03-16-2020, 01:44 PM
I think there are a number of options. I have no doubt that both Biden and Bernie have their eye on Stacey Abrams.
Southern state/Swing state (Georgia is turning purple before our very eyes)
young
black
woman
charismatic
likable
recognizable (from her highly publicized run at the Georgia Governorship in 2018).
She checks all the boxes for an ideal VP pick that has intersections with identity politics (as that is the main reason to announce that your pick will definitely be a woman)
And, perhaps most importantly for Biden, she appears far more progressive than she is (she is a Georgian politician after all). Her stances on healthcare, public education and criminal justice are probably more left than Biden, but nowhere near as left as Bernie or Warren. She is well liked among progressives despite her political differences (perhaps due to identity politics reasons). She has been tossed around Bernie's circles for VP pick for a while now, to general approval, to give you a perspective on how progressives feel about her.
If Biden can secure Abrams, I think that's the slam dunk case for him.
But, more likely, it'll be a more generic and safe choice like Kamala or even a relative unknown in order to "secure" a swing state like Fred suggests (kind of like Tim Kaine was in 2016).
Southern state/Swing state (Georgia is turning purple before our very eyes)
young
black
woman
charismatic
likable
recognizable (from her highly publicized run at the Georgia Governorship in 2018).
She checks all the boxes for an ideal VP pick that has intersections with identity politics (as that is the main reason to announce that your pick will definitely be a woman)
And, perhaps most importantly for Biden, she appears far more progressive than she is (she is a Georgian politician after all). Her stances on healthcare, public education and criminal justice are probably more left than Biden, but nowhere near as left as Bernie or Warren. She is well liked among progressives despite her political differences (perhaps due to identity politics reasons). She has been tossed around Bernie's circles for VP pick for a while now, to general approval, to give you a perspective on how progressives feel about her.
If Biden can secure Abrams, I think that's the slam dunk case for him.
But, more likely, it'll be a more generic and safe choice like Kamala or even a relative unknown in order to "secure" a swing state like Fred suggests (kind of like Tim Kaine was in 2016).
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