Just like Obama needed Biden. Harris also needs a white guy to appeal to (sub)conscious biases. DNC will probably push her towards a moderate so unlikely to be someone like AOC. We’ll see.
Exactly. I’m not always the biggest fan of conventional political wisdom, but in this case I think it’s fair to say that getting most of America to vote for a black woman will already be a pretty big deal, and move the needle forward significantly.
And Kamala doesn’t need AOC to appeal to younger and more left wing voters. She’s already pretty far left of her party on most issues, and has the record to prove it.
They’re going to pick someone who is popular in a purple state, and is going to help calm people who want to see someone more mainstream. I’d love a progressive, but it’s going to be a straight white male from a purple state. I’ll be super surprised if it’s anything else. And I get it: the #1 objective here is to win, and every decision has to be predicated on that.
And besides, AOC is really young and will have lots of opportunities.
Why not AOC? Really need some young blood and someone who is progressive. She also meets constitutional age requirements now.
Just like Obama needed Biden. Harris also needs a white guy to appeal to (sub)conscious biases. DNC will probably push her towards a moderate so unlikely to be someone like AOC. We’ll see.
I’d love AoC for pres, and consolation prize of VP. (Don’t tell the corpo dems this but the VP job is usually a political dead end…)
The reality is you need to pick VPs defensively. Some one who makes a good presidential candidate generally doesn’t make a good VP candidate.
As much as I like AoC… I don’t mind Kelly.
It used to be the setup job, you did VP before president.
Because they know AOC + Harris will be way too scary for the “pathetically insecure white dudes” demographic.
Which sadly means swing states. And is where the election is truly won. AOC isn’t going to help and potentially hurts.
Exactly. I’m not always the biggest fan of conventional political wisdom, but in this case I think it’s fair to say that getting most of America to vote for a black woman will already be a pretty big deal, and move the needle forward significantly.
And Kamala doesn’t need AOC to appeal to younger and more left wing voters. She’s already pretty far left of her party on most issues, and has the record to prove it.
AOC is the future, as long as Dementia Don the racist rapist with 34 felonies that can’t complete a coherent sentence doesn’t get in this time.
I like AOC. But two women of color, one who is super progressive, sounds like a massive risk.
They’re going to pick someone who is popular in a purple state, and is going to help calm people who want to see someone more mainstream. I’d love a progressive, but it’s going to be a straight white male from a purple state. I’ll be super surprised if it’s anything else. And I get it: the #1 objective here is to win, and every decision has to be predicated on that.
And besides, AOC is really young and will have lots of opportunities.
Because she was mind-numbingly insisting Biden was fine so we can’t trust her judgement.
There were a lot more rich people that had Biden’s back until they didn’t. It wasn’t like she was the only one.