The former president has always considered himself to be the ultimate disrupter. But this time, the disruption is on the other side.
Through the weekend, there were an awful lot of questions that were going back and forth from people in the presidentās tightest circle, and one of the questions that kept being asked was whetherĀ Joe BidenĀ was going to endorseĀ Kamala HarrisĀ or not. And the question didnāt revolve around whetherĀ heĀ wanted to or not, but whether people in her camp thought it would be better for her to fight for it, win it on her own, and not be seen as somebody who was tapped by President Biden and so, in her own way, have a fresh startĀ going into the campaign.
So the timing seems to be about as good as it could have been to end what has just been one of the craziest two or three weeks in American politics in quite some time.
Other than Palin, who was an epically bad choice, I really donāt feel like the VP moves the needle all that much or injects a lot of energy. That being said, another woman on the ticket would be an interesting flex, and there are some good choices.
AOC might be a good pick if you really wanna get more of the left crowd.
I like AOC. But I think she can still do a lot of good where she is. You have Katie Porter ready to go and she might be my top pick. Whitmer limits out in two years, and might be willing to be called up, but Iām really happy with her here in MI and Iām afraid to shake things up too much or risk losing our blue trifecta here. Either of them might be better strategic picks, but what do I know.
America is still too misogynistic to let a ticket of two women win.
Edit: I like the optimism of the people downvoting me. Iād prefer they engage, but I still like their optimism.
Iām not going to say youāre wrong, but a pair of women on a pro-choice platform would fucking energize some folks. And I donāt think a token man on the ticket would make a difference anyway.
Also, none of the men whose names Iāve seen put forward excite me the way some of the women do. (I knowā¦ bad phrasingā¦)
Women would turn out for them, a hugely underestimated group.
Maybe.