Again I ask… could she have done more for Detroit sooner?
The vast majority of the state is behind her, it’s only the astroturf whack-a-doodle dandies that are up in arms.
I like Whitmer, I voted for her in 2018, I’ll do so again in 2022. But I’m not sure she’s vice-presidential timber. I’d prefer Kamala Harris, though I’d rather see her as AG and have her appoint a division of G-men into investigating Don the Con and his entire syndicate.
Will he pickMichelle Obama?
Does it really matter? Democrats already will pick him over Trump any day and it might bring in more black votes.
I’m guessing some of the people you all have mentioned like Governor Whitmer and all the others with years of service to the party and government, will not be happy but they wont show it.
Why would she want to be VP? She could probably be Prez if she wanted. I expect she wants to enjoy the rest of her life with her family in relative peace, comfort, and ease, doing things she enjoys. Which is a totally reasonable desire, IMO.
The only job better than ex-president is ex-first lady.
None of those ladies would have been considered a opponent for Trump, and we know the Democrat voters will be voting for the running mate, since nobody believes Biden will last longer than a year.
Also, it would be REALLY bad optics for the more obnoxious picks here (Warren, Harris, Abrams) to have to debate the lovable and harmless Vice President Pence. That would only hurt the Biden ticket.
It’s not going to matter who he picks, anyway. He’s not going to win.
Trump is the best president in the history of America.
I love satire too!
Yeah. The phrase “Democrat voter” always gives it away
Best laugh I’ve had in years! Keep them coming.
I have a feeling lately it’s gonna be (or should be) Warren.
I know people say choice of running mate doesn’t matter one bit, but it does. It did for Trump, it did for Obama, it did for W. I think what doesn’t matter like it once did is state of origin.
It seems like we’re headed toward an economic downtown, or downright crash. I think what’s gonna be needed is someone with economic chops to round out the ticket, and not just any economic chops, but economic chops to deliver for the middle class and working class in really big ways. No one else on the short list of veeps comes close to what Warren has been talking about her whole career. As people start to see their jobs cut hours or go away, as people watch their retirement accounts shrivel up, as they worry about healthcare, I think Biden grabbing onto Warren and her economic message would be like salve on a troubled nation.
Abrams doesn’t bring steering economic experience or messaging, klobuchar doesn’t, Harris doesn’t, whitmer doesn’t, demmings doesn’t, duckworth doesn’t. Warren does. I think that economic message will matter more than someone’s home state, skin color or ideological closeness to Biden.
Some more on the importance of an economic expert: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/493258-biden-told-to-think-economy-with-vp-pick
Two main problems (and she was my #1 choice for President):
- She is old, and I think we need someone younger
- The governor of MA is a Republican, and he gets to appoint the interim replacement. There is a (not great) chance of flipping the Senate, and giving up a seat is not a good plan.
Someone posted here (sorry, I forget who), and I read an article recently confirming it, but the Democrats in the MA state legislature have veto-proof majorities, which would allow them to pass a law requiring a same-party replacement from the governor.
And she’s a very sprightly 70. I’d have no problem with her in the White House.
Warren is as likely to be chosen as Michelle Obama.
Are you Joe Biden?
I’m not Donald Trump either, but his odds of picking Warren or Obama are the same as Biden’s.
Golly, when you put it like that…:rolleyes:
No idea. But I suspect not. I mean, she’s a Dem working with a Dem Detroit mayor who previously worked in hospital administration in Detroit. I would think those types of relationships would’ve made the communication between all parties pretty smooth right from the get-go, and I don’t think anyone in the various positions of power would’ve written off the situation.
The cop who just killed a black guy in Minnesota has been in trouble multiple times before, and when Amy Klobuchar was prosecutor of Minneapolis and Derick Chauvin got in trouble in she refused to prosecute.
I’m guessing this will deeply affect her optics with the democratic party.
My money is on Warren at this point. Intelligent, progressive and with what seems a pretty clean past.
Klobuchar looks good till you look even a little closer and then you see she is a lousy democratic candidate. Much like Biden but we are stuck with him.
Hopefully this puts a pin in Klobuchar’s chances for VP.
Still with Warren. Let’s let the grandparents rule for a while. “Your protests are mean! Curfew for a week!” 