Now I'm nervous about Biden's ratings once he selects his VP...

[Dream Girl]

Will that set the table for a whole new game, especially if he chooses a black woman.

[SoonerPride]

1. Don't fret. Trust Joe.

[Zoonart]

2. THIS X1000

Expect greatness!

[LakeArenal]

3. I can not wait. It's gonna be fabulous!! Historic.

Wooo.

[beachbumbob]

4. will be zero issue for all us who want trump and gop GONE

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Why? Selecting a black woman will only help him.

And I am here for it! I will be extremely upset if he doesn't choose a black woman, and I'm white.

Now is the time!

[Aristus]

8. Yeah. It's not like Trumpsters are saying: "If'n he picks a white guy, I'm votin' fer Joe!"

They won't vote for him in a million years.

This is actually very liberating. It means Joe Biden can choose anyone he wants to, and it won't move the needle on Trumpsters if he chooses a woman of color.

[Dream Girl]

18. I've always felt way too, but now I'm not so sure. Misogyny killed Hillary's candidacy...now

We’ll be dealing with misogyny and racism

[demmiblue]

21. Oh good lawd.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It's not a whole new game. It's already been narrowed down to maybe

six or so women, and they have all been analyzed ad nauseam. Chances are better than even that he selects a PoC, probably but not necessarily a Black woman (Tammy Duckworth is Asian), but in any event the probable candidates have already been identified and the final choice is not likely to be a huge surprise. Whoever it is will be a solid choice but not everybody will be perfectly satisfied. That's the way these things work.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Susan Rice, Kamala Harris, Val Demings, or Stacey Abrams....

All uniquely qualified in areas that will be a winning ticket.

[Demsrule86]

17. I think it may be Tammy Duckworth.

[obamanut2012]

29. i agree

[empedocles]

7. Biden has beaten the female Hillary and Black Obama losses/costs.

trump desperately needs another easy, risible, scapegoat target -
As in the 'Democrat Party is trying to trick you into voting for 1 term Biden, and 2nd term: Black, Female, Muslim?, ______.

[blm]

9. No. Table IS set. He can choose whoever will be the most helpful at cleaning

up and correcting the various messes in this country.

[safeinOhio]

28. Got a feeling that all of them

will get a great and powerful job from him.

[bluedye33139]

10. It's hard not to worry. Pace yourself.

Every choice has an upside & a downside. If there's one thing I trust above all else, I trust Biden to have professional advisors and number crunchers and campaign management who are giving this question all of the thought it requires.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Eh I'm more worried about people getting angry because Joe didn't follow their script

[bigtree]

13. can you imagine the campaign saying this?

...that they're nervous about selecting a black woman because it will 'set the table for a whole new game?'

I hope this isn't their thinking. The idea is to expand our base of voters, and to do that, as Joe says, present voters with an 'transformational' choice in this election.

[demmiblue]

14. No.

I kind of don't understand your concern... we have a full slate of brilliant women under consideration.

[PSPS]

15. Joe's been in politics for 50 years. He knows all about politics. He knows what he's doing.

[brush]

16. You're in the absolutely wrong place to bring up something like that.

What the fuck are you insinuating?

[Dream Girl]

20. Check yourself and watch your language. I'm a black woman and I've been all in for a black woman

VP, as I said my concern is that when the reality of not just a potential female president but a black female president sets in, some independents and even Dems will balk. Look wat happened to Hillary. FWIW I’ve posted numerous times that anything other than a black female would be viewed as a slap in the face by black voters who put Biden over the top. Not I’m second guessing that assessment.

[brush]

25. Now you're second guessing that assessment. What does that mean?

Are you saying now you don't think he should choose a black woman VP?

And btw, I'm a black male and I don't think there's any question he should pick a black woman, what with the majority of the top choices being black women, to overlook all of them would be a serious mistake and could costs Biden votes as we are the ones who delivered the nomination to him.

No time for second guessing. You get what you fight for.

[Dream Girl]

30. Good point. I just want Trump gone so bad, They sometimes overthink it, but I don't expect much from

The average American and am fearful that selection of a black woman would help Trump.

[brush]

31. A black woman choice would help Biden. trump's racist base...

aren't going to vote blue anyway. We got never-trumper repugs working for us on the Lincoln Project, the white suburban blue wave from 2018 wants trump gone too, and many right-leaning independents are sick of him too.

We'll be all right. Harris, Abrams, Rice or Demings—all of them can run roughshod over Pence in the VP debate.

[LanternWaste]

19. I'm excited about his coming ratings. I s'pose we cancel each other out.

I think the whole new game belongs to Biden... especially if he chooses a black woman.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. +1

The OP seems to be looking for a cause for concern.

[Captain Stern]

22. The folks that would be bothered by him picking a black woman as VP....

....already don't plan on voting for him anyway.

[Music Man]

23. They'll get it right!

It may energize some clearly anti-Democratic voters, but they weren't going to vote for Biden in the first place.

Admittedly, Biden has benefited from the fact that Trump's incompetence has been the only story in the news for months. He's been able to step back and let Trump shoot himself in the foot. Therefore, news of a VP selection will make scrutiny of the Biden ticket front and center, the inevitable narrowing of polls will happen, but it will be only temporary, and they'll make a home run decision anyway. One thing that made the Obama campaigns so successful is that they were focused less on winning any particular news cycle in favor of winning the overall narrative.

[rufus dog]

24. Toughen up!

The media and pukes will spin negatives no matter who he names.

It is what they do.

The proper response, "Is she better than Putin's bitch who turned over an American base, allowed bounties to be placed on American soldiers, allowed Russians to interfere in our elections, divides the entire Country daily while catering to his shrinking base, completely mishandled the COVID crises?????? If you don't think she is then you for sure are a fucking idiot and likely a fucking racist."

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

27. In my view the best choice would be a black woman who ...

is a good experienced campaigner. She also needs to be a "safe" choice who doesn't have any major potential controversies in her background, and who can avoid creating distractions and controversies during the campaign.