It's Kamala!

[Dill]

(08-13-2020, 07:45 AM)hollodero Wrote: Yeh kind of... blacks had their turn :) ... sure, I do not even intend to veil it, I find it odd in general to say, well I have no idea who my VP will be yet, but let's commit to a black woman nonetheless. Imho, this is also not ideal for Harris. Many can quite easily say, well mainly she got the gig because she checked the two major boxes, that aren't exactly accomplishments. And they wouldn't be wrong about that.
Of course I get why Biden did that. Still think it's not ideal.

I don't find this odd at all, ESPECIALLY for a VP pick.

During his campaign B promised, first, that he would pick a woman; then, that it would be a black woman. These announcements had as much to do with internal party dynamics* as the desire to hold and increase voters. It is a way of saying whom you really take seriously. As conservative commentator SE Cupp said on CNN yesterday, Biden could have easily gone a bridge to far, but chose someone likely acceptable to never Trumpers and center right Republicans (like herself).

When Repubs pick a Sarah Palin or a Mike Pence, they are signalling that they'll take a huge component of their base seriously. Same major box checking.

Being an evangelical pro-lifer isn't any more an accomplishment than "being black" or a woman, but yes our Fox friends will "quite easily say, mainly [Harris] got the gig because she checked the two major boxes, that aren't exactly accomplishments." And they'll take if further, as Laura Ingraham already has, calling the choice evidence of "racism" and a violation of the expectation that a president is supposed to choose the "best qualified" person for the job (the kinds of attitude and judgment I want to see OUT of our national politics now).

Given Comma-la's experience as a prosecutor and AG for the largest state in the union, plus her time on the Senate intel committee, I think she will be very qualified, a great asset on the campaign trail and do an excellent job as VP.

*In another post you wondered why a Hispanic pick would not get more votes, since there are more Hispanics. First, despite the fact there are more Hispanics, it is not clear that more, out of that total, vote Dem than out of the total number of Black voters. Second, NOT choosing a Hispanic would not majorly anger that constituency, possibly costing many votes, the way it would anger a group that has arguably been the party's most reliable work horse. With the Harris pick, Joe was showing that he not presuming he already had the black vote.