I heard an interesting suggestion for vice president nominee today

[Bucky]

I was talking into a good liberal friend, going on praising Tammy Duckworth as the perfect nominee. And he suggested I look into Val Demmings. So I googled her, and OMG, she's Tammy-level awesome.

Who else should we be talking up as possibles?

[beachbumbob]

1. She is one of my Senators and is a good person but I don't think she is VP material in same

way Kamala Harris would be

[Bucky]

16. Interesting. Explain

Is Duckworth too scholarly, too wonky, not charismatic enough?

[madaboutharry]

2. Tammy Duckworth.

I think she would be great. Val Demmings would be great. Stacy Abrams would be great. There are so many great women.

Every one of them would be a great president too!

[Bucky]

17. I like Abrams a lot.

But I don't know if we had the experience set or the national profile to warrant VP just yet. My sense is that her mission lies elsewhere right now, fighting the racist Republican voter suppression schemes that have turned the world's first national republic into what the UN calls a ”flawed democracy."

[Laffy Kat]

26. I feel the same way. I think she's terrific...

But between the two, Harris is more seasoned. Of course, I'd love either one. I like Duckworth, too, but there are so many WOC to choose from, especially if we are going to have another white, male prez., I'm going to be pissed if we don't have more diversity on the ticket. There's no excuse.

[Bucky]

28. Tammy is a WOC

She's a woke WoC

[CanonRay]

3. Stacey Abrams

[LisaM]

4. Jay Inslee.

I thought he would have been a good choice for Hillary. And Washington is safely blue.

[Bucky]

18. Inslee is great

But it would be a disservice to our expanding nationality to nominate two white men at this time.

[Demsrule86]

5. I adore Tammy Duckworth and Val Demmings too

[Ztolkins]

6. Gotta be Harris

I was really hoping we'd see her debate Trump

[Bucky]

19. Yeah, but watching her tear into Pence will be a guilt pleasure

Like a sequel to Warren/Bloomberg.

[Lucid Dreamer]

42. Harris is on top of my list. nt

[Moderateguy]

7. I am actually rethinking the woman bit....

If misogyny is truly a factor in Presidential elections (and I think it is) I don't know how the public would feel about voting for a VP that has a higher than normal chance of assuming the Presidency (given Biden/Sanders' age)

[William769]

8. What does that say about your candidate?

[Moderateguy]

10. Biden is my candidate...

Tulsi just makes for a better picture

[William769]

13. We shall see.

[Bucky]

20. What?!

😄 you're a trip, man!

I'm going to petition the moderators to include a Vermin Supreme option, cause he'd make the best picture of all!

[Hortensis]

39. Lol, she is beautiful. Hear posters of her have sold well. nt

[HarlanPepper]

9. Duckworth would be a stellar pick

[leanforward]

11. Any of the three ladies mentioned above

and add Kamala Harris. I've been quiet for a while, but this conversation got to me. Val could definitely handle it. Likewise, Tammy and Stace.

[TuxedoKat]

12. Susan Rice

Just thought of her tonight.

[Laffy Kat]

27. Oh, yes! nt

[whistler162]

35. Good qualifications and not

as old as dirt errrr..... the Presidential candidates.

[DonaldsRump]

14. I love Val Demings

I didn't know her until the conviction trial, but I was captivated by her arguments. She has a lot of great potential

I also love Senator Harris, but I see her as AG.

My hands down choice for Biden's VP is Elizabeth Warren. She will unite (most of) us, and she's a heck of leader too. I cannot understand why she didn't win several states, as she is as down to earth as you get while being a former Harvard law professor. I loved her defiant attitude with Moscow Mitch and "Chief Justice" Roberts.

Liz is our "Persister Sister"!

On edit: Sorry,, in my 3rd paragraph, I meant " Warren", not "Harris" !

[Bucky]

21. Okay

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I have been vehemently pro Warren-for-president since the summer of 2015. But as much as I think she'd be a great vice president and ready to step up in case of an emergency or tragedy, I don't think she's the best choice for being candidate for VP.

I can see his treasury secretary. I can see her as Chair of the Fed. I think her talents lie in the executive branch more than the legislative. But as a 2nd slot candidate, I don't see what she brings to the table.

And yes, it's one of those inherently dumb things of our constitution and political culture that there is a tremendous gap between qualifications for vice president and qualifications for vice presidential candidate. Welcome to America.

[mahina]

29. You got me

[Bavorskoami]

15. Val Demings would be great.

I was stuck on Kamala Harris for a while and still would put her in the VP candidate pool with Val Demings and Stacy Abrams. I would prefer a woman of color on the ticket with Joe, but I would also put up for consideration Julian Castro and Hakeem Jeffries.

[whistler162]

36. How was her record as a LEO and as

Police Chief?

[zak247]

22. Name whole Cabinet

Biden might do a very dynamic act which can contrast his sanity and stability in comparison to this reprobate Trump and his utter depravity and his loathsome cabinet.

He should name his VP choice and cabinet and layout a 100-day healing process to fumigate the office of the Trump presidency.


Return to Global warming science and issues to the forefront of American values

Fortify and expand Obamacare( public option)

Repeal the corporate tax cut.

Fortify food stamps and other programs Trump cut

Return to the Iran nuclear deal

And rectify many other despicable acts of the Trump era

He could name prominent bi-partisan people of great statures, such as a Romney, maybe secretary of State

Kamala Harris as maybe AG and other QUALIFIED Americans of universal stature and competence to match against the Trump unqualified cabinet of incompetent ignoramuses.

[Bucky]

23. I'm not against having Republicans in the cabinet

Having a token secretary or two is an honorable national tradition. but I wouldn't give it to Romney and I wouldn't give the top spot in the cabinet away to a party that has wandered so far off the patriotic farm.

Put a republican on a process job like VA, or transportation, or EPA, or UN ambassador. Top policy spots like Justice, State, Defense, HUD, Interior... These gigs need to go to people from a party with a track record of putting country above politics.

These fuckers who looked the other way while Trump disrupted our Western alliances as a thank-you to Vladimir Putin, and who stayed silent while Trump threw children into cages, do not deserve a voice in healing the long-term damage they've done to the country and the planet.

[zak247]

24. Anti-Trumpers only

I just mentioned Romney since he was the only decent and honest GOPer to vote to impeach the reprobate, Trump.

Or a guy like John Kasich. There are some decent anti-Trump republicans.

Any pro-Trump lackeys are OUT

[BidenBacker]

32. As far as Pubbies in a Biden Administration

I could live with someone like a Bill Weld for sure. Or somebody like a Chuck Hagel who already served under Obama. But both these guys are getting up there in years and may not need the hassle. Moderate Republicans are few and far between these days so it's not exactly like there's much of a pool to draw from.

Pretty sure Joe could randomly pick names from a phone book or a penitentiary and end up with more competent and less corrupt people than we got in there now.

[comradebillyboy]

25. I could live with either one but I'm starting to

favor Amy Klobuchar because she was such a factor in the Biden rally on ST. And she's young enough to survive two full terms.

[Qutzupalotl]

30. Elizabeth Warren.

Get the whole party on board for a huge win and take back the Senate!

[33taw]

31. If EW was selected a rebublicsn would appoint her

replacement. We could lose the senate.

[Qutzupalotl]

40. Until a special election is held.

We would likely win it back.

[whistler162]

37. Wrong subthread

[MFM008]

33. I love her

But Ladda Tammy Duckworth was born in Bangkok
Thailand.
See profile.

[StarfishSaver]

34. Her father's American, so she's a natural born citizen, even if she was born in Thailand

Of course, that wouldn't stop the birthers from going after her. But she is Constitutionally eligible for the presidency.

[whistler162]

38. Ted Cruz was fine and he was born in Canada

So Tammy Duckworth is okay, well other than her gender and ethnicity<SARCASM>.

https://www.quora.com/Will-Senator-Tammy-Duckworth-be-able-to-run-for-President-in-2020?share=1

[Bucky]

45. Technically, his pod hatched in Canada, whereupon he embedded in the brain of a human Canadian

There is not yet case law as to whether that constitutes "born on Earth of human parentage", as required by the US Constitution

[NCProgressive]

41. With Biden's age

He will need someone who people feel comfortable stepping in as POTUS if something happens.

It will have to be someone with government level executive experience, someone between 50-60 years old and ready to step in.

We don't want to make a political decision and get someone who is politically attractive but people don't see as stepping in. John McCain had the same problem and he chose unwisely.

[tblue37]

43. Stacey Abrams or Kamala Harris. nt

[Blue_true]

44. Demmings is a really good choice. nt