Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Two maps showing what happens if we take WI, MI and PA. Go to the website make your own maps. [View all]Celerity
(44,190 posts)2 centrist white males from a narrow geographical area, with one of them on record as comparing Pelosi to Trump in terms of popularity (and campaigning hard to try and dump her as speaker.)
That ticket is extremely problematic for women, POC, Pelosi supporters, and progressives. It doesn't widen the map and all and runs the major risk of depressing turnout in the base as well as the left.
You simply are far too fixated on the older, white male lunchbucket demographic in just a few midwest states. A large reason (one of many) Clinton lost in 2016 was a big downward trend in A-A voting nationwide, and especially in key midwest and southern cities (and an uptick in A-A's voting Republican). Kaine was a bad VP pick. Ryan is even worse. There is no hard evidence he even delivers Ohio.
Harris is going to have issues with her 100-day gun law executive order threat. I have no idea why she came out with that, the NRA and other gunner scum are going to go wild over that.
Klobuchar is far too centrist (probably after Delaney the least to the left Dem in the race). She will be more problematic for progressive left than even Ryan I think.
Abrams would be Joe's best choice by far, IMHO, but we SO need the Senate back and she has at least a 50/50 shot at taking out Trump-humper Perdue. Maybe Jon Ossoff can try again (well it is a step up from his Rep race) if Joe picks Stacey.
Biden/Abrams is probably the strongest ticket we could run out. I think she runs for Senate though, unless Biden starts to really falter by July or early August.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden