This may absolutely just be my bias as a Warren supporter shining through, and feeling significantly better about the prospect of Biden being president if I know we're a heartbeat away from a Warren presidency, but I've been feeling that pick a lot more lately.
Yes, I understand the strategic angle of other candidates being more obvious, and I especially feel for those who aren't comfortable with another all-white ticket, and I honestly don't have any good counterarguments to those critiques.
I guess I just feel if the most broadly important factor in the VP pick is unifying the party, Warren is the only other presidential candidate in this primary who achieved similar name recognition to Biden or Sanders (both of whom were already established candidates, along with Bloomberg), and she had the highest approval ratings to boot.
It would also balance the ticket ideologically - Biden (or at least his modern platform) is more progressive than I think people give him credit for, but he is still very much The Moderate in this race, and right now I think the biggest gap that needs to be bridged is ideological. Warren satisfies her supporters along with the reasonable Sanders voters. The "zomg snek" stuff strikes me as a symptom of Very Online - there would absolutely be a few Bernie supporters who would still be unhappy, but the only thing that would satisfy them is Biden dropping out tomorrow and endorsing Bernie, and even then they'd still find something to gripe about.
Maybe that Fox News poll was just too strong a shot of hopium, I don't know. But also, we'd get to see Warren debate Pence. She would murder him. She would rip his face off in front of everybody. And I would live for it. Same with seeing Biden flanked by Warren and Pelosi at the next State of the Union.
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