Posted on 07/29/2024 5:11:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has taken himself out of consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential running mate, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.
Cooper, viewed as one of the top contenders for the role, is said to have expressed concern about going through the veepstakes process at age 67. There has also been concern among some Democrats about Mark Robinson, the state’s Republican lieutenant governor whom the state constitution says would perform the governor’s duties when the governor is absent from the state.
CNN has reached out to a representative for Cooper. The Harris campaign declined to comment.
The governor’s decision to pull his name from consideration as Harris’ running mate is only the latest sign that the search has entered a new phase, two people familiar with the matter said.
Cooper, the oldest candidate under consideration, had the longest standing relationship with Harris. But his age was thought to be at odds with Harris’ push for a vigorous, younger ticket, the sources said.
Polling and research is underway for other top contenders, sources said, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.
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all of the sudden everyone is worried about age. Lmao
Bill Clinton was the "dark horse" candidate in 1992.
Who wants to be the designated loser for Kamala? What would be the benefit?
Another guy who does not want to follow in the footsteps of Tim Kaine, Walter Mondale, and Hubert Humphrey.
Good news - Trump can’t win without North Carolina.
Corruption or skeletons in his closet? Or, does he not want to be part of the designated loser team in November?
He thinks he has a better chance at a job in a future Newsom or Whitmer Administration.
Yeah. Being the VP nominee for a losing ticket is usually a one way ticket to obscurity.
Potential First Mate on the “Titanic” declines the job.
He has an identical twin brother. So that’s fugly x 2.
Ummmmmm,...., Cooper isn’t very bright. He is usually seen in a windbreaker talking about hurricanes and floods. The Legislature runs the state.
Everything he vetoes gets overridden.
And, he cannot change the outcome of the 2024 NC POTUS election and deliver NC for Kamala.
Ummmmmm,...., Cooper isn’t very bright. He is usually seen in a windbreaker talking about hurricanes and floods. The Legislature runs the state.
Everything he vetoes gets overridden.
And, he cannot change the outcome of the 2024 NC POTUS election and deliver NC for Kamala.
I took myself out of consideration too, and you never heard of me either.
Kackling Karmello has a group of pastey white guys as VP candidates, and only one has intersectionality/indentity politics background, and that is Booty Juice.
Harris is not going to have a DEI VP on her ticket.
She should pick AOC. There IQ. Bookends
And there’s a good reason they both look like mutant aliens, y’know?
“I took myself out of consideration too, and you never heard of me either.”
It’s amusing how people think that them not having heard of someone/something makes any difference to anyone.
I’ll bite.
Their dad was a mutant radioactive alien, y’know what I’m sayin’?
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