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

[SingingAnalyst]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/joe-biden-endorsed-by-united-auto-workers-in-2020-presidential-campaign.html

Official but not unexpected. Did Whitmer's chances just get a slight uptick?

[SingingAnalyst]

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¢

Harris: probably most likely pick at this point, though not my first choice
Demings: never heard of her; unlikely
Warren: 71 y/o; possible but not probable
Bottoms: never heard of her; unlikely
Abrams: possibly a good choice, though it would have been better had she won in 2018
Klobuchar: it will be interesting to see her explain her handling of MN police misconduct; possible
Duckworth: from all I have seen, an excellent choice
Whitmer: another excellent choice (not that I'm biased or anything)
Rice: No

Is Tammy Baldwin on the list? I see her as a better pick than Demings, Bottoms, or Rice.

[SingingAnalyst]

Keisha Lance Bottoms seems like an excellent choice. From her Wikipedia page, I don't see the downside. She will buoy Black turnout enough to put MI and PA over the top for sure, more than enough to offset the Trump vote in rural Northern Michigan and the Thumb (which was pretty maxxed out for Trump, anyway). Her pick also puts AZ, FL, GA, and NC in play, possibly tipping 3 or more of these states (only one is needed, after MI and PA).

[SingingAnalyst]

The Harris hate on here just seems so irrational and in bad faith.

Just like her hate for Catholics.

Does she hate Catholics? If so, I don't think she would run on a ticket with Joe Biden.

I, too, have questioned her questioning of Brian Bueschler's K of C membership, but she is the odds-on favorite for VP. I don't see anti-Catholicism being institutionalized if Harris becomes VP or Prez. Not long after her questioning of Bueschler, the Washington Post ran an op-ed saying, essentially, that we have nothing to fear from the K of C. The Establishment media's got this. One cheer.

[SingingAnalyst]

Biden appears no closer to making a decision than he did several weeks ago: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bidens-vp-shortlist-comes-up-short/ar-BB17erSs?li=BBnb7Kz

I still would like to see him pick Duckworth.