Who will get the Dem V-P Nomination

[JerryBaumchen 1,463]

Hi folks,

Since we now have so much idle time on our hands, I thought I'd get thoughts on this.

Here is a start:

Amy Klobuchar

Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Duckworth

Kirsten Gillibrand

Kamala Harris

Susan Rice

Elizabeth Warren

Gretchen Whitmer

Who else would you put on the list / or who would you pick?

Jerry Baumchen

[yoink 321]

1 hour ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

Since we now have so much idle time on our hands, I thought I'd get thoughts on this.

Here is a start:

Amy Klobuchar

Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Duckworth

Kirsten Gillibrand

Kamala Harris

Susan Rice

Elizabeth Warren

Gretchen Whitmer

Who else would you put on the list / or who would you pick?

Jerry Baumchen

If only I thought that Sanders could remotely compromise or work with anyone else a Biden/Sanders ticket could win.

Bur he’s too inflexible, too idealistic and too proud to be a VP.

 

I see your list is all women - I’m still not sure if a female VP will bring more votes to Biden than it will for Trump by people opposed to women in power.

Edited April 15, 2020 by yoink

[gowlerk 2,273]

10 minutes ago, yoink said:

I see your list is all women - I’m still not sure if a female VP will bring more votes to Biden than it will for Trump by people opposed to women in power.

Biden has stated that he will choose a woman.

[JoeWeber 2,933]

29 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

Biden has stated that he will choose a woman.

 

30 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

Biden has stated that he will choose a woman.

Yoink is right, no doubt. But Biden did say a woman. I've been thinking Klobuchar or Harris but Rice is a damn smart option, too. I think Cuomo would be a better vote getting choice but the man has already said he's picking a woman so there it is. 

[turtlespeed 226]

Where is Tulsi Gabbard on the list?

Rather, why isn't she there?

She seemed to be a reasonable choice for the #1 spot - let alone the #2 - which is almost guaranteed to become the #1 spot within a 4 year max.

 

I'm pretty sure that your choice for VPOTUS should be the one that you would have voted for for POTUS.  Biden just isn't looking all that good.

[wmw999 2,584]

Tulsi Gabbard and Stacy Kemp both belong on that list. 

And Joe needs to publicly acknowledge that there's a decent chance that this will be the President, and that he's chosen accordingly for qualifications, not just to appeal to voters. 

But she also needs to be an effective attack dog -- Joe doesn't have an attack dog bone in his body. They're already starting to call him a pedophile out there in stupid-land. Of course, then she turns men off because she's too aggressive. 

Funny how that goes. 

Wendy P.

[JoeWeber 2,933]

39 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

Tulsi Gabbard and Stacy Kemp both belong on that list. 

And Joe needs to publicly acknowledge that there's a decent chance that this will be the President, and that he's chosen accordingly for qualifications, not just to appeal to voters. 

But she also needs to be an effective attack dog -- Joe doesn't have an attack dog bone in his body. They're already starting to call him a pedophile out there in stupid-land. Of course, then she turns men off because she's too aggressive. 

Funny how that goes. 

Wendy P.

It used to be funny, now not so much. That lovely quality is the big reason I like the idea of Harris. Wouldn't it be swell if he could bring her along to the debates?

[wmw999 2,584]

I can just see a debate between Biden and Trump. What evidence that maybe there should be a maximum age -- 

"Now, sirs, let's talk about the economy"

"My fans adore me! They buy my stuff"

"The economy is evidence that there is a mismanagement of management of managers"

"Oh -- a butterfly!"

Wendy P.

[JoeWeber 2,933]

9 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

I can just see a debate between Biden and Trump. What evidence that maybe there should be a maximum age -- 

"Now, sirs, let's talk about the economy"

"My fans adore me! They buy my stuff"

"The economy is evidence that there is a mismanagement of management of managers"

"Oh -- a butterfly!"

Wendy P.

Damn Fixodent! What a bunch of Malarkey.

[airdvr 210]

10 hours ago, yoink said:

I’m still not sure if a female VP will bring more votes to Biden than it will for Trump by people opposed to women in power.

I don't think folks are opposed to a woman in power.  I think they were opposed to HRC in power.  Big difference. 

Almost 40 years ago women made huge inroads with Geraldine Ferraro.  I would say shame on the Democrats for not continuing that trend.  And when a woman finally got on the ticket again all the left could do was attack so let's not get confused here.

[gowlerk 2,273]

56 minutes ago, airdvr said:

I would say shame on the Democrats for not continuing that trend.

What are you talking about? You do understand that the D party nominated a woman at the top of the ticket last time around, right?

[turtlespeed 226]

[turtlespeed 226]

What I have heard is that Warren is now endorsing Biden.

I suppose she has gotten past all her reservations.

[gowlerk 2,273]

7 minutes ago, turtlespeed said:

 

Nevermind

Edited April 15, 2020 by gowlerk

[airdvr 210]

40 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

What are you talking about? You do understand that the D party nominated a woman at the top of the ticket last time around, right?

Almost 40 years later...

[gowlerk 2,273]

7 minutes ago, airdvr said:

Almost 40 years later...

How many female members of Congress are Ds and how many are Rs?

[Coreece 190]

13 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Gretchen Whitmer

No, we just got her and I'd like to keep her here - and she doesn't need any other distractions right now.  The country will just have to do it's best without her.

[wmw999 2,584]

11 minutes ago, airdvr said:

Almost 40 years later...

Yes, that's true. And look what happened to her. And look what happened to Ferraro, too -- she was absolutely pilloried because of her husband.

The candidate doesn't exist who doesn't have a real life and faults behind them. It speaks to their followers whether they acknowledge and discuss or simply ignore those faults. 

Wendy P.

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12 hours ago, gowlerk said:

Biden has stated that he will choose a woman.

Ah. I’d forgotten that. 
 

Thanks!

[turtlespeed 226]

21 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

Yes, that's true. And look what happened to her. And look what happened to Ferraro, too -- she was absolutely pilloried because of her husband.

The candidate doesn't exist who doesn't have a real life and faults behind them. It speaks to their followers whether they acknowledge and discuss or simply ignore those faults. 

Wendy P.

I'm pretty sure that's just how it works in "Media Run Politics".

Biden's son is/was a focus.  Probably will be again soon.

It's "probably" another reason why we don't have anyone worth a shit on the ballots.

If there was a way to keep the media from capitalizing on the business of trashing someone, or defending them . . . politics would be wondrously different. 

 

[ryoder 1,590]

2 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

It used to be funny, now not so much. That lovely quality is the big reason I like the idea of Harris. Wouldn't it be swell if he could bring her along to the debates?

After seeing video of Harris questioning witnesses appearing in Senate hearings, I absolutely would like to see her in a debate!

[gowlerk 2,273]

15 minutes ago, turtlespeed said:

If there was a way to keep the media from capitalizing on the business of trashing someone, or defending them . . . politics would be wondrously different. 

It's called hardball. Politics is power and rules there to be broken.

[turtlespeed 226]

1 minute ago, gowlerk said:

It's called hardball. Politics is power and rules there to be broken.

Overstating the obvious - 

[JoeWeber 2,933]

19 minutes ago, turtlespeed said:

Overstating the obvious - 

Since December 21, 2002

[turtlespeed 226]

3 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

Since December 21, 2002

Aww Joe, 

Give yourself more credit.  You have been doing that much longer.