07-29-2019, 02:34 PM
(07-29-2019, 01:35 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(07-29-2019, 01:23 PM)David Horn Wrote:(07-29-2019, 12:08 PM)Cynic Hero Wrote: Liberal boomers: if you hate trump then run a fair primary and allow a berniecrat to be the nominee or at the very least biden/berniecrat vp instead of trying to ram harris down our throats like your currently trying to do.
If anything, the nomination cycle this time is too wide open. If I had to guess at this stage, it really won't be Harris, though she's more than qualified. I'm looking for Warren or a non-Biden pragmatist … depending on the mood when the votes start rolling in.
We are going to see the field culled to four or five meaningful nominees before the start of 2020.
Should the nominee be Biden or Sanders, then it will be necessary that the Democrats nominate some competent understudy to be President in the event of... In this case Kamala Harris might be a good choice for not clearing the political bench. Adam Schiff probably succeeds her in the US Senate.. well, you know how California politics are.
After Trump it will, I hope, be back to basics-- that constituent service again becomes more important than attention to lobbyists, civility return to political discussion, demagoguery be discredited, expectations shrink some, and that public service again be more important than personality. Donald Trump seems to be showing us how to do everything wrong.
I don't think it would be the wisest thing for the Democratic nominee to choose a VP nominee who cannot ever be elected president. As you know, Kamala Harris cannot be elected president, ever.
It would be best if he chooses Terry McAuliffe or Mitch Landrieu. That way Warren and Brown can stay in the Senate.
But Warren's is probably a safe seat, so Warren might be a good choice for Biden to assure the left, and he might have to make a bargain with her. But she is also unlikely to ever be elected president.