As is often mentioned, MA has a Republican governor with a term ending in 2022, so a Senate seat vacated by Warren would see a Republican appointed through at least the 2022 election. (Then a special election would determine who would serve out the rest of Warren's term.)
Wait until the debate with Pence and you'll understand the hype.
speaking of which
The stricter requirement would have been a basic moral decency and she wouldn't have qualifiedyeah those cartoonishly terrible debate qualification requirements sure were indicative of anything
This.I cannot fathom being excited for her considering her awful record as California's AG. Just did everything in her power to punish the poor and protect corrupt trash like Steve Mnuchin. It's going to be sickening watching people pretend this person was a champion of righteous causes when she's been anything but.
Her and Biden are still better than Trump, but God this is bleak.
I think the idea was that Bernie probably wouldn't have moderated his message / platform for the general, so he'd need a VP pick to balance that out. Whereas Biden has enough ""moderate"" cachet that he's been moving his policies over the past few months without issue, so his VP needed to instead be a generational / identity contrast. Hence him promising to choose a women and going with Harris.Well she certainly isn't left. I have to clarify myself, I don't think voters on the left have to be won over, the vast majority of them are gonna vote for Biden regardless and he is gonna win but just this idea that leftist candidates have to accomodate the needs of the moderate voters but not vice versa pisses me off. For months he had to hear and listen how Bernie HAS to pick a moderate running mate. Just think of the poor suburban white moms he would allienate. But nothing about how Biden or other moderates have to appeal to left voters? It's just this constant feeling of the democratic establishment not caring one bit about the needs of their left wing.
Safe choice for Biden, but moderates gonna moderate and overall a wet fart of an election. Better than 2016 and anything is better than Trump though.
oh MAN what a SICK BURNThe stricter requirement would have been a basic moral decency and she wouldn't have qualified
Sure. As sound a political choice as it may be, it continues to be disheartening to see the assholes being the winners.Because Warren literally never had a shot? It's not like the field was dripping with perfect choices and he picked the worst one, it was a bunch of "well maybe?" options and he picked the one that runs the smallest risk of fucking him or the Senate over.
Why is everyone so happy if just a few months ago we were all shredding her for her shitty judicial history?
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Sure. As sound a political choice as it may be, it continues to be disheartening to see the assholes being the winners.
AOC won't be old enough until 2025.
Wait I can't tell if this is sarcasmImagine caring about voting records more than populist rhetoric lmao
as a non-american looking from the outside in, this whole democratic ticket feels bizarre given how things have gone down in recent years, and what you would expect based on that from what is supposed to be the sane party: a potential sexual abuser and a former cop.
i hope they win, obviously, but still, jesus.
When was Harris super impressive during the primary debates? She had one good segment / soundbite and that was going at the guy she's on the ticket with for being a segregationist.
as a non-american looking from the outside in, this whole democratic ticket feels bizarre given how things have gone down in recent years, and what you would expect based on that from what is supposed to be the sane party: a potential sexual abuser and a former cop.
i hope they win, obviously, but still, jesus.