Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has vowed he will pick a woman to be his vice presidential running mate.
But which woman?
He’s facing pressure to pick a black woman, but during the primary he also had relative deficiencies with Latino voters. He has to consider the progressive left, given that he was not progressives’ preferred candidate and some of them didn’t turn out for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.
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This year might be different, though. Given Biden’s age, this pick is perhaps the most consequential in decades. Biden will be 78 by the time he would be sworn in. That would make him the oldest president ever to assume the office.
So his VP pick needs to be ready on Day One to be president. And she, of course, has to fulfill that first rule of picking a running mate: First, do no harm.
Here, in alphabetical order, are some pros and cons of 12 people Biden might pick:
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Article URL : https://www.npr.org/2020/05/14/854433511/the-pros-and-cons-of-12-potential-running-mates-for-joe-biden