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Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)
2. Last fall, I got to go and see her in a lecture setting in Iowa City
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 03:40 PM
Aug 2020

She is just fabulous.. so knowledgeable..

gulliver

(13,195 posts)
4. I'll bet that was something.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:08 PM
Aug 2020

The times I've seen her on video, she seemed very knowledgeable, quick on her feet, and witty. I also like the way she writes.

LonePirate

(13,431 posts)
3. Susan Rice needs to be removed from consideration. Nothing good can come from her nomination.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 03:44 PM
Aug 2020

The right will turn the Biden administration into four years of Benghazi nonsense and it will destroy any momentum we have for dealing with COVID-19, its massive economic and social challenges, not to mention blunting the case for the de facto Dem nominee in 2024, which Biden's VP surely will be.

Duckworth is a far better choice than Rice; but there are better choices than even Duckworth, simply from an electoral and turnout perspective.

LonePirate

(13,431 posts)
11. It's not about Rice being prepared. It's 4 years of the media airing Repub bullshit about Benghazi.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:32 PM
Aug 2020

And yes, the Repubs will hammer on that for the entire Biden administration and the media will be more than happy to oblige them. We don't need that. I'm sorry that Rice is associated with that mess but as a country we cannot afford enabling that sort of nonsense. Rice should not be VP.

judeling

(1,086 posts)
13. When will we learn, Its gonna be something Hunter and the Ukraine something
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:41 PM
Aug 2020

I embrace the Benghazi attack and the sooner the better.

Tke the ht and turn it around. What it does is make it an attack on the Obama administrations foreign policy vs Trump's. It actually opens a whole can of whoop ass the the Republicans' will want to avoid for years. Its old news and can be sluffed off on Hillary who is a big girl) as much as required.

It puts a downfield blocker in front of Biden for all attacks coming from that direction. It is the single best move Biden can make in that respect,

DrToast

(6,414 posts)
5. I've really come around on Duckworth
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:10 PM
Aug 2020

I wasn't sure if she would be able to handle the shit thrown at her, but I think she's done quite well in the spotlight.

I'd be happy with Duckworth, but Harris is my first choice. I still haven't come around on Rice. Obviously she's brilliant, but she strikes me as more of an advisor than a politician. Maybe because that's always been her role.

BComplex

(8,066 posts)
9. Harris didn't even carry more democrats during the primaries than Elizabeth Warren.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:27 PM
Aug 2020

She sure would turn off republicans if even democrats didn't like her.

She did a lot of things as atty. general in California that sucked. I don't like her at all.
Having said that; if Biden does pick her, I'll support her as if she was my bff.

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