Klobuchar won the debate. If she doesn’t get traction, look for her as a candidate for VP regardless of who the presidential nominee is.
Scott Adams has an interesting perspective on her. He says she has not immediately obvious flaws, and that helps in a general election because Trump likes to sieze on the opponent’s biggest weakness (i.e. “Sleepy Joe”, “Crazy Bernie”, etc). He also says she’s boring and dull which is a problem in the primaries when you have to stand out but not in a general where it’s one-on-one and all she’d have to do is be the “not Trump” candidate.
Still, her chance of getting the nomination is slim but your point about being a VP choice makes a lot of sense.
The democrats main problem throughout this exercise is how far left the socialist wing has pulled the entire party. Their candidate, after what promises to be a divided convention, will enter the general far to the left of an overwhelming majority of Americans.
Bernie is going to get screwed because the big money donors for the DNC do not want him. In fact, they are going to want Bloomberg (not even a democrat).
The disaffection of Bernie supporters will be even more pronounced than it was in the last election and in the key swing states Trump won their non-participation and protests were a major swing. If it is Bloomberg who “buys the nomination” this disaffection will extend to the supporters of Mayor Pete, Biden, and Warren. However, I have yet to see anything impressive about Bloomberg as a candidate beyond his unprecedented bankroll.
On top of that, the incumbent (advantage 1) is killing it with peace and unprecedented prosperity (advantage 2).
Outside of these obvious conclusions at this point your guess is as good as mine as to who it will be. Unlike many others and despite the speculation for pundits it provides, I do not see how a convention draft effort for someone not currently in the race is possible.
“Klobuchar won the debate. If she doesn’t get traction, look for her as a candidate for VP regardless of who the presidential nominee is.”
makes sense ... she’s basically a female Biden and is almost as corrupt as he is ...