Joe Biden selects Senator Kamala Harris as his VP Pick

[Pressure]

I still don't know why it has to be a female

It killed the Bernie for VP talk before it could even get started.

 

[King Kreole]

#ShadowPresidentWarren

 

[King Static X]

From reporting and leaks, there are 2 camps in the Biden campaign. The pro-Kamala camp and the anti-Kamala camp.

Kamala is still seen as the favorite but obviously she's not a lock. However, the anti-Kamala camp is divided on who should be chosen as VP and that's why you see so many articles about different VP candidates.

The anti-Kamala camp doesn't want Harris to be chosen because of what she said about Biden at the debates last year. Chris Dodd is among the most fiercest anti-Harris people on Biden's team but Dodd is scummy person. Finally, even many people in the anti-Kamala camp still expect Biden to choose Harris.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

I would love Elizabeth Warren to become the Senate Majority Leader..

God that would be incredible

 

[Worthless Loser]

When former Sen. Chris Dodd, a member of Joe Biden’s vice presidential search committee, recently asked Kamala Harris about her ambush on Biden in the first Democratic debate, Dodd was stunned by her response.

“She laughed and said, ‘that’s politics.’ She had no remorse,” Dodd told a longtime Biden supporter and donor, who relayed the exchange to POLITICO on condition of anonymity.

“Dodd felt it was a gimmick, that it was cheap,” the donor said. The person added that Dodd’s concerns about Harris were so deep that he's helped elevate California Rep. Karen Bass during the vetting process, urging Biden to pick her because “she’s a loyal No. 2. And that’s what Biden really wants.” Through an aide, Dodd declined to comment. Advisers to Harris also declined to comment.

Former high-ranking Democratic Party officials and elected officials have expressed concerns about her to the vetting committee in recent weeks, according to four sources who've spoken to the Biden vetting team.

The interviews for this article revealed a contingent of Democrats who are lobbying against Harris for VP — some privately, some openly. Several California Democrats who spoke to Biden's vetting team have shared glowing reviews of Bass, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus and a former state Assembly speaker. Others touted Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who earned a Purple Heart in combat, and former national security adviser Susan Rice, whom they came to know though her connections to Stanford University in the Bay Area.

“I don’t think Kamala Harris has it in the bag,” said former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), reacting to the dozens of Democrats who believe Harris is the likely pick. Reid, who speaks frequently with Dodd, met with Harris recently and said he thinks highly of her.

A contingent of Bay Area donors has publicly endorsed Duckworth, snubbing their home-state senator. They include Susie Buell, who was early to endorse Harris’ presidential run but drifted from her campaign to also back Pete Buttigieg in the primary, and attorney Joe Cotchett, a Biden loyalist who was a major fundraiser for Barack Obama.

Both Buell and Cotchett lauded Duckworth’s war-hero status. Cotchett said in an interview that he feared Harris’ time as a prosecutor would end up harming the ticket. While Buell supports Duckworth, she said she didn’t necessarily have reservations about Harris and trusted Biden to make the best choice.

While some of Harris' detractors say they’re still concerned about her record as California attorney general, others who interacted with her earlier in her career told the Biden team they're wary of how she would conduct herself as a No. 2.

Still, others have raised concerns about Harris’ presidential campaign itself, which launched with great promise before 22,000 people, but steadily lost ground. Harris dropped out a month before the Iowa caucuses.

“Look for someone who does no harm,” former California Democratic Party Chair John Burton said he told Dodd. Burton said he worried President Donald Trump and GOP allies would weaponize Harris’ clash with Biden on the debate stage over race.

One former Biden adviser described Harris as “Tier 1," while "everyone else is Tier 1B.” The person added, “All of those other people, they have the challenge of the Harris bar — it is just so high. She checks everything that’s so important to him.”

‘She had no remorse’: Why Kamala Harris isn't a lock for VP

That Dodd guy had past issues with Warren when he was in the Senate over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Thought he would kill her chances based on that.

 

[The ADD]

From reporting and leaks, there are 2 camps in the Biden campaign. The pro-Kamala camp and the anti-Kamala camp.

Kamala is still seen as the favorite but obviously she's not a lock. However, the anti-Kamala camp is divided on who should be chosen as VP and that's why you see so many articles about different VP candidates.

The anti-Kamala camp doesn't want Harris to be chosen because of what she said about Biden at the debates last year. Chris Dodd is among the most fiercest anti-Harris people on Biden's team but Dodd is scummy person. Finally, even many people in the anti-Kamala camp still expect Biden to choose Harris.

Interesting. The MSNBC reporter that’s essentially been embedded with the Biden camp since before he announced had a segment this weekend. The gist was that he was kind of looking past all the signs and focusing in on what Biden is saying. He had them play a clip where Biden talked about being in lock step with the person idealistically from day one because that’s what he felt made him and Barrack a good team. There was also a tone of overall familiarity and comfort with the pick. They left it there without mentioning names. On the surface that to me points to Harris, Warren and Rice. I don’t get the sense he knows the others as well but I could be wrong. They other aspect is that Covid has limited in-person interactions so that probably doesn’t help the rest of the group not names Harris, Warren or Rice.

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

My rankings have changed

1) Harris
2) Warren
3) Duckworth
4) Demings

 

[ill]

The election is 104 days away. How the fukk doesn't he have a VP announced yet?

 

[The ADD]

The election is 104 days away. How the fukk doesn't he have a VP announced yet?

Normally picks aren’t announced until closer to the convention. He’s actually going to be ahead of the typical timing if they do so before then...........

 

[ill]

Normally picks aren’t announced until closer to the convention. He’s actually going to be ahead of the typical timing if they do so before then...........

On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton introduced Kaine as her vice presidential running mate. The 2016 Democratic National Convention nominated him on July 27.


Behind schedule I'd say

DNC isn't until August 27 or something this year so thats gonna give 2 months of face time for the VP

 

[The ADD]

On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton introduced Kaine as her vice presidential running mate. The 2016 Democratic National Convention nominated him on July 27.


Behind schedule I'd say

Well no because you haven’t looked at the dates in context. That convention was in July. His convention is mid August. She announced three days before the convention started. If he announces on Aug. 1 as he’s stated he would be two plus weeks ahead of the convention.

 

[FAH1223]

It killed the Bernie for VP talk before it could even get started.

Bernie was never going to be VP. He even deaded that said it himself... "two old white guys? nah"

 

[FAH1223]

On July 22, 2016, Hillary Clinton introduced Kaine as her vice presidential running mate. The 2016 Democratic National Convention nominated him on July 27.


Behind schedule I'd say

DNC isn't until August 27 or something this year so thats gonna give 2 months of face time for the VP

August 17th

I'd say Kamala is announced in 2 weeks

 

[invincible1914]

The election is 104 days away. How the fukk doesn't he have a VP announced yet?

Somebody in here told me that this was the normal selection process time. He said it all calm and reassuring too. But like I said it really doesn't matter who they pick. I just hope they don't mistake people hating Trump for loving the democrats and wanting to go all the way to the left.

My opinion: If Harris was all that, they would have picked her by now. Warren is too boring of a pick, but she would be the better vp as far as getting things done. It's just that if she was the pick why did you did take this long. It's starting to get to that point with Harris too. I feel like they are waiting for a slam dunk and there isn't one.

 

[The ADD]

Somebody in here told me that this was the normal selection process time. He said it all calm and reassuring too. But like I said it really doesn't matter who they pick. I just hope they don't mistake people hating Trump for loving the democrats and wanting to go all the way to the left.

My opinion: If Harris was all that they would have picked her by now. Warren is too boring of a pick, but she would be the better vp as far as getting things done. It's just that if she was the pick why did you did take this long. It's starting to get to that point with Harris too. I feel like they are waiting in a slam dunk and there isn't one.

Why is it so difficult for y’all to understand they are working on a pretty standard timeline