MMcD

Decision made:

Democratic Ticket 2020: Joe Biden / ....Kamala Harris.......let the games begin (duck and cover)

Derrygal

Good choice!

Former Lancastrian

Probably a better choice if she was running for the actual top job and not VP but hey the Democrats know how to pick a leader

Giantaxe

Her primary campaign was a mess so that was never an option. She dropped out way before the first state primary.

Former Lancastrian

I think I might have said it once or twice the Dems could have chosen an empty packet of Walkers Cheese & Onion crisps with no campaign strategy to beat DJT. Yes it is the Electoral College that decides so why make the citizens vote

Steerpike

The EC votes in direct correlation to the citizen's vote so the two are not unrelated.

zzrmark

Best tell that to the ten deviant voters in the 2016 election (not that it would have affected the result).

anotherlimey

We could do attack ad bingo...

She's not black enough
She's too black
She's not qualified enough
She doesn't have enough experience
She's not tough enough
She's too tough
She's a robot
She's sick
She hates White people
She ate a baby
She wants to take your guns away
She hates baby Jesus
She wasn't born in the US
She's a Muslim
She employs illegal immigrants

Steerpike

Fair enough - yes, the EC in theory can vote for other than their 'pledged' candidate - as described here, for the 2016 election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithl...ntial_election
Looks like it was 7, in the end, that voted 'deviantly'. Only a sub-set of all EC voters can do this, depending on the state they are in. I'll leave it for others more informed about US law to get into details, but I suspect if a substantial number of EC voters actually deviated from their 'pledge', 'steps would be taken'. I don't think it's fair to characterize the system as being somewhat arbitrary.

Steerpike

LOL!

MMcD

add to that...
She's got a funny name
.....which (true to form) the infantile Oval Office squatter purposely kept mispronouncing during his press conference.
"KA ma la" became "Kuh MA - luh"

oh, "Dough nald" - you're such a wag

dave_j

You forgot one significant small thing that could attract a tweet..
She's a Woman!

kimilseung

Shes too emotional
She wouldn't be good in a crisis
It'll be unfair on her step kids

Steerpike

Tonight they showed part 2 of an old 2-part documentary on President Ronald Reagan - part of the 'American Experience' series on PBS. Excellent quality; a couple of weeks ago they showed the similar documentary on Bill Clinton. I never supported Reagan, and was glad to see him go, but he was a man of principal and did achieve certain key things (nuclear arms treaties with USSR, principally). It occurred to me, what will the documentary of Trump's presidency be like? I hope I live long enough to see it.

Steerpike

Sadly, I wonder how much attention she will get. If I were part of 'Team Trump', I'd advise him to stay well away from her and just focus on Biden.

How much attention was paid to ... what's his name ... I'll have to look it up because he was so inconsequential his name never stuck ... oh, right - Tim Kaine (VP pick of Hillary Clinton)? So there is precedent for totally ignoring the pick. On the other hand, no one can forget Sarah Palin, possibly the worst pick ever, who got a lot of attention, or Dan Quayle, who was also 'memorable'. So let's hope Kamala Harris does get a lot of attention, and let's hope it's positive!