Regardless of who wins the Primary, who do you hope gets the VP nod?

[Quixote1818]

I really like Stacey Abrams! Like Obama she is charismatic, likable, would probably bring more minorities out and she lost in fricking Georgia by a hair!

Washington Post VP ranker has Abrams 2nd and Harris 1st (I am not a fan of Harris): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/13/here-are-people-with-best-shot-vp-nomination/?arc404=true

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Amy or Pete

Pete or Amy.

[brush]

19. Wake up people. There's no POC left in the race and if a POC isn't the VP running mate, we may see..

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a lot of stay at home voters. POC voters are a real big part of our base. We've already, with our outdated all-white Iowa and NH first elections, unfairly winnowed them out of the presidential race, we better get it right with the VP choice.

God, do us black voters have to save Democrats from themselves all the time?

You have to consider people other than white people for top positions.We will no longer be used just for our votes. Everyone is always talking about diversity but then conveniently forget about it.

Think Abrams, Yang, Harris, Castro, Rice—certainly not an all-white ticket, and definitely not two white males.

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. I'm not interested in any particular color combinations.

I want a candidate that is tough, savvy, and ready to step into the toughest job in America if the President has to be replaced suddenly. In my opinion, I think Amy or Pete would be a good fit.

Harris (and others) would be good too, but she'd be terrific in other cabinet posts a well.

Anyone that sees fit to stay home deserves what they get.

[brush]

38. Newsflash: POCs are interested in who is on the ticket.

We can get an all-white ticket with the other party.

[TheCowsCameHome]

42. Everyone here is interested in who is on the ticket.

But that isn't a necessarily a newsflash.

It might be nice to have a woman (of any color, regardless of color), too...

[brush]

44. If Dems want to keep the loyal base together, some consideration as to be paid to their interests.

A POC on the ticket is important, especially scnce right now all the candidates are white.

[Codeine]

45. You're not "interested" because you (like me)

have never had to be interested. We’ve always been represented, as a matter of course, but our base isn’t pasty middle aged dudes like me, and ideally our candidates should reflect that base.

[TheCowsCameHome]

49. I don't view anyone as having a "color".

I never, ever viewed Barack Obama as a black man - only as my president, and he was one of the best presidents of my 75 year lifetime, followed by what can only be described as the absolute worst.

I don't like the idea that some may sit it out if one of their "color" isn't on a ticket, though.

[Codeine]

56. POC don't have the privilege of not

viewing anyone as having color.

Minority voters have turned out for plenty of all-white tickets, but maybe we should stop asking them to do that as the standard default choice.

[MineralMan]

2. Amy Klobuchar.

That's who I'm thinking is likely to get the nod. She'd be great, and it might push her public awareness up far enough for her to run in a future election for President.

I like Abrams, but she did lose in Georgia and she isn't that much in the public eye right now.

[totodeinhere]

6. If we need her to help get Minnesota's electoral votes then yes. But if it looks like we can win

Minnesota anyway then I would look elsewhere for a candidate who might help us win a closely fought battleground state. You see, I am operating from the assumption that this will be a close election in the Electoral College and it might hinge on just one state.

[MineralMan]

17. And Minnesota might be one such pivotal state.

Trump lost by only 50.000 votes there in 2016. I think Klobuchar has some national appeal, as well, from her campaign and from some of the Senate hearings. There might be a better choice, but I'm not sure who.

[bearsfootball516]

51. She's popular in the Midwest.

And bordering Wisconsin, which we desperately need.

[empedocles]

31. Amy has broad appeal. Easily likable. We need all the votes and coattail

support we can get.

[totodeinhere]

3. She would be great and if she could bring along Georgia's electoral votes she would be even greater.

I also like Julian Castro and he might help get Texas for us. Both are young persons of color of course who would be a great balance to an old white guy at the top of the ticket.

[BusyBeingBest]

4. If Amy can't be Prez, she should be first choice for VP.

VP deals with the Senate/Congress. She is very well regarded there.

[patricia92243]

55. I hate to lose her or any other of our senators.

[Autumn]

5. Steyer. nt

[Sloumeau]

7. Kamala harris, Stacey Abrams,

Amy Klobuchar, or Elizabeth Warren would all be great choices.

I would prefer that a Woman of Color be picked, but the White women are also awesome.

[Quixote1818]

8. You picked the two first ones mentioned in the WP article I link to in the OP. nt

[Zolorp]

9. I cannot answer that. IT IS CONDITIONAL ON THE CANDIDATE

If Sanders is the nominee I hope anybody I like would be smart enough to turn him down for Veep. I'd hate to see anybody I like get anywhere near that eventual trainwreck.

Anybody else and I'd like to see Kamala as the Veep.

[OliverQ]

32. Eventual train wreck? Wow.

Seeing as Bernie is likely to be the nominee, guess you better get used to it.

[Zolorp]

35. I don't believe he is likely to be the nominee

If he is I will accept the fact that Trump will be re-elected even though I will still vote for Sanders.

[RazBerryBeret]

54. if you really feel that Bernie

is a "trainwreck" wouldn't you WANT a strong VP?

[beachbumbob]

10. Kamala Harris, first and foremost

[BusyBeingBest]

23. I prefer Amy, but Kamala would be good too. Abrams is untested

unvetted and unknown nationally. She, like Pete Buttigieg, is a promising figure for the future, but needs a higher springboard right now.

[mzmolly]

53. Agree.

[Mike 03]

11. Susan Rice would be my first choice

Some of my other favorites have already been mentioned.

[Quixote1818]

13. I really like her too! She is right up there with Abrams for me. nt

[NNadir]

12. An answer would need to depend on who the nominee is.

Any of our Presidential candidates might be OK except Sanders. This includes dropped out candidates like Senator Harris.

Ms Abrams would be an excellent choice if we went outside the candidate base. She may have been defeated in GA by election fraud.

I would like to see two women at the top of the ticket; because the pig in the White House is a sexual predator and it would be nice to draw his instinctive hatred of women (except his bizarre interest in his exceedingly stupid daughter) into the public domain.

Right now, I'm sort of leaning toward Senator Klobuchar in the top spot, but I'm reluctant to support her since my support in the primary season has historically been a kiss of death. Senator Warren would be an excellent choice were she not to get the nomination.

Given that my support is generally a kiss of death, I probably should support Senator Sanders, but in the age of lying, I really couldn't do that, embrace a lie.

I will support any ticket, but in the primary I'm pure ABB.

[nsd]

14. Not Abrams.

My preferred presidential candidate is Joe Biden. He needs to partner with someone with the requisite experience to become president right away, if called upon. Also, given the present political environment, Biden's VP would have to be a woman. I would suggest Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris or Amy Klobuchar. They have the right resumes. But maybe Whitmer or Cortez or someone else, but not Abrams. She has promise for the future, but right now (Georgia state house) she doesn't have a good enough resume.

[cilla4progress]

15. I propose this winning ticket:

Bernie / Amy.

Don't know about their chemistry, though.

[Bradshaw3]

16. Abrams is my choice too, regardless of the nominee

She's smart, articulate and can relate to the average voter.

[MoonlitKnight]

40. She has also been a CEO

And deputy city attorney.

[broiles]

20. Beto.

[cwydro]

26. Lol.

[Vivienne235729]

22. To be honest, I like just about everyone for VP.

[floppyboo]

24. Katie Porter, Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, Corey Booker. In no particular order

[CatMor]

27. Kamala Harris

[cwydro]

28. Funny how everyone puts women in the number 2 slot.

Just assuming it’ll be a man at the top of the ticket.

[MoonlitKnight]

41. Warren- Abrams 2020

Winning ticket.

[Codeine]

57. That's where the momentum seems to be headed

sadly. My first choice was a woman, but she didn’t even make it to Iowa.

[cwydro]

61. I liked her too.

Damn shame.

But she’d be a great VP pick.

[Spider Jerusalem]

29. Someone competent and in their 40s or 50s if the nominee is in their 70's

although I think the conventional wisdom of VP being a logical springboard to the Presidency is overblown; 14 out of 48 vice presidents have become president. Eight of those became president due to a vacancy (death in office or resignation); of those, four (TR, Coolidge, Truman and LBJ) won re-election in their own right. Of the remaining six, four were elected to the presidency before the Civil War. The other two are Nixon (who lost in '60 before winning in '68) and Bush I (who served one term).

[LakeArenal]

30. Not a primary candidate.

So for my Abrams would be fine.

Katie Porter I love to pieces.

If I had to pick a primary Pete or Amy.

Bonus for Amy ( to me) is the possibility of Al taking her seat.

[spooky3]

34. Ooh, I had not thought about that "bonus." Good point! Nt

[andym]

33. The OP is a non-starter, the VP should be selected to balance the ticket

either by increasing support from a part of the Democratic coalition who would be less enthusiastic about the head of the ticket or appeal to key undecided voters in swing states.

[Laffy Kat]

36. Harris or Abrams. nt

[rurallib]

37. FWIW Tammy Duckworth

[MoonlitKnight]

39. Abrams

No doubt. We need beyond record turnout. She would shred Pence in the debate. She might just deliver Georgia and at least one Senator there. We get Pennsylvania with supercharged turnout in Philadelphia.

[Dietz]

43. Corey Booker or Stacey Abrams

[Codeine]

46. First and foremost, ABB.

I like Harris, though I’d be sad to lose her as my Senator.

[Blue_true]

48. Booker is by far the best choice, IMO. Or the second Castro brother. nt

[spicysista]

50. Harris or Abrams.

Both are amazing and would beautifully balance most tickets. The one exception, I believe, is a Bloomberg/Harris ticket. With his problematic past on criminal justice, he'd need a different sort of balance. Conversely, a Bloomberg/Abrams ticket would balance a bit better. Neither Harris nor Abrams would be a match with Sanders. I'm not sure who would.

[chillfactor]

52. Stacey Abrams! n/t

[rogue emissary]

58. I hope it's Swalwell.

I'd hate to see Abrams or Harris accept the position.

[OKNancy]

59. Depends. Male or Female nominee

Male nominee - Kamala or Amy
Female nominee - Beto or Castro

[Wellstone ruled]

60. Most likely will be a Female serving on either

a Judiciary or foreign Relations Committee.