I just got finished reading a LONG piece from Joel K. Goldstein @ Sabato’s Crystal Ball….
The guy touched on his extensive Vice Presidential history to try to bring things down to who Biden might choose….
First…. Biden said a woman…
My summation ?
A Senator….
Younger then Bide who is 78 years old…
With more then 10 years in service….
(Harris only has 3…But she’s mixed race like Obama…Klobuchar threw her endorsement to Biden first after dropping out)
From a state with a Democratic Governor….
My deduction?
Senator’s Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar…
Warren would NOT make the cut with he GOP Governor and the Democrats requirement to KEEP EVERY US Senate Seat they have and try to gain at least 3 MORE for next years Congress with a B iden win…4 without Biden winning…
— Biden’s historic announcement that his running mate will be a woman will limit his process in an unprecedented way, yet it still leaves him with a number of choices who reachable voters are likely to view as plausible presidents.
— Even if Biden emphasizes choosing a presidential-caliber running mate, as governance and political considerations would dictate, the timing of the selection makes it inevitable that other political considerations will also be weighed in the choice.
— Democratic presidential candidates generally choose a running mate who is a senator and who has considerable experience in high government positions.
Biden’s vice presidential choice
Now that former Vice President Joe Biden has essentially secured the Democratic presidential nomination, his attention and that of others, except to the extent it’s focused on the coronavirus pandemic, has turned to selecting a running mate. It’s a long process, but Biden’s march to the nomination will make his vice presidential selection the major political news story on the Democratic side for the next few months. Each selection has its own dynamic as each involves a different selector choosing from a different set of options in a different political context. And Biden’s announcement that his running mate will be a woman was unprecedented — and it has narrowed the pool at the outset. Nonetheless, some elements of predictability mix with the inherent novelty of the quadrennial vice presidential selection….
image…Michael Reynolds/Pool Image via AP
With Sanders out the push on twitter media is more for Kampala Harris for VP….
Less Warren mentions
No Klobuchar
Remember the twitter universe IS left orientated…
Daily Kos piece that pushes for Elizabeth Warren using Obama….
Again?
Warren is the US Senator is a state that HAS A REPUBLICAN Governor…
That Governor will surly pick a GOP replacement for Warren thus hurting Chuck Schumer’s minority in the Senate …
Yea I KNOW the state is Blue state…
That’s why the Governor IS a Republican , Right?
Barack Obama delivers a big, fat, Elizabeth Warren ‘hint’
More by Kos @ Daily Kos…
On the other hand, the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, is DFL.
And liberal-moderate Republicans (the only kind who can win statewide elections) have to make some concessions to the hard-working Republican base on their right, which would suggest appointing an independent or Republican to Sen. Warren’s seat until a special election can be held to fill out the rest of her term (Jan. 2019 to Jan. 2025).
This would be problematic because (just like Scott Brown in Ted Kennedy’s seat) a Republican Senator from Mass. would increase Mitch McConnell’s caucus by one, after a hypothetical election of VP Elizabeth Warren would reduce the Democratic & independent caucus by one.
This is one area where party labels (even when largely nominal) do matter, for example Joe Manchin (D) in West Virginia or Lincoln Chafee (R) in Rhode Island. Republican politicians who shared almost nothing with Chafee’s views and votes still campaigned vigorously for Chafee in 2006, purely to keep their hold on the U.S. Senate and to deny it to the Democrats. (Sen. Chafee lost that election to current Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat in an election that flipped both Houses of Congress to the Democrats.)
I just remembered…
Harris has some negatives with black folks in California due to her time as a DA and the state said AG….
Minor league stuff.
That’s not going to cause many Blacks to vote against her ,particu when the alternative is that well known friend of minorDinald J Trump.
Well, gee, Jack and I always thought that the Grand Old Party of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass was the Black Man’s Friend ;–S
Chris Cillizza
@CillizzaCNN
Biden VP top 5:
5. Elizabeth Warren
4. Catherine Cortez Masto
3. Amy Klobuchar
2. Gretchen Whitmer
1. Kamala Harris
CNN Politics piece for the above twitter…