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

[Kleine Scheiße]

Joe Biden will pick Karen Bass and you will all pay for your lack of faith.

[Alben Barkley]

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/24/warren-biden-vice-president-chances

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Article has nothing of substance and just quotes some people speculating. Ignore it.

[LimoLiberal]

The one thing I know for sure is that picking Warren would trigger the right more than any other candidate. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing for Biden's campaign.

[Alben Barkley]

Article has nothing of substance and just quotes some people speculating. Ignore it.

NPR doesn’t usually publish crap. Combine these expert opinions — speculative though they may be —  with earlier reports from inside Biden’s camp that Warren is being seriously considered, and I think there’s a decent chance she really could be the pick.

[GoTfan]

I don't want Warren as VP. Age is a huge factor here.

But assuming Biden wins, it's unlikely Warren will run in 2024, and that means that Biden can avoid accusations of boosting one primary candidate over another.

[SnowLabrador]

The one thing I know for sure is that picking Warren would trigger the right more than any other candidate. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing for Biden's campaign.

Unquestionably bad.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I still love her and think she'd make an excellent Vice President, but I feel that CCM is a safer choice. Kamala is like #2 on my list.

Is this the time to play it safe though? Does CCM excite... anyone? She strikes me as a VP choice that makes sense on paper, but could land with a thud.

It is not the VP nominee's job to excite people.

Certainly not, but they are almost entirely considered by what they add to a ticket's electoral chances and sometimes excitement can be part of that. With someone like Biden he could possibly use someone "exciting" on his ticket.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I don't think she's worth picking. She's too old and will do nothing to ease any potential apprehensions about Biden's age, her Senate seat will be succeeded by Baker's replacement, and for as much as she may excite some on the left there are others on the left who dislike her and waaay more on the right who do too and may become galvanized in turn.

[Arizona Iced Tea]

Biden VP shortlist based on the current sources provided this is what my guess it looks like:
Main List

• Harris
• Klobuchar
• Cortez-Masto
• Abrams
• Warren
• Whitmer

Wildcards

• Duckworth
• Demings
• Baldwin
• Obama

This is not a list of who I want it to be, but rather think who it will be. I'd say there is a pretty good chance that the person he picks is on this list, but we never will no for sure until he announces his decision. Also, Obama means the former first lady on this list.

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

I don't want Warren as VP. Age is a huge factor here.

But assuming Biden wins, it's unlikely Warren will run in 2024, and that means that Biden can avoid accusations of boosting one primary candidate over another.

Why do you think it's unlikely she'll run in 2024?

[wbrocks67]

When will people get it thru their head that Biden is not picking another 70+ year old for VP

[Arizona Iced Tea]

Warren will be high up on the list, but she won't get the pick. Maybe she could get Secretary of Treasury though!

[Morning in Atlas]

On one hand, she doesn't really bring much to the ticket that Democrats don't have already. I love Warren, but I think Abrams, CCM, or even Harris bring more to the ticket.

On the other hand, this would trigger the Trumpsters and the Trumpsters-by-proxy, so I wouldn't be opposed to it.

Especially the Trumpsters-by-proxy.

[7,052,770]

I think Abrams just wants to be thought of as a contender, to add a little more gravitas to her future career prospects. There's no way she actually thinks she's going to get picked.

[7,052,770]

I don't think she's worth picking. She's too old and will do nothing to ease any potential apprehensions about Biden's age, her Senate seat will be succeeded by Baker's replacement, and for as much as she may excite some on the left there are others on the left who dislike her and waaay more on the right who do too and may become galvanized in turn.

Massachusetts would have a special election a few months after her resignation. It could be scheduled in time for the new senator to take office in January.

[AGA]

I really don't want Warren as Vice President. If she will help Biden win, then I will accept it, but I doubt that that is the case. I trust the Biden campaign to make the right decision.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Warren gonna be picked, the lineup of Senate favors a 50 plus seat majority and Pressley deserves the seat should Kennedy be successful in defeating Markey🤩🤩

[Ogre Mage]

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1253784627967336450?s=20

Stacey said f-ck what y’all have to say. She’s going to continue to lobby all she wants. Lol.

For foreign-policy experience, that’s a stretch ... Over the past week, I’ve run Abrams’s arguments for herself by a number of top Democratic politicians, aides, and other officials. I’ve gotten a lot of “huh”s and “okayyy”s, especially about what she cited to me as her foreign-policy credentials.

Oh, looks like some Democrats are throwing SHADE.

I also noticed at the start of the article the author kept saying what she was doing was "unusual."  lol.

[Rookie Yinzer]

I hope she doesn't come back to GA with her tail between her legs trying to run for Gov again like a consolation prize. Keisha Lance Bottoms should give that race a go. The stage has been quietly set by the COVID crisis and I'm seeing gravitas from her that I've never noticed before.

[Lognog]

Sixty-seven percent of registered Latino voters would be more likely to support him if he picks Cortez Masto for the number two slot; 22% would be less likely to support him. Asked another way, 72% said they would be more likely to turn out and actually vote for Biden if he selected the Nevada senator; 17% would be less likely to do so.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-poll-latino-voters/

CCM is the candidate with least downsides, but a lot of pros: Critical demographic, age, senate control, experience, baggage or lack there of.

Abrams is not vice presidential material.

Tbh, sometimes having no down sides is the biggest upside for a VEEP. I mean I don't think many people switch their votes to a candidate for their running mate choice, but sometimes it can be a massive liability.

That being said I think the CCM could be just what the dems need to attract hispanic support which is going to be key in winning a demographic that did not back the presumptive nominee.

lasty, being a popular senator from Nevada is certainly a boon

[Senator Spark]

Hoping it's Liz Warren so he can falter this November.

[Adam Griffin]

[Beet]

Elizabeth Warren.

[Adam Griffin]

In terms of picking black females (which is the obvious electoral choice), can I just say: who the f[inks]k is Val Demings?

I wouldn't have been able to visually pick her out of a random sampling of black women until like two weeks ago (and I'm in a #NeighboringState!). Somebody who's served for all of 3 years in a safe Democratic district ("muh federal experience!") but isn't known outside of FL (and I doubt is known outside of her own district) being considered by anybody as a nominee surely has to be simply because of demography, right?

And while we're at it: Marsha Fudge? Not surprising to see Pelosi tout her since Fudge was considering a challenge to Pelosi's Speakership a couple of years ago.

Give me a break on these B-listers. For all I find wrong with Harris, at least she's been transparent about running for President for the past 5 years (something people only seem to shirk at when actual ADOS are doing it!).