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In reply to the discussion: Biden wants a VP "not at all intimidated by the president, not intimidated walkin' in the WH" [View all]BComplex
(9,963 posts)Tells you she didn't do well enough to make it.
I can see she must be your favorite female candidate for VP. That's fine. Like I said, she has some good points. But if this whole country has to vote on a woman for president, and especially a black woman, Michelle Obama would win in a landslide. (Lots and lots of charisma...easy to fall in love with.)
Kamala Harris would not have that kind of following.
In 1976, when Barbara Jordan gave the keynote address at the Democratic convention, I was really pissed that she was not our candidate. She was awesome. But back then there was way too much prejudice, against women and African Americans. When Barbara Jordon spoke, she owned the room (or the tv screen, in this case).
These days we need someone who is really high on commanding the love of the masses to take control of the moment that has opened up to get rid of the republican way of thinking. Biden is safe for the moment, even though he's pretty boring and keeps shooting himself in the foot with some things he says. He's safe and comfortable, when the country is in an uproar and in the middle of a pandemic and a recession. But I think Biden is going to step down before his first term is up, and the woman who is moved to the top of the ticket is going to have to rally a whole shitload of independent, very critical, voters in order to be elected at the top of the ticket as the First Woman ever elected president of the USA.
Even though I didn't like some of her positions as California Atty. General, if she was the VP under Biden and moved up, I would of course support her. I just wish it was someone that could create a groundswell and movement.