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Predicting President Biden and a Case for Stacey
Joe Biden will win the Democratic nomination and go on to become President. He will enjoy a hard earned and broad support as Americans emerge from a time capsule of despair, opened just in time.
I predict Joe will select Stacey Abrams as his Vice Presidential running mate. Ms. Abrams is a savvy, tenacious, and formidable campaigner and can assume the duties of President from Day One, an attribute Joe Biden has intimated is a top requirement for his pick. Stacey Abrams is also pragmatic, which aligns with Joe Bidens policy stances.
From a recent article linked below quotes:
Democratic strategist Karen Finney, who was an adviser to Abrams gubernatorial campaign, said that before most of the 2020 presidential candidates entered the race, they consulted Abrams on how to maximize turnout among African-American and infrequent voters.
Finney credited Abrams for increased African-American voter turnout in Georgia, because of her clear vision and strategy to talk to black voters a year before the election and really listen to what they were saying.
Shes very adept at talking about policy in pragmatic, practical terms, Finney said. Shes a gifted orator. Its inspiring and uplifting, even the tough stuff, and people are hungry for that. Finney said Abrams is a zealous fundraiser, who doesnt have to be prodded to call donors like some other candidates.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article240523121.html
Biden may select Kamala Harris, who has shown herself to be a fierce competitor and able to be President from Day One also, but I think Joe may want Senator Harris to be his Attorney General. An Attorney General Harris would create a shakeup at the Department of Justice that would be felt from the top to the bottom. Attorney General Harris would really make more than a few politicians and scofflaws nervous, as she did to a shrinking and quivering Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Senate Committee hearing.
I get giddy just thinking about all the Trumpian crybabies cleaning out their desks and cubicles come next January.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)a VP candidate whose highest held office was State House Representative is very slim in my view.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)can be made up with plain old charisma and the ability to connect with people. I guess kind of like a battlefield promotion. I believe Joe wants a woman on the ticket, and someone younger too. I was always thinking Amy K was a good fit, but maybe Joe wants a new face to launch the next chapter.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)who lacks sufficient experience? She's smart as can be, but hers is not a deep resume.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)I wonder why? She can bring people in and he knows it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)the current fighting.
I have also been saying it for months, that Biden will choose Stacy. To balance him out, he needs a woman running mate, and to get the African American vote out, it really should be Stacy or Kamala, there aren't that many candidates. Stacy is a cut above for me. She will even appeal to progressives.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dawg
(10,624 posts)she was the Democratic Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. And she handled the job capably and fairly, showing an impressive ability to work across the aisle when necessary.
Her experience level is, at the very least, comparable to Mayor Pete's, and I'm currently supporting him for the top of the ticket.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Ive said it for months.
Just not sure how WI and other Midwestern states would go.
Amy would be better in those states I think.
Harris would not help much in south or Midwest as VP.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Maybe Amy would be too heavy on covering the Middle and I think Stacey can help lock up the Southern states. Amy would be safe, but I think Ms Abrams can generate big coverage and momentum.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)If not Kamala for VP, perhaps AG or SCOUTUS?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madville
(7,412 posts)She doesnt have the resume or experience to be President from Day One. No matter how many times people say it, it doesnt make it magically true.
She does have a good shot at GA Governor in 2022 for sure and that would be a great next step in her political career.
Harris, being from California, doesnt bring anything for the swing states, Amy K would be more appealing to voters in those states.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)So, what if she had been Governor all this time? Then, she would be a former Governor on the ticket. We need younger voters engaged and a young, energetic running mate can cover the bases Joe needs covered.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tritsofme
(17,399 posts)Sorry, couldnt resist...fact remains that she is not a governor and her qualifications would be an unnecessary distraction.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)So, were back to other qualifications, like energy and ability to inspire.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)He also wants a running mate who agrees with him on the MFA issue, so I dont know about Elizabeth.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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marybourg
(12,634 posts)Shes magnetic and charismatic. And that counts for a lot.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Stacy is a gifted orator who has the best shot of inspiring some of Bernies supporters to work for the ticket should Biden get the nomination
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madville
(7,412 posts)But that doesnt qualify someone to be President. She needs to win a statewide race like Governor or Senator first to gain some executive or congressional experience.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marybourg
(12,634 posts)anyone is qualified.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ooky
(8,929 posts)That makes Abrams my slam dunk choice for VP. I'm fine with Harris for AG as long as it doesn't put her Senate seat at risk of going to a Republican.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tritsofme
(17,399 posts)It would be a tough sell to give up a California Senate seat that she could likely never regain, for a 2-4 year stint as AG.
But VP is obviously a different story, with Bidens age he needs someone who is ready to be president on day one, and Harris fits that bill to tee, not confident with Abrams.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)He needs someone more experienced to step in at a moments notice if necessary.
I'd like him to pick Gov Newsom of CA.
A member of the Democratic Party,
he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019
and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)It seems to me he would want to be President.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marybourg
(12,634 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I vote for the best qualified candidate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marybourg
(12,634 posts)Not buying.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)can take over for Joe. I like your choices for various reasons. All good Democrats.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,635 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jg10003
(976 posts)She is not a good choice for being V.P. Whatever he natural talents she may have, going from the Georgia State House to the White House is to big a leap. Biden is 77, his Veep must be ready to take over immediately. Experience is important.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided