What that all means is that Biden wants the race to be about him as little as possible. THE POINT - NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Under that theory of the case, Biden needs to spend most of his time convincing voters that Trump deserves to be fired and a (relatively) small amount of time making sure they believe he could do the job in the incumbent’s place. And those underlying dynamics are that this election is a referendum on Trump’s first term in office and, more specifically, the deeply haphazard and erratic way in which he has handled the coronavirus pandemic in the country. See, if you are Joe Biden, making your third run for president and ahead in virtually every swing state and nationally over President Donald Trump, every day between now and November 3 you want to do nothing that threatens to change the underlying dynamics of the race. Despite the historic nature of putting Harris on the ticket, Biden and his advisers knew that selecting Harris might be described by some as unsurprising.īut one man’s “unsurprising” is another man’s “safe.” And that’s exactly what Harris is – and what Biden believes he needs. They knew that while picking Harris would draw considerable attention, it would also be the thing most people expected them to do. What’s telling is that Biden – and his team – didn’t feel the need to reach for a less predictable pick. There was no one else on Biden’s VP shortlist that checked so many boxes. * She emerged as an outspoken voice on race – and the need for police reform – following the death of George Floyd in May and the subsequent protests it sparked around the country * She’s from California, a massive treasure trove of both Democratic votes and Democratic donors * She is a historic pick as the first Black and South Asian American woman to appear on a major party’s national ticket * At 55 years old, she represents a younger generation of leader – something that Biden, who will be 78 on Inauguration Day 2021, said was a major factor in his choice * She has experience in government – as both the California attorney general and as a US senator since 2017 * She’s been vetted on the national stage due to her own 2020 bid Harris, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year, had been the front-runner to be Biden’s pick for months because, well, she simply made sense. Kamala Harris of California as his vice presidential nominee. Eastern time when, via text, his campaign announced that he had picked Sen. That’s the unmistakable message he sent just after 4 p.m. Joe Biden thinks he is going to win the White House in 84 days’ time.
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