{"id":93,"date":"2020-03-16T17:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalbluegene.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:36:57","slug":"biden-the-vp-other-random-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politicalbluegene.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Biden, the VP &#038; Other Random Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At last night&#8217;s debate, Joe Biden may have given us a big\nhint as to who will be his choice for Vice-President:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Last week in an\ninterview with Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell, Biden said it was &#8220;very important&#8221;\nto pick a vice-presidential candidate who had been tested in the Democratic\ndebates.&nbsp; That means Kamala Harris, Amy\nKlobuchar or Elizabeth Warren.<\/li><li>Also last week, Jim\nClyburn said Biden should pick an African-American woman for V.P.<\/li><li>Last night, Biden also\nsaid his first appointment to the Supreme Court would be an African-American\nwoman.<\/li><li>Biden needs to pick\nsomeone who will help him win closely contested states.&nbsp; This does not describe Warren or Harris (with\nthe possible exception of Harris for North Carolina).<\/li><li>Conclusion:&nbsp; By declaring he will pick an African-American\nwoman for the Supreme Court he is showing his commitment to this important\nconstituency.&nbsp; Therefore, although a case\ncan be made for Harris, I think the arrows right now point to him picking the one\nwoman who will help him solidify his support in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and\nWisconsin &#8211; Amy Klobuchar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s four primaries, in Arizona, Florida, Illinois\nand Ohio should be big wins for Joe Biden.&nbsp;\nHowever, will the coronavirus keep people away from the polls, especially\namong one of Biden&#8217;s strongest constituencies, older voters?&nbsp; It probably wouldn&#8217;t be enough for Sanders to\nwin any of these states, but it could make the votes closer than they should\nbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever run into someone who supported Sanders, Warren\nor one of the other Democrats, and is reluctant to vote for Biden, just tell\nthem this:&nbsp; On January 20, 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ruth Bader Ginsburg\nwill be almost 92 years old<\/li><li>Stephen Breyer will be\n86<\/li><li>No Republican\nappointee will be older than 76, and some much younger<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever noticed how the weight and responsibility of\nbeing President usually ages a man more than the 4 years in office?&nbsp; This has been true for every President except\nTrump.&nbsp; He has only gotten fatter, both\nliterally and financially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 1980&#8217;s, during the AIDS epidemic, many people,\nincluding then-President Reagan, feared, ignored and even scorned efforts to\nfight the disease until Rock Hudson announced that he was gay and he had\nAIDS.&nbsp; That put a familiar face on the\nepidemic and led some people to finally start taking it seriously.&nbsp; I wonder if when Tom Hanks announced that he\nand his wife had contracted the coronavirus, this put a familiar face on it,\nand finally made a lot of people take the pandemic seriously.&nbsp; 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