Did Harris just rule out a VP run with Biden

[Funtatlaguy]

I’ve seen a lot of posts here saying that they think Biden/Harris would be a strong ticket.
However, Harris was very critical of Biden after the latest dustup over getting along with the segregationists.
Was what she said about Biden disqualifying for her to become his VP should she not win the prez nomination and Biden does?

[msongs]

1. jfk ran with lbj and they had a strong dislike for each other. rfk tried to get lbj to drop out nt

[George II]

9. I remember that, but it was back when the Presidential nominee didn't necessarily choose...

...his running mate. If I remember correctly, Kennedy preferred Adlai Stevenson, but can't be sure.

[Mosby]

33. lbj gave him tx and other southern states

He would have lost without TX, ca went to nixon

Harris brings almost nothing ec-wise as a vp.

[Fresh_Start]

2. No it did not disqualify her

but she wouldn't be his best option...he would want a VP from a swing state...not a VP from one of the BLUEST states

[mainstreetonce]

3. No

Joe can get over it,I think.

He might really want Stacey Abrams.

[Fresh_Start]

8. Stacey would be awesome....

Beto might pull enough to push Texas over the red/blue line though I'd love him to run for senate
Bullock has strong approval in Montana but is that enough to move Montana?

[thesquanderer]

22. One poll showing Biden (but not Beto) beating Trump in TX. Not sure VP Beto does much there. (nt)

[Honeycombe8]

29. It depends on what ea. district votes. The Repub will win because of that.

The only strongly sizable Democratic districts are Dallas and Harris Counties, & maybe Bexar County (Austin).

The KKK headquarters is in southeast Texas. That entire area will vote Republican. West TX is strongly Republican (Bush had his oil bizness there).

[LakeArenal]

31. Stacey WOULD be awesomely better anyway.

Also Katie Porter is awesome.

[Funtatlaguy]

11. Abrams could help flip GA, FLA, NC.

[Celerity]

16. +10000

[Politicub]

17. A Biden/Abrams ticket would be amazing.

[mainstreetonce]

20. So glad to hear people agree about Abrams

She impresses me like Pete does with such well informed and sincere rhetoric.

I don't think enough people listened to her.

[Funtatlaguy]

26. And she has an incredible smile.

The little gap she has between her front teeth is kinda cute (much like David Letterman) and her being a little overweight makes her very relatable, I think, to the average person.
Plus she is wicked smart and gives a great stump speech.
Biden could do a lot worse if he ends up as our nominee.

[PoliticAverse]

4. No. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. Nope. And I guarantee she'll be top of his list, and she'll graciously accept if asked.

[C_U_L8R]

6. No serious candidate would opt for VP at this point in the primary

That rules nothing out.

[zentrum]

7. I think she doesn't

...want to swallow too many of her own real stands on policies. She's more progressive than he is.

[Kaleva]

10. No.

[question everything]

12. Harris, warren, Sanders are not going to be second to anyone

And, come to think about it, the nominees rarely select a former rival as a running mate.

Reagan-Bush and Kerry-Edwards are the only examples that come to mind.

[woodsprite]

14. and Obama-Biden. nt

[Voltaire2]

25. Yeah but his 2008 run cratered before

it got started, so it doesn’t really count.

I don’t think any of the leaders are running for veep.

Nor is the selection of a VP terribly important. It rarely helps to win an election, but it can help lose one. So generally the rule is to pick somebody you can put on a shelf until the election is over.

[question everything]

38. Biden dropped after the Iowa caucus so he was not exactly a competitor

The others stuck longer.

[thesquanderer]

23. Unlike Warren or Sanders, Harris would be a young enough VP to be a strong 2028 contender. (n/t)

[question everything]

39. Sitting VPs do not win elections. At least, since FDR. Nixon, Gore

Bush Sr. was the exception because too many voters loved Reagan and they thought that they would get Reagan third term.

Yes we can debate that Gore did win but in reality a sitting V.P. has to, on the one hand associate himself/herself with a, presumable a successful administration. On the other hand has to distance himself/herself from any scandal - and each administration has something. But, mostly, builds a new own person.

We talk here about "likable" or "personable." I don't find Harris personable. Yes, she performed well when interrogated Barr. The real prosecutor. There was nothing likable about her there.

But, if she does not win this round, she will have plenty of time to build herself. Right now she is known as a touch prosecutor and AG from CA - a place not too attractive to many voters. And a freshman senator. But she will have plenty of time to introduce herself.

[gldstwmn]

13. She gets the VP question a lot I notice.

She's not going to say she'd accept a VP position for anyone. She's running for president not VP.

[Funtatlaguy]

15. My question was IF she doesn't win prez nom.

[Demit]

18. She strikes me as someone who wants to be in a position to do things.

Not be a lady-in-waiting.

[DesertRat]

19. +1 nt

[OnDoutside]

21. No frontrunner will say that at this stage...it would kill their campaign.

[ecstatic]

24. I don't think so. Like both Clintons, Biden understands the game.

Backbone of steel. Not an easily-bruised crybaby like dump.

[loyalsister]

27. Interesting framing

If I were going to ask, I would be more inclined to question if she would be willing to entertain the possibility of serving in a Biden administration.

[onetexan]

28. Beto will do

[emulatorloo]

30. Biden is a tough guy, I'm pretty sure he'd work well with both Harris and Booker.

And they would work well with him should he win the nominee. There is a lot of common ground between them all.

He understands it’s “just politics”. Single digit polling candidates are going to attack the front runner. Biden doesn’t seem to hold grudges like say Donald Trump.

[LakeArenal]

32. Hope she did.

She’d be a better atty general anyway.

[samnsara]

36. im thinking that as well

[Tipperary]

34. I would not think so.

She is fantastic. He is smart and will pick a good running mate. Biden has been in the rough and tumble of politics a long time. A little dustup is nothing in the grand scheme.

[samnsara]

35. i used to think a biden harris ticket was a dream ticket.. not im thinking biden warren!

[Kurt V.]

37. she would probably take it. it would set up a good future run. but...

stepping back a bit, biden will gaffe out, warren is too big a threat to the donor class so that leaves harris ( not solely) thus she will be the nominee.

[Skya Rhen]

40. Klobuchar seems to be the best choice - she can help to add a swing state

she is a woman and she is not out to destroy Biden...