Joe Biden selects Senator Kamala Harris as his VP Pick
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I'm thinking Klobuchar did it to salvage her senator spot at this point
Maybe we can get Al Franken back lol
My new power ranking:
1. Elizabeth Warren
2. Keisha Lance Bottoms
Amy, Kamala, and Val are just too risky given their prosecutorial/law enforcement history.
Right now I think Warren is the safest pick. She makes up for Biden's weakness with progressives and the mood of this country is shifting to the left. But Keisha Lance Bottoms has been killing it. During these protests she's slowly becoming the face of leadership, and I think most Americans can identify with her viewpoint that justice should be served, but that destruction and chaos is not the way. She's young, can maximize black turnout and might be the boost of energy that Biden needs, especially being mayor of a black mecca. We also need to take into consideration that she's in a deep red state, so the chances of her ever becoming a senator or governor are slim, so her being a mayor shouldn't be a reason to stifle her starpower. Her biggest flaw is that no one really knew her until this year, and most people still don't really know her, which can sometimes be a good thing because then she's a blank canvas with no baggage.
Yall gotta stop.
My power rankings/ strengths
1) Elizabeth Warren- progressive vote, strong policies
2) Val Demings - strengthens black vote, from the biggest swing state, history in law enforcement
3) Kamala Harris - experience , strong policies
4) Keisha Lance Bottoms- from a red state(may be able to help make it blue) young and attractive, in the spotlight
1) Elizabeth Warren- progressive vote, strong policies
2) Val Demings - strengthens black vote, from the biggest swing state, history in law enforcement
3) Kamala Harris - experience , strong policies
4) Keisha Lance Bottoms- from a red state(may be able to help make it blue) young and attractive, in the spotlight
Has anyone considered having Marilyn Mosby as VP? Considering she charged the 6 cops in the Freddie Gray trial (flopped, but she tried 
), she's ADOS decent, and well liked I think she would get a lot more support than the other names listed here. I don't think she'd take the nomination tho.
), she's ADOS decent, and well liked I think she would get a lot more support than the other names listed here. I don't think she'd take the nomination tho.
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Don’t think a Mayor of one city in a state can turn it from red to blue
During this climate I think it would be a mistake to pick Harris or Val. I didn’t know much about Val Demings so I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. However, she never really spoke up on criminal justice or police reform and ran as someone who is tough on crime. That is a major negative. Especially since the department where she was chief had several complaints.
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The Atlanta area is the biggest Democratic strong hold in the state. If she can increase turnout there it would help to flip GA.Don’t think a Mayor of one city in a state can turn it from red to blue
She can also increase turnout in savannah and the Columbus area
This has been raised before. A few things to consider:’
- She’s the Mayor of the City of Atlanta not Metro Atlanta. Point being she’s not going to move the needle in more conservative counties in the Metro Area.
- Obama 2008, 2012 and Clinton in 2016 had massive Democratic turnout across the state and still lost the state by roughly 4% which was somewhere in the realm of 1.5 - 2 million votes.
Overall it’s just not a realistic path that she can drive turn out to that level. I always use Obama in this narrative. In a historical election he didn’t come close to winning the state. Now a first term Mayor from a city within that same state is going to be the tipping point? That’s just not logical.
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See my post above but she’s less known than Biden in those areas so there isn’t a net gain there. The hole in Biden’s black turnout is going to be youth which she doesn’t have a particularly strong foothold with.
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Brehs are forgetting too she didn't really blaze through the Atlanta mayoral race
Brehs just getting caught up cause she fine.