Who will Kamala pick as VP?

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ondma

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This ain't a purity test, Walz ain't some far leftist or anything.
I am not sure what a "far leftist" is, so I wont accuse Walz of that. That said, he may have been a moderate at one time, but certainly is no longer.
 

zinfamous

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It's kind of a self reinforcing system though. Parents who can afford to send their kids to private school are invested in their kids' education in the literal financial sense and in the practical sense. So of course those kids will do better than average, because they are very much setup for success from the start.

yeah I have no issue with private schools or the idea of private school in general. I take issue with this sudden argument from corporations that are overseen almost exclusively by boards of fundamentalist nutballs that can't distinguish their true god between Mamon and White Jesus, that we need to actually start siphoning our money away from our overall still very good public school system and into these for-profit Christian-warrior creating Madrassas. And no--not all good private schools and even christian based schools are like this, but it is the driving factor in this move to privatize our public wealth with the general goal of indoctrinating our youth into anti-science, anti-knowledge religiofascist sheep.

That is without question the base impetus for this, and it has sucked a lot of well-minded legislators into supporting this simply out of a vague notion of "all good private schools." Even simple, non-fundy and absolutely secular schools have no business sucking up public wealth. These people are already privileged, and it's just a fucking broken, disgusting argument to try and defend the idea that a system that exists ostensibly out of Jim Crow, white flight public sentiment in the suburbs of the late 50s and 60s for the then-privileged and the now generationally privileged, need to siphon yet more wealth out of the public fund that they are already voting to remove their own participation from.
 
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evident

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Safe choice vs shapiro.... shapiro has more upside but the Israel stuff is just territory the campaign shouldn't have to battle with right now
 
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Safe choice vs shapiro.... shapiro has more upside but the Israel stuff is just territory the campaign shouldn't have to battle with right now
Walz seems to have better vibes for a vibes-driven election. He's a second term governor, non-lawyer background, with a long record of public service. He's also got that midwestern every white man vibe and way of communicating that could work well in this cycle.
 

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Walz seems to have better vibes for a vibes-driven election. He's a second term governor, non-lawyer background, with a long record of public service. He's also got that midwestern every white man vibe and way of communicating that could work well in this cycle.

Probably and overall is a do no harm pick. Shapiro or Kelly would have been higher risk/higher reward. Certainly going to contrast favorably to the sectional molester Trump put on his ticket.
 
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Probably and overall is a do no harm pick. Shapiro or Kelly would have been higher risk/higher reward. Certainly going to contrast favorably to the sectional molester Trump put on his ticket.
Absolutely. It may also have just come down to chemistry. For whatever reason, Harris may just have jived better with Walz. And I agree, it is the better of the "do no harm" picks.
 
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MrSquished

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Yes! Kamala keeps knocking it out of the park let's go!

For the first time I'm going to get a bumper sticker with political candidates names on them. The Harris lets walz into the goddamn White House ticket
 

Paratus

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So hypothetical, now that her VP is chosen does Trump dump Vance for a different pick to try an shake things up in his favor?
 

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So hypothetical, now that her VP is chosen does Trump dump Vance for a different pick to try an shake things up in his favor?

I think that window is closing soonish but he doesn't seem inclined anyway. Riding that dud all the way through to the election.
 

Stokely

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He feels like Kaine to me. Meh.

I don't get that at all either. Both are white dudes I guess... Kaine had the energy and personality of a packet of mayo.

But anyway...just want to say, let's fucking go! Time to kick some project 2025 snorting butt.

It's amazing how much better "ok, we have a fighting chance now" feels compared to the weeks after the debate. I'll never be overconfident,not after 2016. I'll never underestimate the stupidity and bigotry of this country again either.
 

K1052

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I don't get that at all either. Both are white dudes I guess... Kaine had the energy and personality of a packet of mayo.

But anyway...just want to say, let's fucking go! Time to kick some project 2025 snorting butt.

It's amazing how much better "ok, we have a fighting chance now" feels compared to the weeks after the debate.

Yes, anybody who says these guys are the same thing hasn't heard either one of them talk.
 

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As a western battleground resident the veep selection is a big "Meh." He doesn't move the needle here at all. None of my early arrival coworkers know who he is. He's not going to make any inroads with the black and Hispanic populations that are so crucial here. Harris better hope he can lock down a Midwestern state or two and they can find other ways to mobilize western demographics, because this ain't gonna do it out here.
 
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Stokely

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So who would have in your opinion?

Not saying he's Obama, but nobody knew who he was either when he first started running.

Maybe after watching some interviews, town halls, a debate or two, people will get a feel for him (for better or worse), just sayin'. Your average person knows very few politicians in general.
 

Indus

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As a western battleground resident the veep selection is a big "Meh." He doesn't move the needle here at all. None of my early arrival coworkers know who he is. He's not going to make any inroads with the black and Hispanic populations that are so crucial here. Harris better hope he can lock down a Midwestern state or two and they can find other ways to mobilize western demographics, because this ain't gonna do it out here.

Yeah I think you're right and maybe she's going for an eastern and midwest strategy rather than a western one.

NV and AZ might be losses but GA might be in play.