Kamala Harris here in NH: "I think Joe Biden would be a great runningmate.

[demmiblue]

Kamala Harris here in NH: “I think Joe Biden would be a great runningmate. As vice president he’s shown he can do the job.”

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[Fresh_Start]

1. WTG Harris

I don't think she's working toward the VP slot.

[NurseJackie]

4. I don't think so either, but I bet she'd accept it.

[Merlot]

26. I don't think she would. She seems to dynamic to settle for a

ceremonial position.

[qazplm135]

32. Hmmmm

VP to an extremely old man??

I mean...

[Demsrule86]

38. She would accept it.

[Hortensis]

43. For Democrats, it's no longer a ceremonial position.

Remember the roles Biden played as vice president? He’s going to want his own partner to work with him. This is becoming a very important and powerful position.

And that means the choice isn’t all about “who can best help get me elected and not be a nuisance?”

Remember Hillary and Elizabeth Warren meeting a number of times? Much that was discussion and negotiation over the role Warren would play and the agenda she would hope to pursue as Hillary’s adjunct.

[Fresh_Start]

34. me too....

but its good that she makes it clear she's got higher goals.

[Honeycombe8]

46. Good. Because she's not going to get it.

A CA senator brings nothing to the table for the Democratic candidate, whoever it is.

[still_one]

52. First of all she is running for Pressure dent, not VP. However,, to debate your point

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hypothetically why she wouldn’t get it, I think minimizes the gender factor which would help the ticket, regardless where she came from if she wasn’t the nominee, and offered the VP slot

[Honeycombe8]

56. It's not my decision. I'm sure his team will weight the options.

But they normally go for a VP who can bring in a state or help in a purple or weak area. Harris & Warren both are from areas that are Democratic, anyway. So they don't help in that way. Still, as you say, hiring a minority woman might help enough just generally, no matter what area she represents.

I hate to see the Democrats lose a good female Senator, though. Harris & Warren would be big losses in the Senate.

If there is a woman or minority who could help, from one of those need-help-with areas, I would think they'd look there.

Klobuchar helps with the rust belt,and I think her ideology is close to Biden's. But Biden is already strong there...still, it's not a lock. She could help with that, maybe. MN was very close in 2016.

Gillibrand is from NY. Again from the NE. Plus, there are big problems with Gillibrand generally, among Democrats.

I thought Abrams would be a good possibility, but I think she has said that if she is involved at all, it would be for the Presidency and not as a VP on anyone's ticket. GA is Republican and probably won't vote Democratic, but Trump didn't win by a large margin, so it's possible it'd go Democratic. But she adds strength to the southern states, generally.

Not my decision. We'll see. IF he wins the nomination.

[still_one]

58. Of course we're both speculating, I understand and the traditional reasoning, I amjust not sure that

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applies, but sure, usually if the candidate is from a blue state the VP is from a red or purple state to balance the ticket, I am just suggesting gender might be sufficient to balance it

It will be the interesting

[Hortensis]

2. Lol. Response to the pervasive Biden-Harris picture.

Good for her. They both have long races to run, and who knows if either would actually even be considered for the other's list since they'd both have a lot of good people to choose from.

[Demsrule86]

39. I hope not...the sooner this is ever the better for our chances in the general.

[Hortensis]

42. Probably a year before one of them

is knocked out. That’s a loooong time when this stuff has been discussed every day.

[Demsrule86]

44. The voting starts in just under a year...I hope after super Tuesday, it is pretty much over.

Wonder how many candidates will actually be around for Iowa.

[Hortensis]

48. Hope all those running to polish

their brands are gone very soon for sure. Before preferably!

But I wouldn’t want the nomination wrapped up quite that fast. I would hope what more of the other states have to say would still matter too. For decades in California, my husband and I usually knew who our nominee would be, and always the president, before we ever voted, but we figured it was better that way than most of the country having it basically settled weeks or months before they got to vote.

So hoping for a nice Democratic middle ground between a Super Tuesday decision and the fuss at the convention that some worry about. With a strong winner, of course.

[Demsrule86]

59. California is earlier this year. And the longer this goes on the more

Bitter it will be....which could lead to a damaged nominee or an attempt to broker the convention. I will be delighted if it is over shortly after super Tuesday,

[Hortensis]

62. Well, don't want bitter for sure, or even imaginings.

Thinking of it, the media of course tend to style combative comments as personal enmity, as if there's no such thing as smarts and professionalism. Yuck.

[left-of-center2012]

3. She's so funny

[WeekiWater]

5. Love it! NT

[Doreen]

6. Biden/Harris has been my first

choice for a long time now.

[Duppers]

24. Same here.

I'm just not officially declaring yet.

[Magoo48]

29. Flip it and get it correct...

[Doreen]

36. I just really do not think Biden would

want to be vice president again. If that happened I though would still be thrilled.

[Demsrule86]

41. Nope...Biden will be president .

[Honeycombe8]

47. He wouldn't take a VP slot. Anyone who has followed his decision knows...

that the reason he is running is because people have asked him to, to beat Trump in an election. And also because Biden sees this as final chance to finally get elected as President.

There would be no point in him being VP. He can't "beat" Trump as VP, would not be able to direct the country's policies, and he's already been VP so there's no personal goal attainment there.

[FloridaBlues]

54. Don't think he can hold that office again.

[LongtimeAZDem]

61. There's no constitutional term limit for vice president

[Demsrule86]

40. She is not polling well enough to win the primary and I do not think she can

Win in PA,MI and WI.Trump is going for an electoral college win.

[USALiberal]

55. Biden is 10 times more experienced. Nt

[highplainsdem]

7. It was a graceful, funny way for her to deflect a question from a Daily Mail reporter who was trying

to get a sharper response from her by asking if she was "sick of" the VP speculation.

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[highplainsdem]

16. Btw, this is the snarky headline the Daily Mail used to try to put words in Harris's mouth:

Biden should be MY running mate says Kamala Harris as she tells reporters she's not aiming to be anyone's vice president


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7033163/Biden-running-mate-says-Kamala-Harris.html



As I said in my reply above, the Daily Mail reporter was trying to get some outraged or snarky comment from Harris, and she sidestepped that trap neatly.

[Peacetrain]

9. That was a darned good response... I like her A LOT!!!!

[demmiblue]

10. Video:

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[MoonRiver]

11. Lol, Kamala is the best!

[Skya Rhen]

12. It seems as if she truly has no interest in being Joe's running mate. Media reporting

that she "hit Biden on Crime Bill"...

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Speaking with reporters in Nashua, New Hampshire, Harris also hit Biden for his support of the 1994 crime bill, which the California Democrat said contributed “to mass incarceration in our country.”

“It encourages and was the first time that we had a federal three strikes law,” Harris noted, adding that she “sadly” disagrees with the former vice president over his support of the bill.

[BootinUp]

13. Lol nt

[SCVDem]

14. IMO, Kamala Harris

Would be a great AG or a pick for SCOTUS!

I see a lot of candidates in the cabinet and other leadership positions.

A tip of the hat to the talented Democratic field!

[homegirl]

22. I agree with you...

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

[Auggie]

15. K&R for Harris

[Lucky Luciano]

17. Perfect response. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

18. I'd much rather a Harris/Biden than a Biden/Harris run.

Although I can't see Joe accepting to be VP again.

We need the new young fresh, and courageous generation of Democrats to run the show now. Not go back to a time that Republicans have long ago left behind, and just laugh at its naivety. And the voting public as well.

But hey, if Joe wants to be her VP, it will help with getting all generations of Democrats out to the polls.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Just think how good she would be one-on-one with Trump...

And I think the only VP spot she should consider would be with Warren.

Imagine those two women on the campaign trail against Trump and Pence.

[demmiblue]

33. That would be a thing of beauty (though I can't envision either as a VP at this point).

[mtnsnake]

20. Ha! Great minds think alike...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287115012

[homegirl]

21. Kamala should not

snipe at her own side. Keep doing it and she will lose any support I have for her.

[demmiblue]

23. Aww, bless your heart (and thanks for kicking the thread)! n/t

[John Fante]

30. You call that sniping? She complimented Joe.

She's also in it to win it. Good for her, solid response.

[demmiblue]

31. They are coming out of the woodwork.

Just take a look at the profile.

[homegirl]

53. Whose

profile?

[Duppers]

25. 😁 Bet Joe would say the same about her.

[NBachers]

27. That's my Kamala!

[pdsimdars]

28. Perfect! Women know how to drive as well as men. Put her in the driver's seat.

[riversedge]

35. Preach it Kamala!!..

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[pressbox69]

37. Harris/Biden sounds like a winning ticket

but so does Biden/Harris.

[Honeycombe8]

45. Boom. She just lost any support I had for her.

That was an arrogant statement, IMO. It was sarcasm, to suggest that the one that has over 10 times the supporters that she has, decades longer experience in government and Congress, and the front runner, would make a good second banana to her.

There are ways to attack the front runner. That's not one of them.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

49. She was being funny.

She was asked if she was sick of everyone saying she would be a good VP pick.

What should she say? "It would be an honor to be the VP for the inevitable white guy that wins the nomination"? Would that make you happy and like her?

[honest.abe]

50. ARe you kidding?? That was the perfect response.

I bet Joe even got a chuckle.

[spooky3]

51. Agree. And I'm sick of the media's bias against female candidates.

This is a perfect way, with humor, to drive home that message.

[Honeycombe8]

57. I'm not media, and I am a feminist and female. It struck me as a bit insulting and arrogant.

If it was a joke, it missed its mark. But if you say it was just a joke (maybe she's tired of being asked that), then I accept that. She's not super experienced on the national campaign trail. Saying something you think is fine sometimes doesn't go over well.

I wish people would stop blaming the media for gaffes made by candidates. People complain candidates don't get enough air time, then complain when they ARE covered if they show gaffes or something unflattering. The media can't win for losing, as they say.

But it would've struck me the same way regardless of the gender, race, weight, height, or religious affiliation of the person saying it.

[highplainsdem]

60. Please see my reply 7 above, and message 16, which I posted as a reply to that. Harris

was being goaded by a British tabloid reporter who wanted her to say something much sharper, much more critical of Biden, and she sidestepped that pretty gracefully, I thought.