Posted on 05/03/2020 11:28:40 AM PDT by Conserv
Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia State House leader, is aggressively marketing herself as a potential vice president for Joe Biden — increasingly irritating those in the former veep’s orbit, an insider said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has her sights set on something else — secretary of defense, say those familiar with her plans.
“If they go with a black woman, it would be Kamala Harris, but she’s a clunky communicator and couldn’t generate any excitement for her own campaign with black or white voters,” the Biden insider said.”
While campaigning for vice president traditionally requires a delicate dance of private lobbying and public demurring, Abrams has flipped the script — openly campaigning for the position. In an April 22 appearance on “The View” Abrams said she has “concerns” about Biden “not picking a woman of color.”
In an interview with Elle Magazine a week earlier, Abrams gushed that she “would be an excellent running mate” and lauded her “25 years in independent study of foreign policy.”
But she has no previous national experience, and is mostly remembered for narrowly losing a race for governor of Georgia in 2018.
“No one takes Stacey seriously. And her public campaigning for the job seems more like a hostage negotiation than an actual attempt to get the job,” said a Biden insider.
“Stacey isn’t ready on day one. Even she knows that and it’s why she’s engaging in this dance. She might get perfunctorily better, but she’s not a serious pick for him. And her campaign is viewed as much as promotion for her book as it is for being chosen as Biden’s VP.
Gillibrand, who has spent years focusing on military issues as a senior member of the Armed Services committee, is looking to become a #MeToo reformer in the Department of Defense.
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Klobuchar's paternal ancestry is Slovenian, and Slovenia used to be part of Yugoslavia. Since Hottentots (I think Khoisan is the PC term now) live in southern Africa, they can probably be called black. (I think the Hottentots and Bushmen are classified as a separate race from Black Africans, but who wants to quibble over that?) So maybe Klobuchar could be counted as a black woman.
Wow! Some Democrats who have some sense!
‘No one takes Stacey seriously’ and Creepy Joe Biden.
Stacy isn’t ready on day one, day 100 or day 3000.
Hahaha
You owe me a new keyboard after I blew coffee out my nose.
Yeah, so let's give Stacey a pity nomination.
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