Biden will need a VP that can do the heavy lifting of drafting new legislation, budgets, policies

[Yavin4]

Biden will be walking into a shit show after Trump. God only knows just how fucked the world will be when he assumes the office. If this crisis ended today, it would take a year or more to get us back to normal.

We have to get out of the frame of mind that once we elect Biden, it will be Obama's world all over again. No, friends, the world will be in a much worse place than when Obama took over in 2008. Much worse.

Biden needs a real partner to help him through this mess. Biden needs the best policy maker in the Democratic party, and that Democrat is Elizabeth Warren bar none.

My fear is that the moderates will pull Biden to the center and have him focused on the budget which would be a huge fucking mistake. He needs a Progressive near him to pull him towards the bold changes that will be needed to get this country back on its feet.

[beastie boy]

1. I am sure he can count on Obama to be his advisor, formal or informal.

No one is better equipped for saving the country from Republican shitshows.

[marble falls]

6. How about Barrack in the Surpreme Court?

[Yavin4]

8. Obama has put in his time.

Let the man rest.

[beastie boy]

11. Obama will certainly disagree with this assertion.

It's not like he is seventy years old, is it?

[Tribetime]

37. Amen

[left-of-center2012]

2. "a Progressive ... to pull him towards the bold changes"

The voters have spoken.
Progressives didn't do well.

[Yavin4]

9. The bulk of the key primaries were before this crisis

We are in a different world since Jan.-Feb. 2020, and we will be in a far worse world in Jan. 2021. Extreme times call for bold actions.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Well ...

That's one view.

[CanonRay]

3. Absolutely right

He's inheriting a hollowed out government. Plus the GOP will be blaming him on January 22nd

[Yavin4]

10. And demanding impeachment on Jan. 23rd. n/t

[Turbineguy]

4. Biden-Warren

is my Dream Team.

[busterbrown]

12. Your not alone!!! N/T

[getagrip_already]

26. I could live with that ticket.... ;)

[question everything]

39. Absolutely not!

We decided that we want moderate Biden, not "progressive" Sanders nor Warren.

Warren should not be a heart beat away from the president via a back door.

[marble falls]

5. Sounds like a job for Elizebeth Warren, Kamela Harris, Stacy Abrams - and there's more ...

Personally I'm hope Warren can stay in the Senate where she kicks ass on the banking committee maybe she can disinfect Moscow's Mitch's speaker's seat?

We need to show how dynamic we can be.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Agree, except for the Warren part. We can not afford to lose even one Senate seat. Full stop.

There are a good number of VP choices for Biden to look over (or that aren't Senators from states with a Republican governor.)

[getagrip_already]

28. baker won't pick her replacement....

The dems have veto proof control of the legislature. They will do what they did with dukakis. It will go to special election, and as long as we don't run the same failed candidate again we will keep the seat.

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. Nope. Too risky. Not a certainty.

Besides, many other candidates for VP without Warren's risk for the seat.

P.S. Sorry about Brady. Talk about bad timing. Maybe he should become a spokesperson for flu protocols? Guys would actually listen to HIS advice.

[getagrip_already]

36. f' brady... good riddance

He is a friend and supporter of trump in addition to being a cheat and general asswipe.

[FailureToCommunicate]

43. Okay, fair points. I was just trying to start out on the side of the Pats "Faithful"

But, yeah, to heck with him.

[pinkstarburst]

13. No one more qualified

than Elizabeth Warren. Biden/Warren would be an unbeatable ticket and would appeal to both progressive and moderate voters. We need everyone to vote in November. Not just the middle of the party.

[left-of-center2012]

16. "No one more qualified than Elizabeth Warren"

Actually, we have many qualified candidates for VP.

Too early to settle on one.

[Raggaemon]

15. Consider this if you will?

Jim Clyburns heartfelt endorsement was seismic, typically endorsements don't carry as much weight in the grand scheme of elections, something unprecedented happened after Clyburn's endorsement that will be used in future studies.

As much as I appreciate senator Warren for the work she does, she has a BIG negative, it was her inability to gain traction with black voters, particularly black women voters.

There's an undeniable truth, it's that the "heart & soul" of the democratic party is it's black women voters, no other democratic voter constituency is more reliable. It would seem to me that by choosing senator Warren, Biden could risk alienating black voters, who without them he would have been written off had it not been for an endorsement for the ages.

I don't mean to suggest that Biden simply choose a black woman, I mean that he be very deliberate looking over the best qualified candidates to choose from, but to keep in mind that to reach the WH he can't get there without the Heart & Soul taking him there.

[BlueIdaho]

17. We need Warren in the Senate. Period.

[totodeinhere]

19. I don't think he would pick Warren.

She would make a great VP but I think he will go for someone younger.

[solara]

21. Warren should step into McConnell's loafers as

Senate Majority Leader when he loses everything. That's my hope.

[BlueIdaho]

23. Mine too!

[totodeinhere]

18. We will need to win the election first. I would not take anything for granted at this point.

We already know that Republicans do their best to suppress the vote. My biggest fear is that Trump will use this health emergency as an excuse to take even more steps to suppress the vote so that he can stay in power.

[Nikki28]

20. that

is my fear too. I just can't get too excited even though I am happy Biden is in the seat as a candidate.I just have to hold my peace for now until this mess is over the hump.

[dweller]

22. former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Solis

✌🏼

[StevieM]

24. You and I seem to be the only people here who realize how great a pick she would be.

But I hope Biden goes with her. She is exactly the kind of person that we need right now.

[dweller]

27. gotta get her name on ppl's minds

start somewhere

✌🏼

[mikelgb]

25. He should pick Sanders

Simone Sanders

[pattyloutwo]

29. " the best policy maker"

And heavy lifting of drafting legislation - yes! We need Warren. I’m glad Joe knows that about her and I hope he goes with it. I also think Obama would recommend Warren as the pick.

[NBachers]

30. Warren is the best policy maker in the Democratic Party, but she's needed in the Senate.

One less Democratic senator, replaced by a Republican one, is not acceptable.

[ecstatic]

31. Agreed. I think they're both really knowledgeable

and know what needs to be done.

[LakeArenal]

32. Then his VP should be Katie Porter

[question everything]

40. And her qualifications are?

And her qualifications are?

[Indykatie]

33. Do VPs Actually Draft Legislation and Policies?

"Progressive" policies will required a Senate willing to pass the legislation. I think we forget that the Dems in the Senate are fairly centrist if we're using the new definition of "progressive".

[Yavin4]

34. "Centrism" works in normal circumstances.

If we're talking a rising stock market, lowering unemployment, rising wages, yes, sure, Centrism works.

But that's not the world that Biden is walking in to. That world will be in smoldering ruins. The last thing that you want to do is balance the budget and cut spending when the house is charred ruin.

[question everything]

38. Many of us support Biden over Sanders because we like him being moderate

We see nothing wrong in him being "pulled to the center." And, yes, budget will be the top issue.

Oh, in case you forgot, moderates flipped the House last year.

[Yavin4]

41. I need you to understand something.

This virus is causing a global economic disruption and massive displacement. The world that we knew five months ago is gone. Everything has changed. Things that we have taken for granted may no longer be there. For example, our healthcare work force may be overwhelmed, and that will cause cascading health issues. Emergency services for other maladies may be unavailable.

Our educational system may be in chaos as the normal education matriculation has been disrupted. Entire industries may go under. There is already massive unemployment which then means massive defaults on loans.

So, i need you to understand that the old politics are gone. We are in a crazy new world, and the U.S. budget is the very last thing that we need to be worried about. The very last thing.

[GulfCoast66]

42. I've said for a year Biden/Harris is our dream ticket. Nothing has made me change my opinion.