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

[Vern]

I just got the text……




























It’s Oprah Winfrey!

[South Dakota Democrat]

So megathread wise this thread will be locked as soon as Biden is done giving the formal announcement just as a heads up. If this is leaked before hand, this megathread will continue.

EVERYONE, REPLY AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN DURING THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT SO WE CAN STRETCH THIS OUT AS LONG AS IS HUMANLY FREAKIN' POSSIBLE!!

Absolutely.

[wbrocks67]

This. Tim Kaine was also scheduled to speak at the 2016 DNC before he was announced as VP.

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1293223657817411597

[Still Nervous]

This. Tim Kaine was also scheduled to speak at the 2016 DNC before he was announced as VP.

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1293223657817411597

Correct.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

If the choice is today and not Harris I will f'ing twerk in McDonalds to trigger Wulfric and

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Welp, I guess today’s the day the primary campaign against VP Harris starts and I’m 100% behind whoever decides to challenge her (AOC)

nah, doubt AOC challenges her. She's gonna built rapport with the party, take Schumer's seat when he retires, and then run in 2028/2032.

Schumer's probably gonna stay in the Senate until he dies and probably has another 15 years left at the very least (he's "only" 69).  

Welp, I guess today’s the day the primary campaign against VP Harris starts and I’m 100% behind whoever decides to challenge her (AOC)

Lol. Your takeaway from 2020, when a former VP swept their left-wing opponent, is to run someone even more left against an even stronger VP?

Welp, I guess today’s the day the primary campaign against VP Harris starts and I’m 100% behind whoever decides to challenge her (AOC)

Pathetic.

You both can complain all you want, but Kamala Harris has already been proven to be a weak Presidential candidate.

Joe Biden didn’t win because he’s a strong candidate or ran a strong campaign (we all know he didn’t in the primary), he won because a consortium in the party (black voters, old people, and moderates) saw everyone else as too risky for racist/sexist America and put beating Trump above all else.

But when it came to the issues like M4A, student debt cancellation, etc. the party voters were pretty firmly with Bernie/Warren. Bernie’s campaign was full of idiots who antagonized the rest of the party and Warren was blocked from bridging the divide by having Bernie suck up the left wing vote.

AOC has proven she can be trusted by the establishment wing with the respect she’s earned from Schumer & Pelosi and falling in line behind Biden, while retaining her lefty cred by endorsing Bernie.

With all due respect the idea that she's proven she can be trusted or earned any respect for falling in line behind Biden is a bunch of malarkey.  It's like saying someone proved they can be trusted and earned respect just because they know that 1+1=2.

Also, Democratic voters were very much not in Bernie/Warren's camp on M4A, among other issues.  There are also plenty of other issues where Bernie's policy stances hurt him quite a bit (although tbf, on some issues such as student debt and raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans/big business, Democratic voters are definitely in his corner).  In fact, Biden only won the primaries because a good 2/3 of Democratic voters instantly dropped everything and decided to unite around #AnyoneButBernie.  While much of that is because of how many of Bernie's most vocal supporters went out of their way to turn all non-Berniecrats into enemies for life, there were also very real (albeit probably not insurmountable) policy differences at play as well.

In fact, Warren's vocal support for M4A (and complete inability to defend it) single-handedly killed her campaign.  To be fair, one could argue part of that is that Buttigieg was easily the best debater and all-around most charismatic candidate to run in the 2020 primaries, so when he went after her on that issue it was a killshot rather than a catchy zinger, but even accounting for that, what really sunk Warren's campaign was the unpopularity of M4A among Democratic voters.

[soundchaser]

Imagine thinking supporting Medicare for All is what killed Warren's campaign.

[WD]

Imagine thinking supporting Medicare for All is what killed Warren's campaign.

It was, along with her flip flopping on the issue

[Use Your Illusion]

I just got the news!































We are not safe in Joe Biden's VP selection process. Vote Trump 2020

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1292899441167540224

https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1293190124084240386

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Veep, she ran for Prez already, we already know what type of candidate she is already and once the Veep stops campaigning, they swear in new Senators, Prez Pro Tempore of Senate and vote only in ties and Treaties with SOS, it's really not a job everyone wants. Public doesnt care that much, you don't see Harris 4 Veep signs, they are all Biden signs. Also, the Convention is telecommunications only

That's why I have turned off MSN, it's now a Pro Biden network just as much as Fox News is a pro Trump network.

I  get all of my indy news from CSPAN, and Facebook and here

[BidenHarris2020]

https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1292899441167540224

https://twitter.com/MrPeanut/status/1293190124084240386

He's too young to be VP. Next!

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

The announcement is def coming either today or tomorrow. I wish he'd delay because the self-awareness in this thread is astounding.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Imagine thinking supporting Medicare for All is what killed Warren's campaign.

It's called staying objective even when the facts don't support the conclusion you wish they did.  You should try it some time!

[YE]

Off topic but it's hard to say M4A killed Sanders/Warren when the majority of Democratic voters in every state they exit polled said they were in favor of it.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Beep,

I'd totally buy a Harris for Beep shirt.  

[Landslide Lyndon]

Rice is up to 41% on Election Betting Odds, Harris at 33%, Demings at 6%, and Whitmer at 4%. I have no idea why Rice is still surging, but people still seem to be going off the DNC schedule i guess.

I really don’t want Rice.

Is there anyone who does?

[BidenHarris2020]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Beep, she ran for Prez already, we already know what type of candidate she is already and once the Veep stops campaigning, they swear in new Senators, Prez Pro Tempore of Senate and vote only in ties and Treaties with SOS, it's really not a job everyone wants. Public doesnt care that much, you don't see Harris 4 Veep signs, they are all Biden signs. Also, the Convention is telecommunications only

Ive always wanted to ask you this....even when I lurked (I think you were CORY BOOKER, then)..are you alright?

[MikeIrvine]

I hope he dusts off the Unexpected Cena meme right before he officially announces.

[WD]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Beep, she ran for Prez already, we already know what type of candidate she is already and once the Veep stops campaigning, they swear in new Senators, Prez Pro Tempore of Senate and vote only in ties and Treaties with SOS, it's really not a job everyone wants. Public doesnt care that much, you don't see Harris 4 Veep signs, they are all Biden signs. Also, the Convention is telecommunications only

Ive always wanted to ask you this....even when I lurked (I think you were CORY BOOKER, then)..are you alright?

No, no he’s not

[wbrocks67]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Beep, she ran for Prez already, we already know what type of candidate she is already and once the Veep stops campaigning, they swear in new Senators, Prez Pro Tempore of Senate and vote only in ties and Treaties with SOS, it's really not a job everyone wants. Public doesnt care that much, you don't see Harris 4 Veep signs, they are all Biden signs. Also, the Convention is telecommunications only

Ive always wanted to ask you this....even when I lurked (I think you were CORY BOOKER, then)..are you alright?

No, no he’s not

Is anyone convinced he's an actual person? His comments are never coherent. Are we sure it's not a bot or something? And I'm being completely serious here

[Use Your Illusion]

The announcement is def coming either today or tomorrow. I wish he'd delay because the self-awareness in this thread is astounding.

The self-awareness will soon evolve to actual consciousness if we give it enough time

[WD]

It's not that big of a deal Harris is Beep, she ran for Prez already, we already know what type of candidate she is already and once the Veep stops campaigning, they swear in new Senators, Prez Pro Tempore of Senate and vote only in ties and Treaties with SOS, it's really not a job everyone wants. Public doesnt care that much, you don't see Harris 4 Veep signs, they are all Biden signs. Also, the Convention is telecommunications only

Ive always wanted to ask you this....even when I lurked (I think you were CORY BOOKER, then)..are you alright?

No, no he’s not

Is anyone convinced he's an actual person? His comments are never coherent. Are we sure it's not a bot or something? And I'm being completely serious here

I have no idea

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Off topic but it's hard to say M4A killed Sanders/Warren when the majority of Democratic voters in every state they exit polled said they were in favor of it.

Oh, I don't doubt that most Democrats like the slogan.  I suspect that most voters, regardless of their position on the proposal, probably have no idea what M4A actually entails.  Warren's problems began once voters realized she meant eliminating private health insurance.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Imagine thinking supporting Medicare for All is what killed Warren's campaign.

Very true,  and also ignoring polling that indicates dems do in fact want M4A.