was just a part of his identity rather than something he played up.
 
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Could Harris pick Joe Biden to be her VP? Those two simply trading places would make for the least change, and Joe could be right there to help here out.
Aldebaran, my intent was for this to be a serious thread.
 
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Anyone remember why LBJ was picked for the ticket with Kennedy? It was in large part to get Texas.

With that in mind I'd look at 2 pairings. Wisconsin/Michigan and Georgia/North Carolina and try to find someone from one of those 2 areas who has a good change of delivering the states in that pair. Such would almost have to be centrist, which would be good across the country.
 
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Doesn't the party have to have a vote on it first. I don't believe he can just give her the spot.
Yes. Im sort of assuming she'll end up top of ticket. But I dont know this and the whole process probly deserves its own thread.
 
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Would be great once in the job. But no way will the party push any other boundaries right now beyond a woman pres.
Maybe it should. Show the Nation (and the world) that America is a progressive nation for everyone.
 
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I've not heard anyone with a bona fide ear into the DNC suggest anyone else besides Harris could be the nominee. If nothing else, she's the only one who can inherit Biden's war chest at this late date (since Biden has publicly endorsed her as of me typing this).

If people on the right really think the Obamas are still pulling the strings behind the scenes, why would Michelle want to be out in front?

Nor do I think the DNC is going to let there be a VP candidate to the right of Harris. I think they're going to go as far left as possible because they simply can't think any other way.
 
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Wasn't it for Trump?
It sure was. And it showed in his constantly promoting the most cockamamie unconstitutional ideas to his (conservative) cabinet which theyd have to gently shoot down over and over.
 
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But she's not well-known as having done the stand-out job that she is expected to have been done well.

I listened to a Harris promoter a couple of days ago, whose only example of what Harris has done as VP is that she has been present for every Senate vote...her attendance record is perfect.
 
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....Nor do I think the DNC is going to let there be a VP candidate to the right of Harris. I think they're going to go as far left as possible because they simply can't think any other way.
Biden 2020 disproves that. Unless you think theyve changed a bunch since then. He was the most centrist of all the options and rode on the premise of "electability", which worked.
 
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I would not have voted for Hillary Clinton if her only qualification had been her time as First Lady. By the time she was running for president, she had served as senator and as Secretary of State, a much more substantial resume.
And Hillary had her hand in the bowl a lot more as first lady than most first ladies had ever had (which had annoyed the heck out of me from where I was sitting at the time).
 
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