I doubt Joe Biden would pick her….
The Barack Obama right had person from back in the day would be just too close to Obama?…
But unlike Susan Rice…
She IS a political person though she also has never ran for office…
She is even MORE qualified then Rice to hold the job of Vice President…
There is no indication she is on the Biden VP list, and even been asked anything by the people preparing the list for Biden too choose from….
But an interesting thought….
Biden suffers an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choosing a running mate. Most of the African American women reported to be in contention have been prominent long enough for their names to be familiar nationally. Many already hold public offices or came very close, as in the case of Stacey Abrams, almost-governor of Georgia, who insists she would have won if not for voter suppression.
The commentariat, of course, has a gift for finding flaws in any potential candidate. In the case of previous Biden foe Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.), it’s a too-tough résumé while California attorney general on issues important to black voters. Similarly, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) missed the opportunity as the chief prosecutor in Minneapolis to tackle issues of police abuse that might have prevented George Floyd’s death; she has withdrawn her name from the list. Florida Rep. Val Demings, an African American and former Orlando police chief, is relatively inexperienced. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren may suffer the unfortunate capacity to remind Biden of his inferior grasp of complicated issues.
But two other names, one of them as yet unmentioned, stand out — former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice and, wait for it, former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. Both women are whip smart, highly trained and experienced in world affairs. Both know Biden well and are highly qualified to assist him on both international and domestic fronts.
Neither has experience running for high office, but there are more important things. Should the worst come to pass, either woman could skip orientation and start fully equipped to lead. Indeed, Jarrett, a lawyer, businesswoman and Stanford graduate, was basically a shadow president for eight years next to Obama.
Though Rice also served as Obama’s national security adviser, she’s unfairly freighted with political baggage that Jarrett, working behind the scenes, has escaped. Recall 2012 when Rice, stepping in for then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reported on five Sunday news shows that attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were a “spontaneous” reaction to a viral, anti-Muslim video. When subsequent investigations proved otherwise, Rice was unfairly accused of “lying.” I defended Rice at the time and stand by that column.
Jarrett, meantime, was “in the room,” as she has put it, on nearly every crucial issue during the Obama administration. Having spent time with her socially and in the White House, I can attest to her graciousness, intelligence and absolute discretion. She’s no one’s fool and holds her cards close. While serving the president, she also pursued her own projects, speaking often on the country’s toxic politics, the need for compromise and issues of the day….
image….The Sleuth Journal
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He, he, he….
I agree Scott…
He COULD bring her on as staff though….
Do NOT be surprised if Jarrett ends up in some White House position for Biden….
What exactly “qualifies” someone to “ hold the job of Vice President.”
Leaving aside the subjective “ opinions” of the general pubic,i.e. all of us,the only “qualification “ I know for sure is to be the choice of the person elected President.
Names of inside players like Jarrett get tossed around as being “considered” for VP–I recall former EPA Director Bill Ruckelshaus being mentioned as GHW Bush’s running mate in 1988–but it’s a political decision and these kinds of candidates don’t hold much appeal in those respects.
Dick Cheney is probably the closest to one of those kinds of picks–and even he served as a Congressman for a decade in addition to being WH Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary.
Yup Scott…..
I think Jarrett is too close to Obama to be VP….
But could be brought in as a assistant …
I don’t see her as a serious contender.
I note this “suggestion “ came from Republican columnist Kathleen Parker.
Thank you for that Jack….
Parker seems to think a lot of Jarrett…
I keep seeing the stirrings of a future with Biden ‘s going back to some sort of compromise with Congress ?
Meanwhile on the GOP side:
“A former White House official who frequently interacted with President Trump told Politico he is “very surprised” Mike Pence remains on the Republican ticket and claims the president would throw his vice president “in a wood chipper if he needed to.”
It would be fitting if Pence were tossed under the bus so unceremoniously. As long as Trump can line up another bootlicker who he thinks can deflect from a few days of bad press I bet he’d do it.
Of course that person would likely see their future sealed as well if they took the bait.
Nikki Haley, your grenade awaits.
I think he might want to pick Kristi Noem before Nikki Haley at this point.
Why do you say that? Not a fan of either politician, but I see Haley as being more experienced
The base likes Noem and Trump probably thinks she is more attractive
I think Haley would get more swing votes, if that is even possible, but in Trump’s mind, he would prefer Noem.
I don’t know much about Noem
See if you can say that 5 times fast!
He has HIS eye on the woman from the midwest?
She married?
Reminds me of Politics 1’s periodic debates over the most attractive woman (and later the most handsome man) in politics, irrespective of politics. Stephanie Herseth, South Dakota’s Democratic Congresswoman unseated by Kristi Noem (R), usually got high marks, but I think that Michelle Bachmann also did.
Today, AOC would be high on the list.
Actually?
I’d bet THAT would be the case for just about ANYBODY that works for Trump…
It bears repeating…
He is NOT a team player
He’s about ONE. person
HIMSELF…
We KNOW A he is ill suited to run any large staffed organization…
Hopefully he will be able to go back to those days soon…
I make note that the diagnosis of DJT I long ago made as to why he is what he is due to his father and how he wound up different from his deceased older brother is exactly confirmed in the new book by Trump’s niece, who also happens to be a psychological medicine doctor of some sort.
I am only an amateur psychologist but I knew all this about Trump a long time ago.
Yea CG….
And he’s the fucking President trying to get FOUR MORE YEARS?😃
Valerie Jarrett (or Gina Raimondo) would be unusual among VP’s of the last 40 years in never having served in Congress. The last VP never to have served in either House was Nelson Rockefeller (Gov/NY, appointed) in 1974-7, and the last elected VP never to have served in Congress was Spiro Agnew (Gov/Md, 1969-73). Only a handful of other Vice Presidents since 1901 have never served in Congress, all of them before 1945.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 (Gov/NY)
Thomas Marshall, 1913-19 (G0v/Ind. — like Mike Pence)
Calvin Coolidge, 1921-23 (Gov/Mass.)
Charles Dawes, 1925-29
Henry Wallace, 1941-45 (Cabinet Secretary)
Spiro Agnew, 1969-73 (Gov/Md)
Nelson Rockefeller, 1974-77 (Gov/NY)
The Democrats, with only one exception, have nominated only Congressional veterans for VP since 1944;
Truman
Sparkman
Kefauver
LBJ
Humphrey
Muskie
Shriver(although Tom Eagleton, McGovern’s 1st pick, was a Senator)Mondale
Ferraro
Bentsen
Gore
Lieberman
Edwards
Biden
Kaine
These little known VP candidates usually don’t end up well,even if they win…
1964…Bill Miller ,Never held office again.Did appear on an American Express commercial bragging about his obscurity.
1968,1972…VP Spiro Agnew ,Little known Governor of Md.,Resigned ,one step ahead of going to prison.
1972…Sargent Shriver, never held political office ,ran for presidential nomination in 1976,went nowhere, faded into obscurity.
1984…Geraldine Ferraro… relatively unknown Congresswoman from New York ,ran for Senate ,lost , faded away.
1988…VP Dan Quayle .After one term as VP,ran for President in 2000,went nowhere,never heard from anymore
2008…Sarah Palin,need we say more?
It’s a shame that Tom Eagleton had to step down from the 1972 ticket merely for having sought treatment for depression.
That would be unthinkable now.
Shows you how times have changed.