While there are many women who are admirable, we do not need a VP who has to undergo a learning curve. We need a VP with:
Legislative experience. Understanding the dynamics of the House and Senate and already knowing the people who serve. Experience questioning in hearings.
On day one the VP will have to hit the ground running to carry out the Presidents agenda and do so with successful messaging.

There is just so much to rebuild/reverse/rethink. Kamala is the better fit. I'm sure the other 2 ladies can be appointed to other positions in the administration, as there will be great need of good Dem leaders as they.

he brought 40 years of experience to the position.

Trump wouldn't be President.

or Clinton would be President.

And . . . she hails from Florida, a state I'd love to see us win.

Biden has a wealth of choices to consider!

We have so much "crazy stuff" here in FL- she is the bright shining light that gives us hope and makes us so very proud.

I like. He should choose someone who is not currently in office - governor, House rep, or Senator. We need to keep our Dems in those positions.

Because you don't have to muck around with the Senate seat, and, given this crisis, I think we want all our Senators in Washington and not on the campaign trail.

Stability and competence

Can't wait to vote for that ticket...

ATL mayor Bottoms

I've been on DU for years and don't post much, but this mention of Susan Rice got me to look for speeches of hers. In this one:

circumstances require it.
Each and every experience will be new and present as a steep learning curve. Not this time.

I am in the Samantha Powers corner. Susan Rice would be perfect, too.

She was born in Ireland.

Not a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution.

Susan Rice would be one of my top picks.

And after dealing with Pompeo, the entire world would heave a sigh of relief to deal with Samantha.

It says she was born "while Mum was still studying to become a doctor in London."

That says London is where her mother was pursuing a medical degree, not where she gave birth. She doesn't specifically say there where she was born.

The Irish Times article is the same one quoted in her Wiki entry.

Kenya.

Susan Rice strikes me as solid, stable, intelligent, experienced, with the right kind of gravitas for the moment we are in. Assuming there are no skeletons in the closet, she would make a fine VP choice.

That's too bad

Rice born in Washington D.C. Only 55, is good

The summary on Wikipedia says Ireland but when you click on the details it says London

Thanks

I won't go by the summary anymore, will look at the full Wikipedia

She was before.

She'd be on my short list.

I like Samantha too but born in Ireland would be a problem.

We have a lot of great, talented women candidates who can also help fill a great cabinet

I love listening to her. On the fly she can verbally put together parsable sentences with about sixty words, three sub-clauses, and a parenthetical–with zingers. I almost feel sorry for Pence if he has to debate her. He would be obliterated.

Do we really want a technocrat facing a liar like Pence in a debate?

She's been in politics basically her entire life. Advocating a president's policy goals to legislators doesn't require having actually been a legislator. And she's probably second to none in the ability to deal with foreign governments, given her foreign policy and ambassador background. IMO would be a much stronger ticket than someone like Stacy Abrams, a current favorite amongst many here, and much more able to hit the ground running if something happened to Biden.

So it would be a no for me.

...drum immediately.

My apologies.

why give GOP bait to attack????????????????????????

She is one badass woman.

I hope Biden hasn't already shut the door on her by saying he prefers the ones he debated already.
He needs a woman, and he needs her to be black.

Stacy Abrams, sounded great, but we don't really know her. Kamala sounds like the front runner, but I do have reservations about her, from her making funny faces when Schummer told her to be more respectful, to her past in San Francisco climbing the ladder with Willie Brown's help.

Val Demings got me excited because she was great during the impeachment hearings, but I don't know if she has any negatives I'm not aware of.
Susan Rice is awesome, and she has been vetted, Susan Rice it is for me.