My choice would be Gretchen Witmer, 2 women on the ticket would be kryptonite for someone like Trump. He would have no idea how to campaign against that. Liberals would have no problem voting for 2 women, if they are happy with a woman on the top of the ticket. Who knows who they will go with. I wouldn't pick Newsome personally he's got too much baggage based on what I remember from past campaigns.
shareShe's named four men as possibilities. I'm betting on Shapiro, but maybe that guy from Kentucky, or that astronaut from Colorado.
You gotta have balance. I like Wittmer a lot, too, plus she's from MI. But she's not on the list, or any other woman, so the expectations have been set.
I'm pumped.
Josh Shapiro would be good; he is quite popular in Pa., and having two prosecutors going after a convicted POS rapist with 34 additional felony convictions on his record would be hilarious. However, the fact that Shapiro is Jewish would get the anti-Semites stirred up, and there certainly are plenty of them.
sharetbh, his take on Gaza appalls me. But right now, the focus is winning this goldurn election, and winning PA would be...
YUGE.
Point taken on the anti-semites, though. A consideration.
I saw Frank Luntz on an interview last night and he felt Shapiro would be a great pick and might seal the deal.
Then I saw a guy on Cuomo's program last night (I cannot remember who it was) that brought out the Jewish VP candidate with the African American/Asian female factor, and he may have a point.
Getting Pa. would be as you typed, "YUGE", however, I am not sure how Shapiro would play out in Mi with a large group of Muslim American voters who might sit it out or vote RFK.
Personally, I like Shapiro, and look what he did to Doug Doug Mastriano in the gubernatorial race in Pa. , and Mastriano was basically a Trump and a Vance rolled into one. I am surprised he wasn't screaming election fraud after he was blown out.
Hm. Yea, there is some needed calculation on this pick. Maybe play it safe with the astronaut, and shore up AZ, avoid pissing off the left w/ the very zionist Shapiro. They better not fuck this up.
shareIf I'm getting this right, Muzzies, women, Asians, and Hebes are all expected to vote for their own people, but white men who do this are literally Hitler. Am I missing anything?
share"Liberals would have no problem voting for 2 women"
They're trying to appeal to Independents in Swing States. Likely pick will be a moderate white male from there. Maybe Cooper especially since he's term-limited this January as governor. I like that he's a fighter and wins elections, too.
There will never be a 2 women ticket because America simply won't go for 2 women to be trusted with the Codes when they get PMS, so you have to balance that out with a male on the ticket
shareHe had no problem campaigning against hillary, it is stupid to suggest that he would have any problem campaigning against "two women".
Senator Kelly and it isn't even close! Dude checks every box she needs and then some!
White guy - check
married - check
kids - check
Protestant - check
Deep military background - check
Freaking astronaut - check
Swing state - check
Border state to combat GOP on immigration issue - check
Wife a well known victim of gun violence - check
I could also see Brashear or Shapiro, but smart money is on Kelly.
Bill Kristol, not someone I normally put much store in, was on the Bulwark podcast with Tim Miller a day or two ago mentioned an interesting choice of former NATO Commander Jim Stavridis - an interesting choice.
James George Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Stavridis' Wikipedia page says the following:
On July 12, 2016, The New York Times and other media organizations reported that Stavridis was being vetted by the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign as a possible vice presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket.[77] The Washington Post summarized Stavridis' qualifications in a short video.[78] Publications like the Navy Times cited his NATO leadership as pluses.[79] An article in Politico called him "Hillary's Anti-Trump." Stavridis was quoted in that article as joking, "My name is too long for a bumper sticker."[80] Eventually, Clinton selected Tim Kaine.[81]
On December 8, 2016, Stavridis went to Trump Tower in New York City to meet with president-elect Donald Trump. Following the meeting, Stavridis told reporters that they had discussed world events, cybersecurity and other matters.[82] Press accounts suggested he was under consideration for secretary of state or director of national intelligence.[83] On December 14, 2016, however, in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Stavridis said that he would not be taking a position in the Trump administration.[84]
women on the ticket would be kryptonite for someone like Trump.