Biden VP news megathread (pg 286 - been selected, announcement could be today)

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Biden will take an experienced Veep, an experienced Congressman or Senator

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Yates is too old, she would be a horrible pick

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Biden also is pandering to the AA voters in SC, Bloomberg is still a threat in the South. Harris has no foreign policy experience and has only 2 yrs in the Senate. Yates will is a stronger pick, but who knows with Biden

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Biden isnt the nominee yet

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The Veepstakes isnt like it once was, most candidates,  ran for Prez and failed and show no interest in being Veep. Harris brings no electability to the ticket, she is from Cali and hasnt served longer than 2 yrs to bring anything like foreign policy to the table. She would bring experience to a cabinet position, but Biden or Bernie would be best to pick Yates, whom is from GA

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The only reason why Biden is considering her due to fact he is pandering to AA, in SC, once Biden secure Super Tuesday delegates, where Bloomberg isnt a a threat, he drops her name and goes with Sally Yates

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Obama picked Judd Gregg as Commerce Secretary and continued Robert Gates as SOD. The Cabinet is gonna need bipartisanship

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Harris said on Sharpton show she isnt a candidate for Veep, she is staying in the Senate. I believe what she says.

Its probably Klobuchar, she is the only one that hasnt denied Veep speculation

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I disagree, Klobuchar compliments Biden and is a strong debater , and could match Pence in debates. Biden already said that he will select a female that he shared the debate stage with. Harris said yesterday that she is not looking to move her family out of California, that means its Klobuchar,  whom has made a home already in DC. By the time Biden selects his Veep, her hubby will have recovered from coronas

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Its gonna be Klobuchar,  Klobuchar has made a home in DC and doesnt mind travels overseas. Harris wants her family in San Francisco and our ally Israel likes Klobuchar

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Its gonna be Klobuchar,  Whitmer is not moving to DC to take a commuters job to Israel, England and S. KOREA and Japan and Canada. The only place diplomats can go due to coronavirus.  Klobuchar hubby has recovered from coronas as Klobuchar doesnt mind commuting overseas🤩🤩🤩

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I think the reason why so many people like Whitmer and Harris has turned the Veep spot down, but Klobuchar,  its obvious, its coronavirus.  Consequently,  it's a commuters job and traveling abroad is a necessity. China and Korea and Japan is the requirement in addition to our English allies and Israel, and coronavirus is a risk, but Klobuchar has already been exposed to coronavirus due to her hubby and can fight the disease, she will be the Veep. It's a 75 percent chance, no one wants it, now. The samething if Biden has to choose a SOS.

That's why Harris says she isnt a viable candidate for any position in Biden's administration, but will help him get elected

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

First rule of the veepstakes: you act like you don't want it.

IIRC Biden himself declined to even be vetted at first. Obama (&/or his team) had to practically beg him to sign off on it.

He wanted to become Obama's SoS and thought that VP was a useless position.
The funny thing is that according to "Game Change" the only person who at the beginning predicted that Biden was the odds-on favorite for VP was ...Hillary.

Biden and the Daleys and Axelrod have a long history going back to 1968 when Daley Sr was campaigning for Humphrey

That's why Kerry mistakingly picked John Edward's for Veep in 2004 due to Axelrod as his campaign manager,  but Gephardt was the strongest. Axelrod managed Mondale's campaign during the Harold Washington yrs during Ferraro yrs, before he was campaign manager of Daley Jr after Harold Washington died

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Its Warren or Klobuchar both of them have plenty of foreign policy knowledge

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Coronovirus has put a sour patch on the Veep spot due to travel abroad, but Sally Yates, Warren or Klobuchar will travel abroad.  Alot of the cabinet positions are tamed downward, especially ambassadorships due to travel abroad and coronavirus.  That's why Harris adamantly said no way she will move out of Cali and DC

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I highly doubt Abrams, with no natl security experience is selected Veep and they have to negotiate with nations abroad

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It's Klobuchar

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Whitmer said she wants to stay as Gov, its Warren or Klobuchar

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Its gonna be Klobuchar and most people know it, Harris dont want to travel abroad

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Klobuchar has been making the case for mail ballots, she is obviously one of the three contenders to make the Veepstakes and CCM declined and Harris isnt running. Warren is the runner up. In June, Klobuchar will be named Veep nominee

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I disagree Kaine was too white, many voters didnt know whom Kaine was, he didnt go thru the primary; whereas Klobuchar has been exposed and vetted by the media. Stacy Abrams has no foreign policy experience and Kamala is from Cali. There will be multi racial picks at cabinet levels, that Biden will chose from.

The Dem primary ended with all whites ending on ST.  85 percent Klobuchar, 10 percent Warren and 5 percent Harris or Abrams

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Pressler would be an excellent pick but she doesnt want the job

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

They are gonna pound Harris, Abrams into a drumbeat and neither has stated they want to be Veep and all but Klobuchar is a moderate and both Harris and Abams are lefties.

If Dems are targeting GA and TX the election is lost, Trump approvals will recover in the Fall in those states

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Yeah Klobuchar or Harris are the only possibilities with 85 percent Klobuchar and 15 percent Harris or Abrams

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

honestly, realistically, I think it's down to Harris or Klob. No one else IMO, if we're being real here, has a realistic shot

2 awful options

Klobuchar is, Harris isn't.

Harris have said no 3×s