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I found this to be a fascinating article. It includes several interesting perspectives from various high level members of the Democratic Party.
It Really Could Be Warren
After her swing and miss at the presidency, the Massachusetts senator is making a case for herself as Joe Bidens vice president.
The coronavirus has transformed Joe Biden's campaign, and his search for a running mate. And it has transformed Elizabeth Warren's chances of being picked for the job.
The Massachusetts senator and the former vice president dont have much of a personal relationship. She was determined to run for president by swearing off big donors; the first event of his campaign was a high-dollar fundraiser at the home of a top executive at one of the countrys biggest corporations.
But this is now a world where the Dow Jones is staying high while the lines at food banks keep getting longer, a world that will be defined for years by the pandemic and its aftershocks. And the presumptive Democratic nominee needs to think seriouslyand be seen as thinking seriouslyabout what comes next.
Suddenly, the senator with all the ideas about remaking the economy seems enticing to the Biden team and it is looking seriously at picking her, according to people familiar with the campaigns thinking. And suddenly, the senator with all the ideas about remaking the economy is enticed, and thinking seriously about what the job would entail, according to people who described her own thinking on the subjectand according to Warren herself, in two conversations I had with her recently.
Joe Biden describes this [election] as the battle for the soul of the nation. Hes right, Warren told me, over the phone from her home in Boston. But theres more. Its the battle for the survival of a nation that works for most of its people or only for a thin elite at the top.
Put her on the ticket to generate the excitement Biden needs, people advocating for Warrens selection say, and then prioritize the coronavirus recovery by putting her in charge of it. The candidate who made her whole brand I have a plan for that versus a government that seems constantly unpreparedwhat could be a better contrast?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/elizabeth-warren-biden-vice-president/611497/
OnDoutside
(19,965 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)That risk is definitely a potential downside.
JCMach1
(27,566 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Harris is my first choice, though.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,767 posts)There is a great woman. EOM.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)But it would be an older and northeast US ticket. And if you want to be called elite, run a professor.
I still think he'll go with someone from the heartland, preferably with executive experience. By that logic it's a former or sitting governor.
By the midwest, Klobuchar would be in the running.
This is ridiculous, but I'll throw it out there. There is the idea that men love blondes, but they trust brunettes, and marry them, more. I don't know where I read that, it's old, 1990s.
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)Among many good choices, shes the best.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)Shes from California a reliable blue state and wont put any swing states in play. Her time as a prosecutor is problematic for both progressives and many African Americans. Plus she accused Biden of being a racist in a debate. The republicans are sure to use that in an attack ad. Their are better choices available.
mopinko
(70,178 posts)that's it's abrams.
want in?
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Biden says this is one of his most important qualifications for his VP choice. I doubt it will be Abrams, but I think she would make a fine VP.
-Laelth
Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)Never has or Trump wouldn't be President.
herding cats
(19,566 posts)She's not qualified for the position right now, and this is from someone who deeply wants to see her expand her political career to the top.
She's lacking in too many areas of expertise for the roll still. She'll get there in time, but her time is definitely not this cycle.
mopinko
(70,178 posts)only just got elected to the senate.
ms liberty
(8,591 posts)And it addresses most all the issues we debate here when she's mentioned as the veep. If people would read the article before commenting...
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)"I think the more progressive the vice presidential candidate that he (Biden) nominated, the better it would be in terms of the kind of response that our supporters would provide him" - Bernie Sanders, Apr 10, PBS
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Better than Hillary.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)I want Republican's in FUCKING PAIN!