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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAny word on Joe's August pick?
I thought we might know by now.
Pins and needles.
Polybius
(15,576 posts)I can't ever remember not knowing a major Party's VP pick by August, but I could be wrong.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Polybius
(15,576 posts)I wasn't sure, thanks for the info! Wow, 2008 was an outlier for sure.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)if this was unusual and I was surprised to see that it's way not.
LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)Come on Joe. You must be pretty sure by now. All good choices. Please?
cloudbase
(5,533 posts)Once the announcement is made, there will be 25 threads about it.
LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)25 is on the low side.
cloudbase
(5,533 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,113 posts)LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)'Joe Biden is under pressure from two sides, even as he holds a significant lead over President Trump in opinion polls.
On one hand, the Trump campaign is seeking to portray Biden as beholden to the most left-wing elements in the Democratic Party a gambit that it clearly sees as having the potential to restore the presidents damaged standing with suburban voters.
On the other, Biden needs to give progressive voters enough reason to actually vote for him, just in case antipathy toward Trump is not enough. Democrats are haunted by the memory of Hillary Clintons loss four years ago, regardless of how favorable the polls look for Biden now. [Fox claiming the Biden shortlist has a lot of 'serious . . . ']
. . .
The issue of Bidens ideological positioning has been given new salience as the Trump team retools its strategy following the replacement of Brad Parscale by Bill Stepien as the presidents campaign manager.
The Trump camp took the unusual step of pausing its advertising before returning to the airwaves on Monday with two commercials suggesting Biden is an unsafe bet for middle-of-the-road voters.' - The Hill
JB has a lot at stake - and the middle, as ever, is crucial. [Face it, trumpers hoping to be able to play the race card big].
LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)Defeating the tyrant is the number one item. If there are Democrats still holding grudges then they are on the wrong side of history. Period.
I dont think thats true. If you are a Democrat then you have to vote Joe.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,730 posts)LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)I wonder who Trump will pick.
Freddie
(9,292 posts)Every time my phone dings I think its him
LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)the half dollar he was using to decide between excellent candidate rolled under the couch.
LakeArenal
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