Minor point but I'm a stickler.

Kentuckians know. Hopefully soon everyone will know.

I don't have a preference for the VP pick.

There’s no way they will put him on the ticket. Our loss in my opinion as he is incredibly smart and has those zinger come-backs!

But it won’t be him.

all the contenders and make the best choice to win the election. The is not to make those who are already supporting Harris happy but to help with voters who are still undecided.

against pro-Palestinian protesters and the way the Penn university thing was handled.

Mark Kelly has the most upside for me.

...would also be in the WH as 2nd Lady. Another big selling point for Mark Kelly as VP! 💜

She was the Representative from the congressional district where I grew up in Arizona, a Democrat, local business woman, who won a seat in a district that was more Republican than Democrat.

There probably is something in the background of every potential VP pick that someone is going to dislike. So what. I'm a staunch supporter of such a ban, but I would have no trouble with Kelly as the selection. Or Shapiro despite some folks concern about his views on charter schools.

but Josh has only been in office 18 months. Otherwise he could be my hands-down pick.

Kelly's state is not as important as Shapiro's, but WOW. A man who loves as stays wit his wife through terrible personaltimes! (Compared to a man who serially cheats on his wife.)

He’s a great communicator, and might be appealing to persuadable white men.

Pete Buttigieg
Gretchen Whitmer
A few others

Either Mark or Gov. Shapiro would bring plenty to the ticket. We have a deep well of talent, and I’m sure the Harris/Holder team is having a hard time weighing the pros snd cons of all of them. They probably could have saved themselves some time if they had read yesterday's Boston Globe, which gave a comprehensive list with a clear and concise list of the pros and cons of each.

By the way, in case anyone is concerned about Msrk’s military background, he also great talking to small groups of young/younger people about space travel.

Not Kelly or Shapiro. Need to reach working class rural voters. Kelly is not good for labor. Shapiro’s bad for teachers and unions because of his pro voucher stance.

to families for private school tuition and school supplies wasn’t appreciated by Dems. He did back down in the face of House Democratic opposition, but his support was pretty enthusiastic and leaves him vulnerable.

I also think his likening pro Palestinian protestors to the KKK won’t endear him to the young voters we need but that’s a whole other story, as a Jew who is a peace activist, prefer not to engage in right now. Just back from 10 days in Israel out in protests with family and basically exhausted to engage with people on DU about that.

He isn’t the worst we could do. But he’s not as good IMHO as some other pro labor, working class candidates.

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If KH doesn't want Gen Z to lose enthusiasm for her candidacy (she needs them to come out in big numbers for her to win), she should not pick Shapiro, because he has expressed support for Israel's brutal, genocidal response in Gaza.

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Premise aside

Nice try.

"she should pick Shapiro"

Otherwise, your statement doesn't make sense in context.

It’s the military background and the astronaut stuff. How can even the Trumpers logically (yes, I realize what I’m saying there), find fault with Kelly with the background he has. He’s a freaking astronaut!!!!

So I think it will be him. We’ll see.

but, in this case, some not on the right would likely react similarly, as you noted.

She’d lose a lot of crucial Gen Z support with that pick.

Lose myopic "voters".

and the mass slaughter and starvation of tens of thousands of innocents.

Nice straw man. 🙄🙄🙄

I don’t want KH to pick someone who could dampen Gen Z enthusiasm for her campaign, thus helping Trump win. It’s really not that complicated.

Also, you can pretend Israel isn’t committing genocide, but the rest of the world isn’t that delusional. .

If they refuse to vote for a Harris/Shapiro ticket, then they, as MYOPIC single-issue voters, are fucking STUPID.

So fuck their (((sad))) !

As for your last BS propaganda,

I'm glad you're having a good time discounting the brutal slaughter and starvation of tens of thousands.

Enjoy your little propaganda bubble. Buh bye!

GenZ talk a lot, complain a lot, but never show up in enough numbers.

The problem is with the Silent Gen and Boomers and Gen X (my generation), who vote Republican far too often.

I hope many are like you. My generation has been stupid and messed up with climate change. Scared to think if GenZ follow suit.

WA out going Governor

I like Kelly a lot but he from West too .
Shapiro great speaker and attack dog
I think it’s going to Cooper because that’s a state that could flip ( only lost by 75,000 in 2020 and Republicans have a bad Governor candidate)

the lovely, notable and recently published Whitmer.

That’s what I heard from a 20 year old, that he’s progressive; second choice was Pritzker. I need to learn more about both of them

at least compared to some of the other candidates, like Shapiro, who supports Israel's genocidal response in Gaza, which will not sit well with the crucial young voter block.

He has a compelling story.

But I think it will be Andy Beshear. Which ain’t bad, either.

Pete Buttigieg in plane sight.

...he looks like he could kick trump's and vance's ass all at the same time...

...I think he'd do a good job of having Kamala's back...

...we don't want to bring a knife to a gun fight...

He's terming out. He did a lot of good in his state despite having to fight against the R majority in the state house.