I know opinions are hot about this topic, but this suggests to me that if Dem number crunchers determine it might nudge a few more Senate candidates over the finish line, it might be advantageous for us to consider the possibility Biden’s optimal VP might be a young white man.
Hear me out: Biden said pretty point-blank that his (presumably first) Supreme Court nominee would be a black woman.
This means there might be less of a demographic necessity to pick a black woman as VP...
This means there might be less of a demographic necessity to pick a black woman as VP...
Knowing what I know now about what motivates many who look like me, if House & Senate gains are just as important as the electoral college (something I’ve consistently argued), then it may be a wiser decision to employ a softer touch in the VP selection, a 2nd white man, while...
...the overt goal of the Biden administration is to pack the courts with as many women and POC as the Democratic Congress can possibly churn through in 2 years—the Dem congress secured by that very strategic choice of white guy VP...
...just imagine such a radically “conservative” choice that would pay off manyfold in terms of positions of real power for women & POC. Pres/VP are just 2 people. The rest of the entire government is where REAL change needs to happen!
We just so happen to have a prominent young white guy with a special talent for soothing other white guys...to collectively reduce all of our blood pressure, @PeteButtigieg.
The real progress we stand to make from this gambit is immense. Fellow Democrats, please consider it.
The real progress we stand to make from this gambit is immense. Fellow Democrats, please consider it.
You know what’s in Joe Biden’s heart. You know what he’s capable of doing, and you know what he’s willing to do for you. The presidency is a dead end—we don’t need a savior, we need *an army*.
Many of us are do-or-die for a woman/POC as VP. I understand that, I really do.
But consider the victory we’d achieve if we were empowered at all levels of govt, not just one.
We wouldn’t just be defeating Trump once—we’d be waging a war against his entire hateful legacy.
But consider the victory we’d achieve if we were empowered at all levels of govt, not just one.
We wouldn’t just be defeating Trump once—we’d be waging a war against his entire hateful legacy.
