Joe Biden says Stacey Abrams, Sally Yates could be potential VP picks while speaking in Iowa

[highplainsdem]

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/11/22/joe-biden-possible-vice-president-stacey-abrams-sally-yates/4276980002/

Winterset, IA — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday night identified several prominent Democratic women who he said could serve as his vice president if he is elected president.

At a town hall, Biden was asked who his vice presidential pick would be if he wins the Democratic nomination.

"You. Are you available?" Biden joked to the questioner, before giving a serious answer.

Biden didn't name anyone specifically but said there are a number of people who are qualified.

"I could start naming people but the press will think that’s who I picked," he said, before obliquely referring to several potential candidates.

His list included "the former assistant attorney general who got fired," referring to Sally Yates; "the woman who should have been the governor of Georgia," referring to Stacey Abrams; and "the two senators from the state of New Hampshire," referring to U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan.

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Biden also expounded on his own relationship with President Barack Obama, for whom he served as vice president. He said the most important thing is to pick a running mate who aligns with you philosophically and who you can trust with big assignments.

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[elleng]

1. YES!!!!

[chillfactor]

2. would LOVE to see

Stacey on the ticket! She is a fireball! A woman and Black...perfect!

[greyl]

3. Great choice of people to be associated with. nt

[RockRaven]

4. IIRC, isn't Yates from GA (as well as obviously Abrams)? Is Biden thinking he could turn GA blue?

That is interesting. I know people have been pointing to GA as a future swing state, the way they pointed at NC a decade-plus ago. Is Biden really thinking about that, or is just a coincidence that they're from the same state?

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Good choices

I think Amy K. would be another excellent pick. And I might catch hell for this, but Beto would be my wild card pick for him. Kamala would make a terrific Attorney General.

[oldsoftie]

14. No on Beto

Just no.

[StarfishSaver]

20. +1000

[DownriverDem]

16. Not Beto

We need a strong Dem woman on the ticket. It's way past time.

[oldsoftie]

23. Especially since my money is on Nikki Haley being on Trumps ticket.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. Okay fair enough

I don't consider it likely he'll be picked anyway. I think Amy would be a good match for him.

[sheshe2]

32. No for Beto.

I like him a lot but he needs more experience under his belt.

No for Kamala as AG. We need her in our number in the Senate. The Senate is crucial and we can't drain it for cabinet posts.

[louseb]

6. Sally Yates is suited for AG

[Celerity]

7. she really should run for one of the TWO Georgia Senate seats up for grabs

it is madness that we have our strongest possible candidates running in only 2 of the potential 13 flippable seats (CO and AZ)

[oldsoftie]

24. I dont think she'd do well in a statewide race in GA.

Abrahms was a different candidate.

[elleng]

10. I agree. After the charlatan there now, we really need an outstanding, upright and

experienced AG.

[JudyM]

26. The idea of putting her in as VP is appealing for cleaning up corruption as a "big assignment."

[PatrickforO]

8. Stacey Abrams is absolutely outstanding!

I'd love to see her on the ticket.

[Cha]

9. Brilliant women! And, we know Biden has looked carefully

at who he would choose as VP.. he knows how important it is.

THank you for this, hpd!

[blue-wave]

12. Mahalo Cha!!

I know I haven't been around this board much lately, but I've been following it. Just busy with personal stuff. I want to take this moment to thank you for so eloquently defending and supporting Joe. It appears to me that people here enjoy beating up on Joe, something I don't understand and likely never will. I'm with you and him 100%. Just received a thank you letter from his campaign today. Bless you Cha!! Stay strong!!

[Cha]

13. Aww.. nice to hear from you, blue-wave!

When I saw your name I realized I hadn't seen you in awhile.

How sweet to receive a Thank you letter from the Biden Campaign.. Mahalo for donating!

I'm trying and I hope when you take care of business we'll see you again when you can.. we need all the help we can get!

[ritapria]

11. Jeanne Shaheen is up for reelection in 2020

From a practical standpoint she won't be seriously considered for VP …… I don't believe she can run for 2 federal offices at the same time ...You can do so in Texas ...LBJ and Lloyd Bentsen ran for reelection and VP in the same year ...If Jeanne bowed out in her Senate run in favor of the Vice-Presidency , it would put another Senate seat in play ….She is highly favored to win reelection in 2020.....

[DownriverDem]

17. Think strategy

Shaheen is from New Hampshire. Abrams is from GA. Who will help the ticket? I see a major difference.

[DownriverDem]

15. Have been saying this for a long time

Biden running with a strong progressive Dem woman would be an awesome ticket. With almost half of men saying they wouldn't vote for a woman president, I can see trump running a very sexist campaign if a woman would be at the top of the ticket. Do I like it? Hell no, but I'm a realist. We have to beat trump. A woman VP would be aligned to be President. She would show those who are backward that woman can do the job. Yeah I know it sucks, but here we are.

[helpisontheway]

18. Love Stacey Abrams but I don't think she wants the job. She decided not to run for president

She said she wanted to work on voter inequality.

[Demsrule86]

21. She has publicly stated she is open to the job of VP.

[helpisontheway]

22. Oh I did not know that. Cool! Nt

[Hortensis]

19. "and who you can trust with big assignments." YES!

I love how important and dynamic the position of VP has become in Democratic administrations.

(Best that Republican VPs continue to waste most of their time, though.)

[duforsure]

27. Two excellent choices

But others could choose others in the party equally as good. Biden is getting ahead of himself , and I am for someone else in the primaries. Biden just doesn't impress me , and is doing to many things that'll lose him support.

[flamingdem]

28. It seems like he doesn't know yet

but I'm glad he's considering a woman.

I can't see either of those picks saying yes. Amy K would say yes but I'm not jazzed about her in that role.

[IronLionZion]

29. The first woman VP needs to be a Dem, not Nikki Haley

Sally Yates would also be a great AG since she was in the acting role when Trump fired her. The other options are fine but not sure it's worth giving up a senate seat in a swing state.

[Gothmog]

30. I like both choices

I used to support the concept of a Biden/Harris ticket but I have cooled on this

[R B Garr]

31. Me too, cooled off completely to that.

[sheshe2]

33. I said above we can not drain the Senate.

I would love to see Abrams or Yates. If it is Abrams she has a foothold to a run in 4 years, RB.

Imagine our first black woman as President.

[R B Garr]

34. Hi she! Both of those women would be excellent

choices. Stacey is so informative and well-spoken. She is a real asset! I don’t see Yates in action as much.

[sheshe2]

35. Hey, R B

She is breaking ground in Georgia. Get out the vote!

If she gets the nod, we got Georgia.

[R B Garr]

37. That would be epic. I remember how much support she had

there during her very well run campaign. 👍

[sheshe2]

38. Sad fact, she did win.

It was stolen, yet she will never give up.

[R B Garr]

39. Yes, it was stolen, she, and it was very well documented

and predicted. She did a great job in documenting what they were doing to cheat. I hope we’ll see plenty more of her.

[sheshe2]

40. We will.

[Skid Rogue]

36. Nice!

As much as I love Hillary, I've always felt she made a mistake on her VP choice. If you're an old school Dem, you need to pull the next gen forward on that VP pick.