All the drama surrounding 77-year-old former Vice President and Democrat presumptive nominee Joe Biden’s pick for a running mate, comes down to a no-brainer, something Team Biden has known for months. When Biden announces his pick next week, it will be 55-year-old Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), no question about it. Harris, a U.S. Senator, former California Atty Gen. and Democrat candidate, gave Biden more than he asked for June 27, 2019 in Miami at NBC’s Democrat primary debate. Harris accused Joe of insensitivity for his amicable relationships with segregationists Sen. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.).. Harris showed Joe firsthand she’s ready for a fight, not afraid to speak her mind especially on topics she feels passionate about. With the current racial justice protests around the country, no one’s better than Kamala to lead the charge.
Whether admitted to or not, Biden’s not picking Harris because she’s part East Indian and Jamaican, a person of color, it’s because she’s charismatic, articulate and passionate for what she believes. Kamala’s rabidly anti-Trump, something most of Joe’s possible running mates agree on, but Kamala can pull it off with cold, calculated logic, just what Joe experienced when he debated her in Miami. Kamala’s presentation is eerily similar as a female counterpart to former President Barack Obama, with whom Joe spent eight years as vice president. Without serving with Barack, Joe would be just an ordinary older white guy running for president. Obama gave Joe his credibility with the African American voters to serve the community’s many political and social interests. With today’s racial tensions, Kamala’s the perfect compromise between the white, black and communities of color.
Joe found out firsthand how Kamala can present her case, honed from years refining her craft as San Francisco’s District Attorney from 2004 to 2011, then becoming California’s Atty. Gen. from 2011 to 2017, winning former Sen. Barbara Boxer’s senate seat Jan. 3, 2017. By anyone’s account, Harris is a rising star in the Democrat Party, despite a hiccup when she bombed out of the Democrat Primary Dec. 3, 2019, largely because as young woman of color was not seen as a viable presidential candidate with the likes of 77-year-old Joe Bidem. 71-year-old Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 78-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). But Kamala made a splash in the campaign when she went tete a tete with Joe in Miami. Knowing what Biden faces in the last three months of the 2020 campaign, he has no better partner than Kamala to get him over the finish line Nov. 3.
Former Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) who’s been vetting Joe’s shortlist of possible running mates, including 55-year-old former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, 66-year-old Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), 52-year-old Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Il.), 50-year-old Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 71-year-old Sen. Elizabeth Warrant (D-Mass.), 60-year-old New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), and 48-year-old Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.), thinks Harris hasn’t apologized for going after Biden in Miami. Instead of apologizing, Dodd should thank Kamala for auditioning for running mate months before Joe locked up the nomination. When you look at the field, there’s simply no competition for Kamala, when it comes experience and outright talent. Only Warren has the experience and talent to make the final cut, but she’s not a person of color.
When you look at former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice, she carries so much baggage from the Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and “Obamagate” saga, she’d be a lightening rod for unwanted controversy. Biden has enough controversy with the Ukraine brouhaha where he landed his 50-year-old son Hunger an $83,000 a months job on corruption-plagued Burisma Holdings board. Hunter admitted to ABC’s Good Morning America Oct. 15, 2019 that it was not the best judgment to accept the job. Rice, who admitted to “unmasking” conversations between Flynn and former Russian Amb. Sergey Kislyak, would open up a can of worms for Biden. When it comes to Rep. Val Demings (D-Fl.) she offers Joe nothing special, other than her four-year stint as Orlando Police Chief. Demings upped her profile serving as an impeachment manager before Trump’s acquittal Feb. 5.
When you look at Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), head of Black Caucus, she favors reparations for African Americans, something that could galvanize votes for Trump in the next three months. Even Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Il), a decorated Iraq War Veteran who lost her leg in co-piloting a helicopter Nov. 12, 2004, offers Biden little in terms to getting him key voting blocks. Illinois is not a battleground state, offering Biden no immediate or long-term benefits. When you look at what Kamala brings to the table, there’s no comparison with any of Joe’s choices. Kamala brings all the necessary experience and talent to prosecute a tough case against Trump in the final three months of the campaign. None of Biden’s other choices have a background from the nation’s most populous state. Kamala’s a prime-time, headline candidate, ready to compete at the highest level for the nation’s biggest political prize.
