Predicting President Biden and a Case for Stacey

[Baked Potato]

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 Biden’s 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.”

“She’s very adept at talking about policy in pragmatic, practical terms,” Finney said. “She’s a gifted orator. It’s inspiring and uplifting, even the tough stuff, and people are hungry for that.” Finney said Abrams is a zealous fundraiser, who doesn’t 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.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. The likelihood of selecting

a VP candidate whose highest held office was State House Representative is very slim in my view.

[Baked Potato]

4. I believe sometimes the lack of job experience

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.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Why would he open himself up to the idea that he selected someone

who lacks sufficient experience? She's smart as can be, but hers is not a deep resume.

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8. Bloomberg contributed huge to Stacey Abrams' Voting Rights cause

I wonder why? She can bring people in and he knows it.

[OnDoutside]

27. I agree, and she has that X factor that will heal the Democratic Party after

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.

[dawg]

10. She wasn't just a run of the mill state representative ...

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.

[LakeArenal]

2. I think it would be great.

I’ve 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.

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6. I think Joe Biden can cover the Midwest

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.

[Sloumeau]

3. I could live with Stacey Abrams of Kamala Harris quite easily

If not Kamala for VP, perhaps AG or SCOUTUS?

[LakeArenal]

7. SupremeCourt for Obama orClinton

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23. Or Adam Schiff.

[LakeArenal]

25. Yes better. But man he'd make a great president to.

[madville]

9. Have never understood the Abrams hype

She doesn’t have the resume or experience to be “President from Day One”. No matter how many times people say it, it doesn’t 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, doesn’t bring anything for the swing states, Amy K would be more appealing to voters in those states.

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12. She barely lost Governorship,

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.

[tritsofme]

15. If grandma had wheels, she'd be a wagon.

Sorry, couldn’t resist...fact remains that she is not a governor and her qualifications would be an unnecessary distraction.

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16. And, being Governor isn't a prerequisite or an indicator of good experience,

So, we’re back to other qualifications, like energy and ability to inspire.

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21. Joe Biden himself said he wants a younger running mate.

He also wants a running mate who agrees with him on the MFA issue, so I don’t know about Elizabeth.

[marybourg]

28. Have you ever heard her speak?

She’s magnetic and charismatic. And that counts for a lot.

[Frances]

30. Agree

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

[madville]

32. Sure, she's good at it

But that doesn’t qualify someone to be President. She needs to win a statewide race like Governor or Senator first to gain some executive or congressional experience.

[marybourg]

34. Once a tRump has been President

anyone is qualified.

[ooky]

11. I don't want to lose any Senate seats for either VP or AG.

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.

[tritsofme]

13. I very much doubt that Harris would be interested in the AG gig.

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 Biden’s age he needs someone who is ready to be president on day one, and Harris fits that bill to tee, not confident with Abrams.

[left-of-center2012]

14. no

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

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17. I like Newsom, has he hinted he would want the job?

It seems to me he would want to be President.

[marybourg]

29. Two white men? Turns me off.

[left-of-center2012]

31. I don't vote based on race or gender

I vote for the best qualified candidate.

[marybourg]

35. Which just happens to be two white men.

Not buying.

[left-of-center2012]

36. okie dokie smokie LOL

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22. I think there is too much worrying about someone who

can take over for Joe. I like your choices for various reasons. All good Democrats.

[samnsara]

26. I agree!! so now we really have to win the senate...

[jg10003]

33. Abrams may be a good choice for winning the election, but

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.