Columnists call for Biden to drop Harris, pick new running mate Biden himself has committed to Harris as his running mate for 2024. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/13/columnists-biden-harris-new-running-mate-00115559 Several columnists have an idea on how to make President Joe Biden more electable in 2024: Drop Vice President Kamala Harris and pick a new running mate. Yes, voters think Biden may be too old to serve another four years, according to recent polls, but three columnists believe that a stronger running mate will gain traction in the country or even in the party. In a piece urging Biden not to run again, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius suggested as a backup plan that Biden could replace Harris with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass or Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Ignatius says voters are sensibly focusing on Harris because of Biden’s age, while noting that Harris is less popular than Biden, with a 39.5 percent approval rating, according to the polling website FiveThirtyEight. “Biden could encourage a more open vice-presidential selection process that could produce a stronger running mate,” Ignatius writes. Biden himself has committed to Harris as his running mate for 2024. He said last year, “She’s going to be my running mate, No. 1. And No. 2, I did put her in charge. I think she’s doing a good job.” In a New York Magazine Intelligencer column, Eric Levitz floats several options to replace Harris including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.). “To be sure, replacing Harris with another running mate is not a great option,” Levitz writes. “It’s just that Democrats have no good ones. It is risky to switch out the first Black and female vice-president for someone else. But it is also risky to saddle an 81-year-old nominee with an exceptionally unpopular running mate who — if all goes well — will be all but guaranteed the party’s nomination in 2028.” However, dumping Harris could come with significant backlash among Black voters — a category of voters Biden needs in 2024 that served him a major victory in 2020. Harris’ role as vice president marked an important achievement being the first woman to ever hold her office and the first person of Black or South Asian descent to do so. But as journalist Josh Barro writes in his newsletter “Very Serious,” “Harris’s role as a draw for black voters is more theoretical than demonstrated” since she has never had a core political base among Black voters “because she has never been elected in a jurisdiction with a large black population.” In Harris’ place, Barro suggests Whitmer as Biden’s running mate. “[Biden] has the opportunity to pick a running mate who’s more appealing to voters than Kamala Harris, more credible as a next-generation leader of the Democratic Party than Kamala Harris, and more comforting to voters who consider the possibility that his running mate might succeed to the presidency than Kamala Harris,” Barro writes.
Translation: We really want Biden out but don't want to say it out loud so want a decent replacement when he croaks or is pushed out.
I think they should swap and then in 2032 Biden comes back for his 2nd term. It still won't be punishment enough for Trump.
You are evil. One of the things I like about You! Unlike most, having Kamala as President, in of herself does not bother me. In fact, I've been mostly supportive of her throughout. However, I sense that Kamala, while not evil, could be influenced by entities that are. Just like I see when AOC becomes President. Speaking of AOC, I believe many Progressives will be disappointed with her leadership, like with Joe Biden. The establishment has her by the balls over garbage campaign finance issues, forcing her to tow the establishment's line. A Trump Presidency avoids all said evil. Grin.
Notice hwo AOC as fallen off the face of the earth wants the GOP simps stopped talking about her haha I think I called that somewhere....
I've meaning to ask you if you watched the Vice Presidential debate between Harris and Pence and if so, what your opinion of Harris's performance. It appeared to me Harris won fairly decisively, although I did get criticism from Conservatives. It seemed to me most Conservatives evaluated the debate based more on content they wanted to hear rather than objective performance of effectively conveying ideas. Edit: I vaguely remember you saying this about AOC and me thinking, "No, she generates too many "Hits" for the press to not use her frequently. Time will tell, but I believe we will be hearing a lot more from AOC, especially when its time for Biden to pander to Progressives again.