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JaneQPublic

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12. That ticket would be a tad tone deaf considering...
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 03:38 PM
Mar 2019

...since the last POTUS election, women have staged the largest political marches in the history.
Black women were largely responsible for voting in Alabama's first Dem senator and other critical candidates.
The 2016 Blue Wave brought to office a great roster of able women and minorities.
The Dem contenders for the 2020 POTUS include the largest number of women ever.

So after all that incredible activism, empowerment, and electoral success by women in general and women of color in particular, the Democratic Party would indeed look downright tone deaf and out of touch if the result is a ticket of two white guys.

And, no, I'm not buying the "electability" argument. Qualified and predictable candidates Kerry and Gore were supposed to be electable, too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Biden/ Beto or Biden/Harris would both be great to me. dem4decades Mar 2019 #1
Females and/or people of color will not allow it. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #2
I'm a white male - but I just don't see an all white male ticket. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #3
good point--Harris or Abrams would work for me too librechik Mar 2019 #5
Abrams needs to win the Georgia 2020 Senate race. Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #7
indeed,and Beto in TX-- they are both regrettably rookie ish librechik Mar 2019 #11
well there's the best chance to beat trump vs placating all the interested parties msongs Mar 2019 #4
I want Inslee for VP if Biden gets the nomination elfin Mar 2019 #6
whoever is president should name vP as climate "czar" librechik Mar 2019 #10
We need Biden's experience aeromanKC Mar 2019 #8
Good news we have so many candidates. More opportunity to talk about democratic agenda librechik Mar 2019 #9
That ticket would be a tad tone deaf considering... JaneQPublic Mar 2019 #12
right. Everyone is so good--I just like the alliterative quality for shouting at the convention librechik Mar 2019 #13
Ha! Good point. JaneQPublic Mar 2019 #14
How bout just chanting Funtatlaguy Mar 2019 #15
Perfect... especially for the all-midwestern ticket. (nt) JaneQPublic Mar 2019 #17
Biden. Beto. Harris mainstreetonce Mar 2019 #16
I kinda like Warren/Harris flotsam Mar 2019 #18
Positivity! McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #19
I like this ticket Gothmog Mar 2019 #20
What legislative agenda would they pursue? BlueWI Mar 2019 #21
It is telling that trump is most worried about Beto and Biden Gothmog Mar 2019 #22
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