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

[BidenHarris2020]

People on another server I am on the works on the campaign has told us Biden for sure has made the choice and is just waiting to announce next week and dropped hints with merch and slogans being made.

Care to share the hints.. 👀

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

People on another server I am on the works on the campaign has told us Biden for sure has made the choice and is just waiting to announce next week and dropped hints with merch and slogans being made.

Care to share the hints.. 👀

Well I definitely wasn't the little girl....

[NYSforKennedy2024]

People on another server I am on the works on the campaign has told us Biden for sure has made the choice and is just waiting to announce next week and dropped hints with merch and slogans being made.

Care to share the hints.. 👀

Well I definitely wasn't the little girl....

I swear to God with all these leaks if it's not Harris...

[WD]

People on another server I am on the works on the campaign has told us Biden for sure has made the choice and is just waiting to announce next week and dropped hints with merch and slogans being made.

Care to share the hints.. 👀

Well I definitely wasn't the little girl....

I swear to God with all these leaks if it's not Harris...

inb4 Biden picks Omar

[South Dakota Democrat]

Why would you have *two* big Obama admin officials on the ticket?

Because Obama is incredibly popular?

Of course he is. But there's still plenty of moderates, independents, and even Democrats who don't necessarily won a complete Obama pt. 2 administration. People like that Joe and Obama were close, but that's enough. Rice is just unnecessary at that point and overkill in that department.

Rice would be an absolute disaster. Palin 2.0

What an absurd comparison.

[WD]

Why would you have *two* big Obama admin officials on the ticket?

Because Obama is incredibly popular?

Of course he is. But there's still plenty of moderates, independents, and even Democrats who don't necessarily won a complete Obama pt. 2 administration. People like that Joe and Obama were close, but that's enough. Rice is just unnecessary at that point and overkill in that department.

Rice would be an absolute disaster. Palin 2.0

What an absurd comparison.

I mean in the sense that she would hurt electorally. It will allow Republicans to bring up “Benghazi” again and give them an issue, not something we want.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

On the server they ruled out Abrams, Duckworth and Rice so take that as you will.

[soundchaser]

Oh, thank Christ. (Not that Abrams was a serious contender anyway.)

[Bidenworth2020]

On the server they ruled out Abrams, Duckworth and Rice so take that as you will.

I have sources (maybe the same ones lol) telling me this as well.

[Comrade Funk]

Okay so if you're high enough in the campaign where you know the identity of the VP pick, you don't reveal these things to a discord server. That's the type of thing that could get you fired. The Kerry campaign made four different campaign posters (Edwards, Gephardt, Graham, Vilsack) to prevent any leak from occurring. I'm in the same discord server as TSA, but the source, while reputable, does troll from time to time. I doubt he's risking a leak just to tell his discord buddies.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Okay so if you're high enough in the campaign where you know the identity of the VP pick, you don't reveal these things to a discord server. That's the type of thing that could get you fired. The Kerry campaign made four different campaign posters (Edwards, Gephardt, Graham, Vilsack) to prevent any leak from occurring. I'm in the same discord server as TSA, but the source, while reputable, does troll from time to time. I doubt he's risking a leak just to tell his discord buddies.

That's why take it with a grain of salt or name the server/person obviously, he is very reputable and trustworthy but he has a tendency to troll if annoyed, so that is why take it with a grain of salt. We'll know for sure in a week so it will all be over soon anyways

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Anyway if yall want to have predictit shares might as well get some since they are changing by the hour

[Landslide Lyndon]

I mean in the sense that she would hurt electorally. It will allow Republicans to bring up “Benghazi” again and give them an issue, not something we want.

Rice won't hurt Biden electorally but she also won't help at all. I don't pretend to have my finger on the pulse of black voters but I suspect that a foreign policy wonk with zero electoral experience won't exactly cause a surge of enthusiasm among them.

[BidenHarris2020]

I mean in the sense that she would hurt electorally. It will allow Republicans to bring up “Benghazi” again and give them an issue, not something we want.

Rice won't hurt Biden electorally but she also won't help at all. I don't pretend to have my finger on the pulse of black voters but I suspect that a foreign policy wonk with zero electoral experience won't exactly cause a surge of enthusiasm among them.

And her son is a Trumper for God's sake. What goes on in that household? I think we should have that conversation.

[wbrocks67]

At this rate I've (wrongly) built myself up so much that if it's not Harris I'm gonna be disappointed lol

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Ah, so fronting the potential for it to be Rice is Uncle Joe's psyop to get me to be more thankful for Harris.

Smart. I respect it.

Rice is the only candidate who would make me consider voting 3rd party.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

I had a feeling all along that Rice was a smokescreen to get people more comfortable with the idea of Harris.

[DisneyDem]

People on another server I am on the works on the campaign has told us Biden for sure has made the choice and is just waiting to announce next week and dropped hints with merch and slogans being made.

Care to share the hints.. 👀

Well I definitely wasn't the little girl....

Wait doesn’t that kind of mean it’s not her? Somebody help me out!

[South Dakota Democrat]

Ah, so fronting the potential for it to be Rice is Uncle Joe's psyop to get me to be more thankful for Harris.

Smart. I respect it.

Rice is the only candidate who would make me consider voting 3rd party.

How absurd.

[brucejoel99]

Hacks on Tap's episode from last night has VP talk starting at 25:15.

Nice words about Warren:

Biden just - everyone says it - really likes her. I think we all know that what's going to matter a lot in this selection is, what does Biden feel about the person, he keeps telling people over & over again, he really, really likes Elizabeth Warren.

On the shortlist:

Kamala's at the top of the list, I still think Elizabeth Warren's going to be on the shortlist, & there's a big shopping spree going on right now for who the 3rd finalist is. I think Susan Rice is getting a hard look, I think Karen Bass is getting a hard look, Tammy Duckworth is getting a hard look. Those are sort of the 3 candidates who are in contention to fill the 3rd position of the final 3 that he's going to weigh, because I think Harris & Warren are going to be in that final 3 & that's about as far as I'm willing to go at this moment.

On the Chris Dodd thing:

Heilemann: "Not to make an excuse for Chris Dodd [...], he was giving voice to a thing that is around in Biden world, which is he was giving voice to a view that those who are not pro-Harris, their main reason for not being pro-Harris is that they think there's a trust question & it goes back to the way she behaved in that debate in July of 2019. The conventional wisdom still puts her at the top of the list."

David Axelrod: "Yes that was surprising. Usually in Washington, people stab other people in the back, he stabbed her right in the front, I mean there was no disguise about what he was up to."

On thinly sourced articles:

You know the Biden people have done a good job, because I've been reading all these tiktoks, & it's clear they're all very thinly sourced, no one is really talking [...], but the Biden guys have done a good job at kinda keeping it tight, so I keep reading the same article over & over again.

On Harris:

I don't think it will be Harris, because ambition, trust, & the reviews you get of her behind the scenes in Democratic politics in the Senate are not good & the scrutiny this choice is going to have as a potential next president is going to be tremendous, not to mention the policy differences between them is an opportunity for Trump. I don't know who it will be, but I'm willing to bet money against Kamala. Watch Bass.

Murphy then says Biden shouldn't pick Warren, but he shouldn't pick Harris either, & definitely shouldn't pick Rice, so I guess he's for Bass.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

On Harris:

I don't think it will be Harris, because ambition, trust, & the reviews you get of her behind the scenes in Democratic politics in the Senate are not good & the scrutiny this choice is going to have as a potential next president is going to be tremendous, not to mention the policy differences between them is an opportunity for Trump. I don't now who it will be, but I'm willing to bet money against Kamala. Watch Bass.

Wth?

This entire thing is just pure nonsense, but what really gets me is that he says that Biden’s not going to pick Harris because of their “policy differences” but Bass has a good chance despite literally coming from the Bernie wing of the Democratic Party.

[Landslide Lyndon]

When are these old white guys going to understand that accusing a woman of being too ambitious is about as subtle in 2020 as talking about states rights?

[wbrocks67]

and what are these "reviews" from behind the scenes? i haven't really heard many people speak negatively about Harris "behind the scenes"?

[BidenHarris2020]

What a bunch of bull pudding.

[DisneyDem]

I’ve disagreed with them many times. But you can’t deny that they know the business better than anyone.