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

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Biden will regret locking himself in to picking a Female running mate.  His decision precludes Sherrod Brown and Cory Booker, both of whom could have helped him significantly.  As could have candidates with real substance such as Jay Inslee and Michael Bennet.

Now he's locked in.

I actually agree with this. He shouldn't pick a woman just for the sake of picking a woman. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, and maaaaybe Eric Garcetti should be considered.

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I'm surprised Susan Rice hasn't gotten more attention. Hard to get more qualified than a Rhodes scholar who graduated Stanford and Oxford, has a couple decades worth of national security experience, and has served as both Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor

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Abrams pitches herself again. She wants to make sure Joe knows she'd be a great running mate. In case the first 25 messages didn't make it through.

https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1252593419928641536

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https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/1256665689676550144

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FWIW, current price on PredictIt for female running mates:

K. Harris: 28¢
A. Klobuchar: 21¢

E. Warren: 15¢

G. Whitmer: 8¢
S. Abrams: 7¢
C. Cortez Masto: 7¢
M. Obama: 6¢

H. Clinton: 4¢
V. Demings: 4¢
T. Duckworth: 4¢
M. Lujan Grisham: 4¢
S. Rice: 3¢
T. Baldwin: 2¢

T. Gabbard: 1¢
M. Hassan: 1¢
L. Kelly: 1¢
K. Lance Bottoms: 1¢
T. Sewell: 1¢
N. Turner: 1¢
S. Yates: 1¢

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https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1260033502818402304

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There's no asset Demings has that Kamala doesn't have at least as much, if not more of.

Both black women.
More experience? Harris
Won statewide? Harris
Held higher office? Harris
More name recognition? Harris

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Current (June 2 at 10:00am est) PredictIt prices:

Kamala Harris: 39¢
Val Demings: 16¢
Elizabeth Warren: 12¢
Keisha Lance Bottoms: 9¢
Stacey Abrams: 7¢
Amy Klobuchar: 7¢
Tammy Duckworth: 5¢
Gretchen Whitmer: 5¢
Susan Rice: 4¢

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Biden is gonna pick a Senator. Picking someone from South FL as African American doesnt help Biden.  Val Demings wont be picked. That's why Biden is going with Abrams. 

The protests will die down, Lebron James was close to Stephen Jackson, and was very vocal in the Trayvon Martin.  Once Lakers start playing, there wont be anymore protests.

There isnt a dime's worth of differences between Warren or Harris. Jill Biden has a friendship with Warren

Huh?

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https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1279810234014367745

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80% of the attacks against Kamala are just baseless BS, which is annoying because 20% of the attacks (mainly those geared towards her prosecutorial record) are entirely legitimate and raise seriously concerning points

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https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1288576737803108357