
We may not be certain who the presidential candidate will be but we can almost certainly guess the VP choice.
Courtesy of The Hill:
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who has said she plans to be president within the next two decades, said Monday that “of course” she would be honored to be the vice presidential pick of whoever secures the 2020 nomination.
“The first time I was on here I got the question about running as VP during the primary, and I apparently famously said, ‘no, because you don’t run for second in a primary,’” Abrams said on ABC’s “The View.”
“However, because that conversation started, I’m now getting the question a lot from folks and the answer is of course, I would be honored to run as vice president with the nominee.”
Abrams, a former minority leader in the Georgia state House who launched a failed bid for governor in 2018, added that, as a black woman, she’s in an “unusual position” of being considered the possible next vice president.
“It would be doing a disservice to every woman of color, every woman of ambition, every child who wants to think beyond their own space for me to say no, or pretend no, I don’t want it,” Abrams said. “Of course I want it. Of course I want to serve America, of course I want to be a patriot.”
It seems to me that just about every possible Democratic candidate needs a strong black female on their ticket.
I think the only candidate who may be able to count on a solid black turnout is Joe Biden, but even he needs a younger female VP to balance out his ticket.
Every other whitey white candidate needs significant help firing up the African American and Latino voters, and Stacey Abrams is the woman for the job.
It might be possible that if Elizabeth Warren wins she could lean more towards a Cory Booker as her VP, but I still actually think she would do better with Abrams.
And by the way, I have little doubt that Stacey Abrams is going to be president someday.
That woman is determined.
“I think the only candidate who may be able to count on a solid black turnout is Joe Biden, but even he needs a younger female VP to balance out his ticket.”
“Every other whitey white candidate needs significant help firing up the African American and Latino voters”
Unless things have changed drastically in the last 7 days, this Newsweek article has a slightly different take:
“BERNIE SANDERS LEADS ALL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN SUPPORT FROM NON-WHITE VOTERS, NEW POLLS SHOW”
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-leads-all-democratic-candidates-support-non-white-voters-new-polls-show-1486807
I don’t see where she is a lock for the VP choice, other than she said she is interested and getting that question from folks. I must have missed where it said the actually candidates are considering her.
They should. She’s from a southern state.
That said, our nominee should be from the middle. That means Buttigieg or Klobouchar. If it’s Pete he really needs Abrams.
She has name recognition for one. I can’t even remember Hillary’s pick. Some unknown guy that spoke Spanish. Fat lot of good it did her.
Still think they should pick within the nominees (except for Gabbard). Even the former ones. Even though Abrams isn’t running she has plenty of name recognition.
Mostly I think we need to start expanding our potential pool away from both coasts. Enough of New England, California and Texas. There *are* other states and other areas of the nation.
hahahhahahaha. Not. Can she guarantee she will bring black voters to the ticket? What is her foreign policy experience? (for the more Poli sci minded among us.)
Pretty sure she can list the newspapers she reads – she can do it on the fly, in one breath, and list articles from each in the last 72 hours, and likely produce subscriptions, and show cookies on her phone, things she has saved and printed out, etc, etc, etc.
Not like the hoax meth trash that smeared 5 kids across a stage in ’08.
Let her deal with her impending divorce.
She wasn’t fooling anyone excepting the truly stupid/ignorant.
She’d be the first female POTUS. Biden and Sanders are both one buffet away from not making it 4 years.
Excuse me but she doesn’t have the qualifications for being a heart beat away from the presidency, she should run for governor or some other office first.
Attracting minority voters is not a qualification to be president. In fact the notion that a minority has to be on the ballot to attract minorities should be considered an insult to minorities, don’t they want the best candidate for the position no matter what race they are?
Bernie will never chose either a woman or a minority unless it’s his friend Tulsi.
OMG, heaven help us
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/jaime-harrison-lindsey-graham-senate-south-carolina/