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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Biden is serious about winning, he should pick Tammy Baldwin as his running mate
In presidential elections, winning isnt everything. Its the only thing. Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden can spend all day in his basement designing a fantasy platform, imagining his ideal Cabinet and drafting soaring speeches to heal our political divides but itll all be for nothing if he fails to get 270 electoral votes.
That makes Bidens equation for picking a running mate simple: He needs a qualified candidate who can help him win a key swing state such as Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. Every other consideration age, ideological fit, working relationship should take a back seat to this straightforward election math. And according to those numbers, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin is the right, and arguably the only, choice.
Baldwin is obviously qualified: Shes been in the Senate since 2013 and was in the House for 14 years before that. Shed make history as the fourth woman and the first out lesbian on a presidential ticket for a major party. And, as a progressive, shed bring ideological balance to the ticket.
But most important, shes from Wisconsin: the state that gave Trump his 270th electoral vote in 2016. If Baldwin brought Biden a mere two points in Wisconsin, that would be a huge help.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/21/if-biden-is-serious-about-winning-he-should-pick-tammy-baldwin-his-running-mate/
RandySF
(57,661 posts)The Governor cannot appoint her successor.
pwb
(11,205 posts).
mucifer
(23,374 posts)She is popular and her military experience appeals to moderates.
Mosby
(16,168 posts)Here is the one on amy.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213295821
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)but I'm loathe to see a Dem vacate her Senate seat in a state that broke for Trump.