but isn't it always this way? Good candidates aren't the ones sitting around, doing nothing. They're out there, being good public servants, helping, contributing.

Our party is lucky to have these wonderful people.

We do need Governor Whitmer here now. Besides I want her to deliver Michigan for Biden.

There are several women that I would be okay with as long as it does not include any of the people who ran for the Democratic nomination. Some of the possibilities would include your suggestion, along with someone like Val Demings. There are several reasons why I have formed this opinion concerning the former candidates.


1. There are some candidates who I believe will bring little or nothing to his campaign.
2. There are several candidates that would better serve the country, and themselves by staying in the positions they now hold.
3. There are several candidates who would be ideal choices for key positions in a Biden Administration.

Perhaps a better choice to ignite the Rust Belt than the slightly better known Amy. But not having watched either for years, others are more expert on their politics, performance, electability.

We shouldn't pick a VP from a swing state just because "she" resides in a swing state. I'm not saying that because Whitmer is a bad choice, she is an excellent choice. I say that because I have no problem with Joe picking someone from a deep blue state like California.
Kamala Harris is tough as nails and that's what we need right now. She will destroy Mike Pence in a debate, if we have a debate.

I also don't think Michigan will be too much of a swing state this time around. I know Trump won it in 2016, but he won it by the skin of his teeth, and Joe is significantly more popular there than Hillary was.

doesn't expand the electoral map. And just picking someone for the sake of one debate, which will be forgotten 2 days later, is not a smart strategy.

Tell that to Ross Perot.

So irrelevant.

And if VP debates mattered Dukakis would have won.

if the VP nominee can help flip a swing or energize a demographic and/or constituency. No presidential election has ever turned based on the VP debate.

that going for us. But Pence is such a slug it's hard to even look at him, much less vote for a ticket he's on...

Biden must maintain the African-American vote and the only way to do that is to pick an African-American VP, preferably a woman. My community will see the 'same ole, same ole' if he selects a white male or even a white woman. It must be either a Latino or an African-America to hold our vote.

In fact, some have the attitude that they delivered the nomination to Biden so he owes it to them.

She is from a state with a Dem governor who would nominate a Dem replacement for her in the Senate, keeping that seat in our column.

Better a Governor than a Senator. We don’t want to maybe enable the Trump party to pick up a Senator. Because if we don’t hold the Senate it lessens our ability to make the changes we need to make.

Having any qualified woman is exciting but either of those 2 brings some extra juice!!!

Michigan is critical to winning in Nov. Whitmer would almost guarantee a win there plus help with other nearby battleground states. Seems like a winner to me.

I also think Harris would be a great choice for somewhat other reasons.

She is clearly one tough extremely smart lady.

If people vote because someone is from their state, then we need a swing state candidate.

and how can she do it and campaign effectively? That is TBD.

Rather than those who coincidentally get the spotlight. Them too, but not just them.

We need to appeal to people who might not relate to someone who looks like a mom from an upper-middle class white neighborhood.

Her only disadvantage is that she hasn't won a statewide race nor a Congressional district yet.