The final 2? Biden confidants see VP choices narrowing to Kamala Harris and Susan Rice
After conversations with more than a dozen people close to him, they'd be surprised if he chose anyone else.
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All the names floated so far have been heads and shoulders above anything the GOP could suggest. I pulled for Warren before but I'd be happy with either of the above candidates.
I heard Rice's interview on NPR yesterday and it was...ok.
She comes off as really dry and wonky and the stuff about her Republican son fell flat for me.
There's just not a ton of energy there, IMO.
She comes off as really dry and wonky and the stuff about her Republican son fell flat for me.
There's just not a ton of energy there, IMO.
Rice seems like a poor choice given she's mostly known for Benghazi and as bullshit as that is it's not worth the trade off. She's never won an election. Make her Secretary of State or something. Rice would be a good pick for someone much less experienced unlike Biden. Harris feels more like a future candidate and someone who could pick up the torch.
Oh she's a great, smart person and we'd probably be in good hands with her as a leader, but she's a bit of a perplexing pick for a guy like Biden. She's a former UN ambassador and national security advisor.
He should go with Harris for VP. She's not connected to Obama and still a relatively new face in national politics.
Biden would be wise to build a new administration around him, instead of using Obama's people.
Biden would be wise to build a new administration around him, instead of using Obama's people.
I always assume it's the folk's camps anyway. Like when they say "sources close to" when it comes to celebrity gossip.
This. All of this.
Trump and the rest of the GOP are floundering right now, do not throw them a lifesaver to latch onto.
Confirms it's about to be her
it's Harris and it's been Harris forever
That's right the unmasking stuff, which was somehow even more bullshit than Benghazi.
I'd be okay with either Of these two. The loser will get a secretary position as a consolation prize (AG for Harris, State for Rice)
Obama wasn't exactly successful in what he set out to do, but I would trust individuals chosen by Obama every day of the week before anyone chosen by Biden on his own terms. Obama is clearly brilliant, although he has a worldview I disagree with and his tactics largely ... failed, one could say generously. Biden? You're going to end up with a bunch of dudes one step away from Romney.
I think Harris is more helpful for winning the election. It takes the wind right out of the "Law and Order" argument. I know she's controversial for the left, but I think she could be good for police reform.
Are people serious in this whole "don't know who Rice is" thing? Unless you're younger than 12 or so it makes you look completely oblivious.
As far as politics, Harris is probably the smarter pick. Her main problem (her unquestioning support of the prison industrial complex as California AG) isn't really something the Republicans can attack her on without looking foolish. If I were a liberal voter that would hardly make me enthusiastic though.
As far as politics, Harris is probably the smarter pick. Her main problem (her unquestioning support of the prison industrial complex as California AG) isn't really something the Republicans can attack her on without looking foolish. If I were a liberal voter that would hardly make me enthusiastic though.
rice would make sense. I doubt vp pick matters for Biden's chances at this point outside of somebody like Warren or I guess Bass probably hurting him. he might as well pick someone he likes.
she's basically the kind of person you'd expect Biden to work well with
Are you sure that you are thinking of Susan Rice, and not confusing her with the much more famous Condoleezza Rice? Cause I don't think that Susan Rice has been very high profile so far...
Won't be pushing IMO - it'll be 5million+ cases after this weekend and with around 5500 deaths recorded per week, you'll be past 200k deaths before mid-October.
i don't see him appointing actual republicans, which is the only way he gets in guys one step away from romney.
I mean... they're pushing statue safety while coronavirus deaths push 150k.
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Not poorly enough, but yeah not saying it would be good strategy at all. It wouldn't be a winner but possibly slightly more traction than literally anything else they have, if only because people probably feel vaguely negative toward it.
go with harris. susan rice is extremely smart and accomplished but she hasn't been elected to anything nor really led anyone in any real political governing capacity. she's a behind-the-scenes foreign policy wonk.
forget benghazi, that's the real issue there, especially being so close to the presidency. just weird that she's in the final two.
or is this one of those things that's meant to make harris more palatable by comparison?
forget benghazi, that's the real issue there, especially being so close to the presidency. just weird that she's in the final two.
or is this one of those things that's meant to make harris more palatable by comparison?
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I mean, being a former NSA is pretty high profile isn't it? Maybe it brings a higher profile overseas than at home?
Biden is Obama's people, he's just an extension of Obama's admin.
Getting Rice and knowing we could've had Harris, Warren, or Duckworth would be pretty disappointing, not gonna lie.
what's biden's burning desire to intentionally lose a valuable senate seat with a slim majority?
Rice seems like a Pence-type. Kinda boring and "just there". And that doesn't seem great for Biden.
They seem to have had plenty to say about how uppity Kamala was a few weeks ago.