Democratic Candidate Nomination and VP Pick

[Fau Teixeira]

could be Beto

[Dave Gray]

could be Beto

While I like Beto personally, guys like him and Stacy Abrams scare me because they haven't actually won.  They are fighting the good fight against impossible odds and they're important messengers, but I think the big stage would be a bad fit until they can work their way up.

Also, Beto pretty much said the quiet part out loud about guns and I think that will scare a lot of voters.  For some reasons, gun issues really drum up a lot of people.

[Pappy13]

I'll just leave this here. Seems like good analysis.

Kamala Harris ought to ignore pundits conventional wisdom on VP picks

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I'll just leave this here. Seems like good analysis.

Kamala Harris ought to ignore pundits conventional wisdom on VP picks

Seems like dumb analysis.  Don't pick the candidate that gives you a tiny edge (in an election that will likely be won or loss based on a tiny edge in a few states) Pick someone that you would like see be the candidate in 2032.

[Dave Gray]

This is my dream pick, but I just like Mayor Pete.

He's just really smart, good on the issues, good at talking, young, energizes me -- no surprises, no scandals, no vetting needed.

Everyone I talk to loves him but is afraid that "the other guy" isn't going to vote for him.  I'm done being afraid.  Pete is the best.

[Pappy13]

Seems like dumb analysis.  Don't pick the candidate that gives you a tiny edge (in an election that will likely be won or loss based on a tiny edge in a few states) Pick someone that you would like see be the candidate in 2032.

I'm not entirely sure that was the entire point of the article though, at least that's not what I took from it. I think the point was more to pick someone you see as a good representative of the party. That makes sense to me, make it a stronger ticket as that will get more overall votes rather than picking someone from a particular swing state. That might net you more votes in that one state, but unless the VP is helping you across all the swing states, that doesn't seem like a great idea.

[Pappy13]

I don't know how you watch this and don't think he should be the VP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jli0_oKMG-0

I'm convinced this is the best chance we might have for a while to break that glass ceiling. When the right guy comes along, it's just time to do it. Obama was the right guy, this is the right guy too.

Hulk Hogan or not!

[Sunstroke]

That was a great segment... I hadn't seen too much of his media appearances up to this point, just because I avoid watching politics on TV in general.

He would probably make a great VP.   Not entirely sure that ticket would fly, but I'm in the anti-Trump camp, so I'll full-on support whoever Harris chooses.

[Dave Gray]

As the dust settles, I'm cooling on Mark Kelly.

He's not old, but he's old enough where you don't envision him being a relevant presidential candidate in 8 years.  It kind of undercuts the forward-looking exuberance and youth bump you got.  And Arizona, if you're picking states, is important, but not AS IMPORTANT as some others.  He isn't GREAT on the stump.  But you lose a senator in a reddish-purple State that you really need.  This would essentially be where Kelly's career goes to die and I think he's more useful than that.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

With her pick it Harris is going to Waltz to victory. 

[Dave Gray]

I like the Walz pick.

I think he keeps up the excitement.  He will steal the spotlight this week.  I think that Shapiro was "chalk" and he would not be all that interesting, but more of a safe choice.

Walz is good on the stump, he's got America's Dad vibes, and he's pretty liberal, but it's "kitchen table liberalism". ...school lunches and family leave type of stuff.