I hate Biden, would never vote for him but... a minority, women, from Florida (Trump won), could get me to change my mind and vote for her not him. That said, I know nothing about her and a vote now would be strictly for progress & diversity which she may not merit. Also, she's a bit older then I would like but it's not terrible. I do hope she's worthy of being the first VP and possibly POTUS but for now I need to find out.
LOL maybe, but for real her record. I want a female on the ticket and whitehouse badly but I won't give vote away just for that. That plus proven democratic/libertarian record. A record opposite of Joe's really. Then I could overlook the fact Joe leads the ticket and instead cast a vote for the running mate.
Biden at the top of the ticket is already having an effect... Steve Bullock has reversed course and is running for Senate in Montana, opening up another pathway to a Senate majority.
Keep in mind you’re talking to someone who voted for Trump when deciding how seriously to take his rants on Democratic candidates.
I guess we're seeing the reverse of the "Reagan Democrats." Maybe "Biden Republicans" will become a new thing.
I'm hearing rumors of Warren VPing with Biden. If it happens this is over. Doubt it though since Joe will want some traditional candidate that can carry a battleground for him.
For VP, I think he picks a focus and goes in one of two directions: 1) Black female - Kamala or Abrams 2) Geography - Klobuchar, Baldwin, Whitmer Warren is the wild-card that is neither category.
If he doesn't feel like he needs to carry a person of color on the ticket than Klobuchar or Whitmer move way up the list.
Wasserman projects Biden on track to win Michigan, to win all delegates in Mississippi and then to win Florida by like 50 points. Effectively Biden may blow Bernie out over the next 2 weeks.
I see the Trump election as the possible start of a tectonic shift like the southern strategy in the '60s. Biden -- the most conservative candidate in the Democratic primary -- winning the nomination, attracting disenfranchised traditional republicans, and repelling the progressive wing could be the next step in the progression. The big barrier I see to a complete re-arrangement of the party map is immigration policy; the Trump wing of the populist movement is xenophobic while the Sanders wing is not. If the question is settled and once Trump is gone (dead most likely), they might coalesce. Then you might find yourself in a new, conservative Democratic party opposing a populist party. Or maybe not, but I could see it happening.
