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Old 08-04-2020, 09:28 AM   #1
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Default Biden's VP choice – this is why he's dithering

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Liz Peek: Biden's VP choice – this is why he's dithering

The contenders on Biden's short list all have impressive bios – and serious shortcomings



By Liz Peek | Fox News

Joe Biden is dithering. He was supposed to tap his running mate the first week of August, but has now postponed the announcement to Aug. 10. It’s the first consequential decision of his campaign, one that could determine whether he wins or loses in November, and he’s blowing it.

The extension, and the ongoing uncertainty it suggests, casts Biden as wobbly.

It also reduces any zip that the eventual announcement might have. It’s not a great beginning for a candidate constantly tweeting that the country needs “strong leadership.”

Granted, that’s a lot to read from a one-week delay. But, after all, we don’t know much about Biden 2020’s governing style or how he makes decisions. He has held but few give-and-takes with the press in recent months – most notably declining to be interviewed by the New York Times or Fox News’ Chris Wallace, or anyone else who might actually ask some tough questions.


Here’s what we do know: almost certainly Biden will pick a woman of color; he has no choice. He owes his nomination to black voters, and they have demanded a seat at the table.

The short list of potential running mates now includes Sen. Kamala Harris, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, California Rep. Karen Bass, who leads the Congressional Black Caucus, Florida Rep. Val Demings and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Biden's list of vice president contenders includes (from left) Sen. Kamala Harris, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Val Demings, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

While all five of these women have impressive bios, all have serious shortcomings and none can possibly perform the heavy lifting that this role will require.

The first and most important job of Biden’s VP pick will be to boost turnout on Nov. 3. No presidential candidate has engendered less excitement among members of his own party than Biden; he desperately needs his VP pick to provide some sizzle.

True, he leads currently in the polls. But in reviewing their recent polling, CBS reported that, “While most Trump supporters say they're mainly voting for him because they like him, about half of Biden voters say opposition to Mr. Trump is driving their vote.” Hatred is not a reliable underpinning of a campaign.

The groups least enchanted with their party’s nominee are young blacks and progressives.

Recent polling indicates some 91 percent of blacks age 65 and older will vote for Biden, while only 68 percent between the ages of 18 and 29 will support him.

Progressives, too, are tepid on Biden.

In a Suffolk University/USA Today poll conducted in April, 14 percent of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ supporters said they would not vote for Biden. Remember that in 2016 some 12 percent of Sanders’ backers broke for Trump, helping to put him in the Oval Office.

The former VP is going all out to win over those folks, combining forces with Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to roll out a series of radical economic and environmental plans that explode the myth that Biden is a “moderate.”

The ultimate paean, however, would be to nominate one of their own, something Biden is probably loathe to do.

Second, Biden’s VP candidate must appear ready to be commander in chief. Because 55 percent of voters think 77-year-old Biden is in the early stages of dementia, many will expect that, if elected, he will not serve out his full term. At the least, he would be a one-term president, meaning that his VP would be the probable candidate running in 2024.

That raises the stakes, big time.
Because 55 percent of voters think 77-year-old Biden is in the early stages of dementia, many will expect that, if elected, he will not serve out his full term.
Karen Bass is the only progressive on the short list. She appears to have the blessing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and is considered a “safe” pick in that she does not appear to be aggressively running to be president and would be a loyal sidekick.

But, she has zero name recognition; Politico describes her as having “one of the lowest public profiles among the top contenders.” Also, she has worked across the aisle over the years, which is viewed with skepticism these days by the angry Left. She is low key and has had little experience with national campaigning.

Lastly, as a young liberal, she volunteered to work in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and afterwards made favorable comments about the regime. That doesn’t play well, especially in the key state of Florida. Sanders got into scalding hot water for commenting that “it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad” about Castro’s government. As one Democrat Florida-based pollster noted: “Karen Bass’s history on this subject makes Bernie Sanders look like Ronald Reagan.”

Val Demings would be a plus, helping Biden carry Florida, and Keisha Lance Bottoms could help win Georgia, but both have backgrounds in law enforcement, which is problematic in today’s Democrat Party, and especially among young blacks and progressives.

Demings is a former cop, and Bottoms was a prosecutor in Atlanta before becoming a judge, and finally becoming mayor. Both have faded from the limelight in recent weeks as Democrats have become increasingly hostile to the police.

That leaves Susan Rice, who is considered by odds-makers the probable runner-up, and Kamala Harris, who is leading the pack. Both women carry significant baggage.
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Rice has no campaign chops and is tied forever to the Benghazi scandal and other Obama-era controversies, including the “unmasking” of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Republicans would tear her to shreds.

Even the Washington Post’s liberal Dana Milbank is skeptical of the famously unpleasant Rice, quoting her description of Sen. Lindsey Graham as a “piece of sh**” in a recent column and asking “Ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the United States?”

Kamala Harris is controversial as well. She, too, was a former prosecutor, and was attacked by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard during the debates for having “put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana.” That doesn’t play well with today’s Democrats.

No wonder Biden is dithering. He is looking for a loyal and like-minded vice president and partner, the VP he was to Barack Obama and Mike Pence has been to President Trump. But he also needs someone to light up the ticket.

Another week will not solve this puzzle.

Liz Peek is a Fox News contributor and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. A former columnist for the Fiscal Times, she writes for The Hill and contributes frequently to Fox News, the New York Sun and other publications. For more visit LizPeek.com. Follow her on Twitter @LizPeek.
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Old 08-04-2020, 09:40 AM   #2
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None of these women will help Biden. All the people helping Biden with this pick are asking "who will hurt us the least". Helluva a way to pick a running mate. My early prediction that I made weeks ago was Rice. So yeah, it looks like it will come down to Rice, who Biden has worked closely with in the Obama administration or Harris, who ripped Biden's record to shreds in the primary debates. To pick Harris would mean Biden would have to swallow hard and admit he has no other real choice.


So, neither of these women will add any votes. The question is, who will lose the least votes from Independents. Anybody already committed to Biden because they hate Trump simply will not care who he picks.
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Old 08-04-2020, 09:46 AM   #3
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Biden is in a no-win situation - the DNC deep-sixed Bernie on Clyburn's endorsement - and the BernieBros are angry - at being screwed a second time - and their Left-radical marxism is not represented by Biden.

The farther left biden goes with a VVP pick - the more satiated the Brnie Bros are - but the more alienated the voter of middle America.



Biden and the DNC are playing racial politics - (Plantation) to keep the black vote down on their Plantation with a black VP pick - likely wasted - as the Black vote will likely go to Biden regardless.

will a radical VP pick alienate enough 'Moderate Democrats ( oxymoron) - to vote and overcome the 'block black vote- not clear now.

And If there is a 'block black vote" - how many Black voters who had a job and better economic prospects under Trump pre-Wuhan virus will remember - and ditch the marxist radical trash plans of teh Radical left to impoverish all equally?
Biden has a Hobson's choice - and that is for the good of the nation!!!


From my standpoint - the more radical and marxist the choice - the better.

let's all send letters to the DNC supporting marxist Karen Bass!!!!
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Old 08-04-2020, 10:20 AM   #4
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That’s why I tossed out Mooshell in another thread. It was tongue and cheek, but it shows the dilemma Biden is in. He really has no control over the selection process. Nobody in this article is going to excite anyone. Well, except Bas. Cuba will be excited.
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Old 08-04-2020, 10:30 AM   #5
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I hope it is Kamala, even though they might win.

It will be fun to watch the takedown of Biden by Kamala, and the takedown of Harris by Gabbard.

It would truly be awesome to watch Kamala go into full bitch mode if people aggravate her enough.

Still, the smart move is the Asian lady Tammy Gooseworth.

As an Asian, she would work harder than the black women anyway.
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Old 08-04-2020, 10:32 AM   #6
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I hope it is Kamala, even though they might win.

It will be fun to watch the takedown of Biden by Kamala, and the takedown of Harris by Gabbard.

It would truly be awesome to watch Kamala go into full bitch mode if people aggravate her enough.

Still, the smart move is the Asian lady Tammie Gooseworth.
They won’t win. Harris has the same cunt motif that Hillary has. If he picks Duckworth, Biden will have some splaining to do to Clyburn and Sharpton. Asian lives don’t matter. They’re not big on military folks either.
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"Because 55 percent of voters think 77-year-old Biden is in the early stages of dementia, many will expect that, if elected, he will not serve out his full term."


while i tend to disregard poll numbers i find this quite telling. and i expect that number to go through the roof after the debates. of course Andy Ying-Yang was quoted the other day that Biden will "crush" Trump in the debates. i bet he hasn't spoken to Corn Poop lately .. bahhaa and considering Ying-Ying's own "powerful" debate performance i really don't think he's much of an expert on debating.



Biden fucked himself up his ass by committing to a female VP. now of course that must be a black female. there goes the white female vote. what did Bill tell Hillary? you can't win without the white vote. He was right.
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You guys, although correct, are way over analyzing.
They should have a last woman standing cage match.
Even a few of the eccie gals would have a shot, and they could lobby for legalization from that position.
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"Because 55 percent of voters think 77-year-old Biden is in the early stages of dementia, many will expect that, if elected, he will not serve out his full term."


while i tend to disregard poll numbers i find this quite telling. and i expect that number to go through the roof after the debates. of course Andy Ying-Yang was quoted the other day that Biden will "crush" Trump in the debates. i bet he hasn't spoken to Corn Poop lately .. bahhaa and considering Ying-Ying's own "powerful" debate performance i really don't think he's much of an expert on debating.



Biden fucked himself up his ass by committing to a female VP. now of course that must be a black female. there goes the white female vote. what did Bill tell Hillary? you can't win without the white vote. He was right.
How much you want to bet Biden contracts Covid before the first debate?

BAHAHAHAHA
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Biden dithers smart


Trump is a stupid ditherer
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How much you want to bet Biden contracts Covid before the first debate?

BAHAHAHAHA

it's as good an excuse as any ..


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Biden diddles himself

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None of these women will help Biden.
If he picks Demings, she would bring in Florida. If Biden flips Florida and Michigan or Florida and Arizona, Biden gets to 270 electoral college votes. Trump then goes home to Trump tower where he belongs.

Demings and Gov Whitmer help the most with the electoral college.
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I hope he picks the most vile, racist black woman.
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Biden is in a win-win situation.

He could pick Bozo the Clown and Landslide Chump in Nov !!

That is if Chump doesn't jack with the voting ; which Chump will do cause that is his Only chance.
He has to suppress,invalidate,and cheat on the vote.
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When One has something rational to present - please call.

Thanks sf.
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