Nailed it.
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Lol in what universe is Biden âFar left.â?
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Whoosh
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Thatâs going to go right over his head.
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So whoâs actually the best pick to help him win? I assume one of the Latinas, but seems doubtful they pick one.
Whitmer seems better than Klob and actually in a swing state.
I know basically nothing about Val or her politics but sheâs probably the best of the black women?Lol Kamala
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I think the latinas are the best choices politically. Unfortunately, no one knows who they are, which is truly unfortunate. Grisham is more progressive than Joe, and Iâm convinced if the left wing of the party got to know more about her, theyâd appreciate her. Masto is Harry Reidâs current fave, and heâs super-influential.
Case in point: 2018 is when Grisham was elected governor.
However, this is a new and strange world where public opinion is driven by twitter likes and vice versa, Itâs probably going to be Kamala Harris (who I would prefer at AG, but hey whatever)
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I think this is true too (if I was forced to bet money on it).
I mean I have no idea who that person that said Biden was far left. Jokeâs on me I guess.
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Who knows with this question as nobody checks all the boxes.
Abrams doesnât have experience so sheâs probably out. Val seems to be who pelosi is pushing so this forum going to automatically hate her without knowing anything else about her. Warren seems to be the fav among dems overall but black turnout is already going to be a problem and Joe definitely needs to target that demographic (thanks Biden for saying something incredibly stupid on that today, please go back into the basement stop talking thanks). [in a bit of fairness to the people angry that Joe is just staying in the basementâI donât know what else he should do as heâs at the stage where talking can only hurt him]
Klob probably leading in the biden camp as she checks a lot of the old school boxes though the twitter aplomb over her being one of like 12 people theyâre going to start vetting was a bit over the top. Until they realize sheâs not going to turnout anyone black and I donât think barack campaigning with joe is going to be enough with that.
Latinas ideal of course but like sky said even I donât know who the hell they are and Iâm definitely in the 1% of following this shit so theyâre probably all out just from that.
For whatever reason, Iâm gathering that experience is the #1 thing voters are looking for overall in Joeâs VP. Considering trump vs hillary is still zero vs a shit ton of it and that didnât matter I donât know how this party thinks that way but they do.
Abrams wouldâve been my pick from a balance perspective, black lady who isnât boring, joe is boring, every other VP candidate is either boring or has zero name recognition but it seems dem voters do not agree.
I realize only the VP is on the ticket, but as every candidate seems to have her weaknesses, I thunk the right strategy seems to be to run with a shadow cabinet. Announce Warren as VP, but at the same time announce you will nominate Kamala as AG and Julian Castro, Stacy Abrams and Bernie (or a different set of people to collectively tick all the boxes) to other cabinet positions.
I think it is usually not done in the US, but the Dems seem to need unity right now.
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If Biden wasnât hemmed in by his pledge to pick a woman, would there be a good candidate who ticks off all the other non-gender boxes that people want?
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The Dems are unified. They havenât brought in all the Jill Stein voters, but itâs a bad idea to give more than you get.
Julian Castro?
- Latino
- Executive experience
- In Obama cabinet
- Under 50
- More progressive than many of the names being thrown around right now
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The boxes to check seem to be female, African American, Latino/a and Leftie.
Honestly I would probably go with Kamala Harris and announce Bernie for Secretary if Labour, Julian Castro as some Covid 19 community relief czar and Warren as special secretary for kicking Wall Streetâs ass. Maybe Stacy Abrams for interior and an announcement of a Fair Voting Rights Act or whatever.
Radical enough to mobilize different interest groups, but conservative enough at the top to not scare away donors.
If itâs not a woman heâs the clear best pick
Either of the Castro brothers, Eric Garcetti, Michele Lujan Grisham (I still think sheâs the most-qualified hispanic person of either gender).
Cory Booker also comes to mind.
If youâre truly worried about the midwest, the LGBT guy who won Iowa might be a choice .
The fact that no one outside of their districts knows any good Latina politicians is a pretty big red flag about what needs to happen up and down the ballot and in the media in this country.
I refuse to use âlatinxâ because every single one of the latino volunteers and friends i met over the past year on this campaign absolutely hates it and I respect that
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Using simply latin instead of latinx makes much more sense to me.
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