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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt looks like Biden is going to announce his running mate in the next couple of days.
I received an email about a virtual event on Sunday August 9th that seems to say his pick will be participating.
Ill be glad when this VP speculation is over and we can all focus on November.
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)but it has kept his name in the news, which is good. Trump tends to dominate every news cycle.
Once he has announced his choice, hopefully that will generate more Biden coverage!
herding cats
(19,549 posts)It was to bump Trump from the news and lead some cycles to Biden.
It's how it's done if you want to win. And Biden definitely is in it to win it.
Nothing is the given some here pretend. We're still having to work all our tushies off like never before!
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)an incumbent, who is naturally going to be in the news already and if that incumbent is Donald Trump, he will be in the news even more. I kind of figured the Biden campaign would draw this story out to generate some coverage. Good for them. We can wait a little longer.
I remember the excitement when Obama was deciding who his VP would be. There were reporters camped outside of Biden's house waiting for some sign. I think Obama dragged that one out intentionally.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)herding cats
(19,549 posts)I wish Biden would have drug this out a bit longer. He needs the added press attention from this. Which is just my opinion.
Celerity
(42,666 posts)latest. I would do it Sunday or Monday.
JI7
(89,182 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)Rallies or not conventional thinking would have been to do it on a weekday. They picked a Saturday for whatever reason.
JI7
(89,182 posts)So a weekday would have meant announcing earlier than he did.
I think it was just part of the whole thing leading into the Democratic Convention.
I'm not sure if anything else was going on at the time where they put off announcing earlier than they did.
But looking back it wouldn't have made any difference.