I am an old white guy and I would strongly prefer a black woman be named by Joe as

[Atticus]

his VP candidate. There is no shortage of qualified black women and IT IS TIME!

[lagomorph777]

1. Same here.

[rzemanfl]

4. Another old white guy agrees. n/t

[safeinOhio]

17. Make that another one.

Please let it happen.

[Canoe52]

41. I said this very thing to my blind neighbor. He wanted to know which of them is black.

[Borchkins]

2. Val Demings is currently at the top of my list.

(Old white woman here)

[secondwind]

6. She's my number one pick also....

[Demsrule86]

11. Mine too as he gets us Florida

[whistler162]

24. OWG here Val Demming appears to be

a good choice.

[cornball 24]

30. Another old white gal - Val Demings is my first choice also!

[raging moderate]

39. Val Demings would be great!

She was great at the hearings.

[ancianita]

44. Mine, too.

[Faux pas]

3. Same here

except I'm an old white gal

[empedocles]

5. I would prefer whoever will help Joe the most in carrying as many seats as possible

in the Congress. Winning is the key.

[Cary]

19. I wish that we could have this attitude

It would be nice to have some unity. If having a Nazi in the White House doesn't constitute a unifying event, what does?

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Same here. 70 & pasty.... we NEED a WOC as VP

[dware]

8. I will vote for Joe even if he

chooses a ham on rye bread sandwich, the ham sandwich would do a better job than the Mango Menace.

I too, am an old white guy, but I'm still just as feisty as I was when I was an active duty Marine.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. You and me both

It is indeed time.

[ooky]

10. Me too. All you said.

And also, I want to win.

[ElementaryPenguin]

12. I would prefer whatever V.P. candidate most helps Biden's chances of removing dictator Scump!!

Whatever race or gender that individual might be.

THAT'S the main task at hand and priority here!

[coti]

13. Me too. nt

[LizBeth]

14. Time for a white woman too.

[Meadowoak]

22. Elizabeth Warren would bring the progressive (Bernie) vote

[LizBeth]

27. There is the senate situation, but Warren would bring enthusiasm to youth vote. And progressive.

She has an energy that would compliment Biden. She was the only one consistently talking about social justice. She will have black support, though Biden easily has that too.

I think Warren energy would be very positive and she knows how to work the system and work with Democrats and would be a real asset to Biden.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Right there with you, my dear Atticus...even though I'm an old white woman! n/t

[abqtommy]

16. I'm sure that Joe's numbers people will decide who's best to help us win. Given that, now

I can focus on the broader purpose which is getting rid of tRUMP...

[Aristus]

18. This old white guy agrees.

[FloridaBlues]

20. Whoever he picks will be the right woman for his vision and policies.

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. Yes!

[A Brand New World]

23. Old white woman and I agree.

Kamala Harris is my 1st choice, Val Demings as 2nd.

[Dem4Life1102]

26. Harris comes from a solid blue state

while Demings comes from a swing state. Plus Harris' record as a prosecutor may work against her with progressives and African Americans.

[radius777]

48. Demings is also a cop

and has never held statewide office, thus no guarantee she can help win FL.

Biden himself is from a solid blue state when Obama chose him... it's not about that anymore but the person who the nominee feels will compliment them best.

[Dem4Life1102]

49. No but

She did flip a GOP seat in 16. She might not ensure winning Florida but she gives the ticket a better shot than Harris does.

[world wide wally]

46. i think they have Kamala penciled in for Attorney General.

She is always taking pot shots at Barr. She wants to kick his ass badly.

[dameatball]

25. I want a woman of any color. Can't wait to see any of those most mentioned debate Pence.

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. Ditto, word for word. nt

[MFM008]

29. me as well

but I still like Elizabeth Warren BUT
I will support our ticket no matter what.

[lillypaddle]

31. Old white woman here

ditto!

[wendyb-NC]

32. I totally agree.

[patphil]

33. I don't need a black woman to be vice-president, but I certainly wouldn't mind one bit.

My current choices are:

Elizabeth Warren for Vice-President
Kamala Harris or Katie Porter for Attorney General
Stacy Abrams for Secretary of State

But, I'm flexible. There are a lot of great women out there, and it's time we had a bunch of them in positions of power.

[Atticus]

35. I don't "need" a black woman to be VP, but I believe it would be best for the ticket, the party

and the nation. I will, of course, support Joe and all Democrats no matter who Joe selects.

[LiberalArkie]

34. I would like to see a true American and Native American be selected

[yellowwoodII]

36. No

If there was a black woman out there who was as knowledgeable as Elizabeth Warren, I would agree. I just don't agree with the idea of picking ANY candidate on the basis of some characteristic. I think that Joe Biden needs a strong intellect to be his partner. That would be Elizabeth Warren. She's been preparing to be President for a long time and knows what she's doing.

[trof]

37. Yeah, I'm thinkin' Diana Ross.

You get the AAs, you get the women, you get the seniors.
Hey, you get a double septuagenarian ticket.
And she's not a Washington insider.
Fresh (sort of) blood.

[mwooldri]

38. I've said this elsewhere. Joe could nominate a slug for VP.

And that slug would be infinitely better than Mike Dense or any other Republican up on the ballot.

Man, woman, white, black, yellow, purple, whatever. I'll trust Joe to make the right choice.

[Vinca]

40. I think given Val Deming's background, she'd be a good pick at this point.

There are so many smart, black women to choose from Joe could pull a name out of a hat and it would be a good choice.

[dawn5651]

42. kamala harris or val demmings.

[marble falls]

43. Absolutely. I do not want someone who looks like me. Kamala Harris works, as well as ...

several others. Make Rice SoS,

[bucolic_frolic]

45. I think he will go with someone he is comfortable with

I think that is a very short list, of 2-4 women. I think Sen Klobuchar is no longer among them due to the events in Minneapolis this week.

Democrats need to energize young people. They are our future, they hold the key to the election. In this time of pandemic and economic fallout, GOP screams of "Socialist!!" carry little weight. Powell and Trump and Mitch have fed corporations welfare, economists across the board acknowledge long term and large additional fiscal measures - payments to citizens directly and to small business as well - are needed, have already begun, and are necessary.

So one of the largest liabilities against Sen Warren has been neutralized. Her only liabilities are her age that makes for an older ticket, and it becomes a regional northeast ticket. But give America her great and expansive mind. It is time for the adults to run our country, and if you find a better pair of experience, policy, and judgment than Biden-Warren, have at it.

[suilebhan]

47. Hell yeah it's time!

This old white guy agrees completely that Joe Biden needs to select a qualified African American woman. Give me Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams or Val Demmings.