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To: nathanbedford

‘If Trump can run against Joe Biden he will win in a walk.’

but we all know he isn’t running against Biden; he’s running against biden’s running mate...Joe’s only purpose is to win more votes than Trump, which he can certainly do; once elected, he will be like the post stroke Woodrow Wilson, a figurehead waiting to die or become incapcitated...


23 posted on 05/05/2020 9:15:07 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade
Historically, vice presidential selections have not turned elections. Sarah Palin could not do it. A vice presidential pick can hurt, as did the senator who needed electric shock treatments but on the whole the vice presidential candidate is a placeholder.

I understand that this might very well be different because Biden is certainly different. But what an odd sell to the voter to argue that the man who's going to be president on your vote is not the one who will act as president because he is incompetent.

Michelle Obama is perhaps the only possible candidate who could break this rule because she would certainly deliver the black vote and that has become the staple of the Democrat party. But the party now must also land the Hispanics and educated white suburban women. Hispanics are vulnerable to Trump and suburban women must certainly have 2nd thoughts about Biden's sexual proclivities enough, perhaps, to take the edge off that block for the Democrats.

No other Democrat comes to mind with the charisma to take over the Democrat campaign from the 2nd slot. Not Cuomo, not any of the women who ran for the nomination, not Cory Booker who might try to do the same for the ticket that Michelle Obama is believed to be capable of doing, not any Democrat senator or governor that I can think of. Remember, it must be someone with real charisma to reshape the role of the candidate for vice president so that it dominates the election.

I still think the coronavirus is the only thing that will defeat Trump.


32 posted on 05/05/2020 9:59:52 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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