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

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/davecatanese/status/1252641169055584258

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https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1255934260810301440

[The Other Castro]

The Unexpected Case for a Susan Rice Vice Presidency

Joe Biden’s concern about the national-security impact of the coronavirus has led him to weigh picking the Obama-administration national security adviser Susan Rice as his running mate, according to several people who’ve spoken privately with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in recent weeks.

Rice is well known in Washington, but has a much lower national profile than most of the other women being considered, and comes with few conventional political upsides. She isn’t particularly likely to be selected, people inside the campaign say (some who have spoken about her with Biden see her as a more likely pick for secretary of defense or secretary of state), and Rice has told confidants that she knows that.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/biden-vice-president-susan-rice/612115/

A Rice VP pick would certainly be going against the grain.

[The Other Castro]

No way in hell Klobuchar gets nominated now.

I thought it was going to be Klobachour. Not anymore, she’s done.

It’s now all Harris. I can’t stand that woman, terrible veep....

Are people just blindly repeating the conclusions of that absolute garbage story about Klobuchar being tied to the cop?

Politics are all about optics, and the optics for her are bad right now between her lukewarm reception among African-Americans, and whatever role, real or imagined, people think she had in letting bad cops off the hook in MN. She won't be the VP.

Oh god, it's 2016 again.  "Yes it's a lie but the truth doesn't matter, optics matter."

It's a f***ing lie and you people are blindly believing it and repeating it.

For a VP decision though, as unfair as it may be, Biden isn't going to want to introduce any unnecessary potential for controversy.

[The Other Castro]

Dddddddddddddddddrop the bass

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/KeishaBottoms/status/1280256462674104321?s=20

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/ccadelago/status/1286135629684920320

[The Other Castro]

I'd be very surprised if Biden is announcing Harris tomorrow.

[The Other Castro]

Biden just said at a press conference he will have a choice in the first week of August, and will let people know when he does.

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1288202055413370880

[The Other Castro]

Not sure if this is new, but Duckworth just said today in an interview with Robert Costa that she has interviewed for VP.

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1288954984944590852?s=21

[The Other Castro]

Biden allies and others close to the vice presidential vetting process said California Rep. Karen Bass, the 66-year-old chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has gained real traction in the late stage of the search. Amid furious last-minute lobbying and speculation about Biden's historic decision, California Sen. Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, Barack Obama's former national security adviser, are also believed to be among the most serious contenders.

Several additional women have also gone through extensive examination by the Biden team, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Florida Rep. Val Demings and Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Others, including Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham have also received various levels of scrutiny by the vetting team.

Biden's team has yet to tell any of the women they've considered in earnest for the vice presidential role that they are officially out of the running, people familiar with the process said, with one source saying 11 women are still formally being considered.

Bass' new emergence as one of the top contenders has been propelled by intensive lobbying on her behalf by some of her colleagues in the House including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, influential California Democrats and top donors.

When Biden told reporters earlier this week that he would choose a running mate in the first week of August, two aides told CNN that the timing of an announcement was more likely to be pushed back until the week of August 10. But Biden's advisers gave him a deadline of next week to make up his mind, a person familiar with the process said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/joe-biden-running-mate/index.html

[The Other Castro]

From that NYT article:

Mr. Biden’s campaign has conducted extensive polling and focus groups with voters on a collection of candidates and weighed an array of factors, such as the impact of the pick in battleground states, and whether to choose a Black woman. Aides say the announcement will come the week before the Democratic convention in August.

Mr. Biden’s campaign is angry about a leak to Politico this week that revealed that former Senator Christopher J. Dodd, one of the leaders of Mr. Biden’s search team, is uneasy with Ms. Harris, believing it will make Mr. Biden’s selection more awkward.

[The Other Castro]

Honestly for the first time in a while, I’m feeling unsure if it will be Harris. It probably will be, but I’m not confident.

[The Other Castro]

Another story saying the announcement will come later rather than sooner.

The campaign hasn’t finalized a date for naming a running mate, but three people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans said a public announcement likely wouldn’t happen before the week of Aug. 10.

The leading contenders include California Sen. Kamala Harris, California Rep. Karen Bass and Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.

Several California elected officials and labor leaders initiated a call with the vetting team to emphasize that Harris has strong support among labor and political leaders in her home state. The call was organized by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and included the mayors of Oakland, Long Beach and Stockton and former Gov. Gray Davis.

https://apnews.com/8c5db0c580eca9c99e0ce337f4522f73

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1289305803275399168

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https://twitter.com/howardfineman/status/1289620336443498496?s=21

[The Other Castro]

This all seems like a fairly standard vetting process. Biden, like any nominee, was always likely to go through a full interview process with several candidates, and announce closer to the convention. It makes no difference if he does have a personal favorite like Harris. Clinton probably had Kaine as her favorite, but was still reported to be considering multiple candidates up until showtime.

[The Other Castro]

Could just be some short term market manipulation, but the August 2-8 announcement bracket on the PredictIt VP market is spiking, up 23 cents just now, currently at 43%.

[The Other Castro]

https://twitter.com/kendallkarson/status/1290400166701400064

[The Other Castro]

Jeez fine OK no Bass!

[The Other Castro]

Sounds like we're taking this right up to the convention.

https://twitter.com/sarahmucha/status/1290637804834365448

[The Other Castro]

Former Vice President Joe Biden is closing in on a final decision on his choice of a running mate, four sources familiar with the matter told NBC News, as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee huddled with family at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this weekend.

The sources said Biden could announce a final decision by the middle of next week or sooner and stressed that while he has blown past several self-imposed deadlines, his only real deadline is the Democratic National Convention, which begins Aug. 17.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-closing-final-decision-vice-presidential-running-mate-n1236229

[The Other Castro]

Santiago Mayer? Literally who?