Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Harris/Warren? Warren/Harris?



Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have risen in the polls due to their strong debate performances. I am fine with either candidate. Warren has my support in some part because she was born and grew up in Oklahoma City though she is mainly associated with Massachusetts these days.

Kamala has the advantage of youth and charisma. Warren is more intellectual, and she has a plan, a good plan for nearly everything.  Would putting the two of them together on the same ticket be an advantage?  I don't know. Balancing the nominees for president and vice president has been the strategy in the past, but it would be great to have two progressive, female Democrats running together. 

I am going to dismay several progressives by stating that Sen. Bernie Sanders is a fading star.  In 2016 he was a different kind of candidate and a clear alternative to Hillary Clinton. It is not so now. His ideas have been absorbed by other progressives, including Warren and Harris. 




Joe Biden's main strength is his name recognition, but this is an advantage that has already started to fade as the others become more well known.

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