I think Stacey Abrams would be an excellent pick. Ms. Abrams is more on the progressive end than VP Biden, and on the surface it does come off as an overture to the progressive wing of the party. However at a deeper level she is someone who is passionate for sure, obviously extremely intelligent, and in her career she has shown a willingness to work with the opposition to get things done. To your point in the article this shores up a strength Biden has, and also her youth by comparison would likely allow her to take a great deal of the workload off of Him. We all know he isn’t getting any younger. Some might say the same about Senator Kamala Harris, and I believe this to true, but her record as California AG may prove to be problematic for some voters. Ms. Harris is more than capable of doing that job and her friendship with VP Biden’s late son probably helps as well. Also I think it is important that Senators Warren and Klobuchar stay in the senate. My hope would be that one of them, should the democrats succeed in flipping the senate, would become the new majority leader.
Figures with presidential aspirations rarely become Senate majority leader...though LBJ and Dole come to mind. Senators seem to prefer being led by someone focused on the Senate. I think Warren would feel constrained leading Senate Democrats...Klobuchar too in a different way.
I think the primary concern with Abrams is that her highest role of gov service as been in the Georgia House. She's definitely in the running though.
I think Stacey Abrams would be an excellent pick. Ms. Abrams is more on the progressive end than VP Biden, and on the surface it does come off as an overture to the progressive wing of the party. However at a deeper level she is someone who is passionate for sure, obviously extremely intelligent, and in her career she has shown a willingness to work with the opposition to get things done. To your point in the article this shores up a strength Biden has, and also her youth by comparison would likely allow her to take a great deal of the workload off of Him. We all know he isn’t getting any younger. Some might say the same about Senator Kamala Harris, and I believe this to true, but her record as California AG may prove to be problematic for some voters. Ms. Harris is more than capable of doing that job and her friendship with VP Biden’s late son probably helps as well. Also I think it is important that Senators Warren and Klobuchar stay in the senate. My hope would be that one of them, should the democrats succeed in flipping the senate, would become the new majority leader.
Figures with presidential aspirations rarely become Senate majority leader...though LBJ and Dole come to mind. Senators seem to prefer being led by someone focused on the Senate. I think Warren would feel constrained leading Senate Democrats...Klobuchar too in a different way.
I think the primary concern with Abrams is that her highest role of gov service as been in the Georgia House. She's definitely in the running though.