As Joe Biden’s campaign works on picking a running mate, the effort is drawing heightened interest for several reasons — some of them arising from 2020’s unprecedented tumult.
What’s more, the 77-year-old politician’s age has prompted questions about whether he would serve two terms as president and put extra focus on his choice for vice president. If he defeats President Donald Trump in the November election, Biden would be 78 when he’s sworn into office and rank as the country’s oldest-ever commander-in-chief, topping Ronald Reagan, who was 77 when he left office and 69 when he entered the White House.
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris — the senator from California who attacked Biden over school busing at a debate a year ago — is currently the favorite in betting markets, helped by the view that a black former attorney general could be just what voters want at this moment. But one veteran pollster has said another former Democratic presidential hopeful — progressive Sen.
But Miller, the Bowling Green professor, said she expects Biden will prioritize race over progressive politics in his choice for VP. That’s because “aiming to generate African-American turnout is the safer bet” — and because, at this point, an all-white Democratic ticket looks like “a nonstarter among a broad swath of voters,” according to Miller. When it comes to who is most likely to be picked, she said her top five consists of Rep.
“I don’t believe they will rally the energy and enthusiasm needed,” she said. Instead, Gregory said her top five includes Rice and Rep. Barbara Lee of California, who “has solid progressive politics that would excite the Sanders wing and the West Coast.” It also includes Abrams as well as former Flint, Mich., Mayor Karen Weaver, who “ushered her city through the worst water crisis in the nation’s history,” and Rep.
Past White House hopefuls have handled “the age or the health issue by putting somebody a heartbeat away who would be viewed as a plausible president,” said Joel Goldstein, a law professor emeritus at Saint Louis University in Missouri who has written two books on the vice presidency. He cited Reagan’s picking George H.W. Bush and the selection by Bob Dole, the GOP challenger to Bill Clinton in 1996, of Jack Kemp, who was a “presidential-caliber figure in the Republican Party.
lol, media is turning this into a game show
His husband, Jill?
Kamala Harris is my vote.
Keisha lance bottoms Texas
Keisha Lance Bottoms for VP! JoeBiden NewsHour
I think he will choose a patriotic American, so Warren or Harris
Oh such drama!
Gotta tick all the right pandering boxes. Woman, dark skin color, Islam, lesbian, handicap,
Mayor Pete. To own the libs.
Keanu Reeves?🤔
Hopefully someone that isn't senile or sniffs women's hair. 🙄
Im not voting for him so i guess im not black.
Whatever the current market research or issue to stick it to Trump, determines.... 🙈🙉🙊
Harris, Demmings, Abrams. Take your pick.
Do it now. You’re loosing steam.
You gotta question the system where the Dems prop up 78 yr old Burisma Biden like they want to lose on purpose.
They’re marketing it like it’s a season of The Bachelor. Is he holding a 🌹?
A donkey
Why not all!!
Val Demmings.....She's black, a female and a former police chief
How about SenCortezMasto
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