(08-11-2020, 07:18 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(08-11-2020, 06:41 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I'll go out on a limb here.

Black - Check
Female - Check
Half Asian - bonus Check (bi-racial)
democrat - Check

I don't know of other boxes that leftists typically have, perhaps Mikesez or jaflou53 (might be one in the same) could enlighten us.

No, I'm not Mikesez, although I could use his support now As far as the "boxes" that she checks, this is what I had in mind:

1. Strong woman (Trump can't handle strong women, i.e. Pelosi). 

I tend to agree with you.  Unfortunately, she won’t be debating Trump directly.

2. Very smart, articulate and thinks fast on her feet. As I said before, she will make mincemeat out of Pence.

She is smart, yes.  She also has baggage which will be exposed and I’m not so certain that she will outright triumph in a debate with Pence.

3. Not too far left politically. Warren would have been the wrong choice to help beat Trump. 

I agree in that Warren (too radical) would have been a worse choice, along with Abrams (lacking charisma), & Klobuchar (not diverse enough).  Rice or Whitmer now seem to have been better choices, but Joe’s group must have done the risk/reward analysis and decided to roll with Harris anyway.

4. Black- You are correct on that one. Biden needs black voters to come to the polls in droves and Harris should help with this. However, regardless of her race, she was the best candidate to be VP.

I’m not so sure, but as always, time will tell.

5. Political experience: She has plenty of this representing California in the Senate.

She’s 1/2 way through her first term and hasn’t really accomplished much, but 3 1/2 years is better than nothing, I guess.

6. Strong on crime: She has a strong record on this, so much so that some say it will hurt her with the black vote. This will not happen, but it will help with middle of the road white voters. 

Possibly.  We’ll have to see how this plays out in the long run.

Those are the boxes I was referring to. I do not believe, however, that Biden should have said in advance that he would pick a woman. He should have simply announced the pick without any pre-conditions on race or gender.

It was an attempt by Joe to drum up some early support and interest is all.

By the way, I am not a "leftist." I'm not a fan of AOC and other far left politicians. I have voted for Republicans in the past and expect to in the future if they are moderate enough on certain issues important to me. Simply put, I believe Trump is the worst thing that ever happened to this country for a myriad of reasons and can't wait til he's gone come November (or January).

I agree with you wholeheartedly here.