Fine, I’m convinced: she needs a straight white male running mate, not Jewish, plenty of executive experience.
Harris/Biden 2024!
Ha!
I like Sen. Mark Kelly a lot - he’s smart and tough; would bring both military and astronaut cred to the ticket; the story of his wife, former Congresswoman Rep. Gabby Giffords, would enable him to persuasively argue for stronger gun-crime laws; and he could tip the scales and quite possibly deliver Arizona for the Dems. At this point, I really don’t see any downside.
I don’t hate that idea.
Pritzker gladly signed the bill legalizing marijuana in Illinois. He is not afraid to rip Trump to shreds, and his leadership through the pandemic was an example for all other governors. Harris could make far worse choices than to select Pritzker.
And from what I’ve read, labor loves him.
To be honest, I have varying opinions of how much I prefer various candidates on Kamala’s list, but I don’t actually object to any of them.
As long as it’s not some surprise that has never been mentioned, I don’t think I’ll be disappointed.
Again, not arguing for Pritzker, but I highly doubt that the Harris campaign feels that the greatest weakness needing support is with support from progressives. “The Squad” is strongly behind her and I have heard nothing from them criticizing any of the shortlist.
She needs progressives. And she needs all of the Democratic coalition to come out in high numbers. And she needs to attract some unengaged voters. And she needs some centrists. And she needs to not drive up turnout from the Right.
The first is not the weakest link item.
I like it. He just helped her bring home some prisoners being wrongfully held by Russia. The head of trump would explode.
Well, I was suggesting that Pritzker was no enemy to progressives.
Oh I agree. And I still dispute the position that having someone who most excites progressives is what matters most in this choice.
You keep trying to defend him. But if I have the impression that he’s a strongly pro-Israel hawk, and if a respectable magazine like Salon publishes an article suggesting that Shapiro would be a significant liability to the Harris campaign, and if a big contingent of peace activists have condemned him, doesn’t it stand to reason that a lot of voters might feel the same way? Why pick someone with that kind of baggage when Harris has so many other choices, many of whom I can see energizing the campaign instead of potentially dragging it down?
They all have some baggage. If they didn’t, they’d be picked in a second. I’m unconvinced any of them necessarily have baggage that is worse than the others.
Ok. Can you name the baggage for the other 5?
Actually, I think not announcing tomorrow is an error. One of the knocks (among many) against her in her first primary campaign was a failure to make tough calls and pick a path forward. She’s beginning to flirt with that same narrative, at least to me.
She needs to buckle up and make a pick. The rest of the country has already moved on and, within my circle of GOP-leaners, all the talk now is about Trump’s appearance at the journalist’s convention. She’s lost control of the headlines and needs to get it back NOW, not Tuesday.
I do agree that it would be a good idea to make it the lead story this weekend (at least in time for Sunday morning).
I had thought the prisoners exchange would hold news cycle attention longer. If it isn’t then yeah they should announce sometime tomorrow.
Looks like an old story about Shapiro has surfaced in which he claims to have volunteered in the IDF… except he didn’t:
Did [Philadelphia Mayor] Cherelle Parker leak that Josh Shapiro is the VP’s VP?
I read her statement from the get-go as an enthusiastic endorsement, not a prediction.
Googling, I’m not finding a similar push, for Mark Kelly, from Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego. Or did I miss it?
Thank you. I don’t feel entirely great at agreeing, but seriously? Two women? Gah! In today’s USA with reliable computers in our pockets is not ready for a two-woman ticket.
And who, of the dopey-shit minds who love Orangeboy have a problem with a former Navy captain, pilot, astronaut senator at the helm?
He’s the safest, and inspiring
Yeah an article that he wrote when he was twenty, over 30 years ago, calling a service project on an army base serving in the IDF. I don’t think that will factor in as too heavy of baggage.
But with the strength of the competition? Anything can tip the balance!