# is it time to "buy stock" in Katie Porter? if not, can you explain why not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 29, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-buy-stock-in-katie-porter-if-not-can-you-explain-why-not/854702 "2020-05-29T22:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-buy-stock-in-katie-porter-if-not-can-you-explain-why-not/854702/5 "2020-05-30T03:03:42Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > She’s pretty great, but I’d like to see her get a bit more seasoned before we talk about VP or POTUS. More legislative or some executive experience or a Cabinet department… Agreed. If we are talking about veep this year, first term House member sounds significantly less plausible than second term (Val Demings). Plus, Biden does not need a story that will overwhelm his own. And divorced woman who says ex beat her is exactly such a story. Trump would say that’s the only reason Biden picked her and would be widely believed. > [@Biden's choice for vice presidential candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505/98): > > . . . fire and brimstone . . . Maybe I shouldn’t take this literally. But, pace Marshall McLuhan, television is a cool medium. And even before TV, William Jennings Bryan lost three times. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-buy-stock-in-katie-porter-if-not-can-you-explain-why-not/854702)._