Joe should go to California

[Qutzupalotl]

and get Kamala to endorse. The optics would be incredible.

[drray23]

1. Yes he needs to cut into Sanders lead there.nt.

[zackymilly]

2. Right freakin' now! n/t

[Demsrule86]

3. Early voting has already happened...majority of votes have been cast.

[StevieM]

10. First of all, we don't know that it is a majority.

It might be more like half.

Second, if he does much better on primary day than he does in the early voting, that might be enough to get him over 15 percent, which will allow him to collect delegates.

[DarthDem]

12. How do we know that?

There's a link to this, right?

[Zoonart]

4. Joe should hit the stage with Kamala

As his VP and kill it in the news cycle.
A girl can dream.

[trickyguy]

8. Totally agree. Biden/Harris is my dream ticket. They would kick ass.

[Zoonart]

23. Yep

[flamingdem]

5. Very necessary to go to CA

Bernie is way ahead here ):

[question everything]

6. Yes, he does. This is why I asked a few days ago about a superpac

I don't know how Harris is popular with the Democrats in CA. You cannot like her and like Sanders at the same time.

But Obama won CA in 2008, Hillary won CA in 2016 there have to be enough Democrats who would prefer a steady hand to wild ideas of a lone runner.

[Mister Ed]

11. I can like Harris and Sanders at the same time.

Maybe I'm just too easy.

[StevieM]

14. I am not sure if you are referring to the 2008 primary or the 2008 general election.

But Hillary won the California primary in 2008.

[question everything]

27. OOps, sorry. You are correct

And this is where her advisors screwed up. They thought that, once she won CA it was a clear sailing, did not realize that CA was not a winner take all.

[StevieM]

29. That was the narrative at the time, but it was a little more complicated than that.

I think they understood that it wasn't winner take all. But they also thought that SDs would react differently than they did. I think they expected the SDs to ultimately do one of two things:

1) Most SDs would vote for the candidate who won their state.

2) Most SDs would look at the primary race through the prism of the electoral college when determining who won.

Obama made the argument, for the first time, that pledged delegates are essentially the equivalent of electoral votes and super delegates are essentially the equivalent of honored guests to the convention. And the PD winner, even if they only won by 1 delegate, did not get the nomination then that meant that the SDs had "overturned" the will of the elected PDs.

That was what was so ridiculous about Bernie claiming in 2016 that the SDs were ever going to put Hillary over the top, even if Bernie won the support of the people. The whole concept of treating the PD winner as the rightful winner was established in order to deny HRC the nomination in the previous election. And SDs who supported Hillary would undoubtedly have gone over to Bernie had he won the PDs, just like they did with Obama in 2008.

[PatSeg]

7. Yes, yes, yes!!!

[Codeine]

9. Most of us have already voted.

California likes to vote by mail.

[StevieM]

16. We don't know the exact percentage.

It may be that half turn out and vote in Tuesday. And that second half could be enough to put him over 15 percent, which will allow him to collect delegates.

[Codeine]

18. That's my personal hope.

Maybe even some dispirited voters might feel a bit energized by the margin of victory in SC and step up to cast their vote for Biden.

[Squinch]

13. Joe should go to California and name Kamala as his running mate.

Before Tuesday.

[Codeine]

19. I'd love that. nt

[tarheelsunc]

15. Naming her as his presumptive VP choice would be a HUGE move. eom

[Codeine]

20. Make it so! nt

[Qutzupalotl]

25. Just the picture of Joe & Kamala holding raised hands and waving.

is enough to shift the tide in all the states on Tuesday. A surge in California would have the biggest gains. Plus the ticket will absolutely crush Trump/Anyone.

[StevieM]

17. Absolutely.

That could help him cross the 15 percent threshold that is needed to collect delegates from California.

[madville]

21. After she basically called him a racist in the first debate?

Don’t see those two exchanging Christmas cards anytime soon.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Yes, her downfall. Like to chalk that up as a last ditch effort. BUT

she dropped out before she had to. VP? My first choice is Beto, but Harris would do just fine.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. YES!!!!! Gotta cut into BS lead there pronto.

[AlexSFCA]

26. and newsom too

[Ace Rothstein]

28. She was polling poorly in CA.

Wouldn't make much of an impact.

[Amaryllis]

30. I could see her as his VP pick.