I will vote Biden. I don't much care for him, but (pre-Trump-era) normal good stuff will happen under him whether he puts it in a nice embraceable platform or not. We all basically know big ticket items that need addressing. We all know that none of the candidates besides Elizabeth Warren understand how to actually deal with them without a lot of advice from advisors that's going to come whatever happens. I only care about that tsunami of support from Dems-who'd-vote-a-paper-sack to Reps/Independents-so-sick-of-Trump including whoever will overwhelmingly take those 15 swing states required to avoid a 2nd Trump term in the increasing likelihood that Trump's not going to be removed from office prematurely, even though I pray for a brain embolism every day (I'd actually get more joy out of him turned into a vegetable drooling into his lazy boy with sunken eyes and hollowed out cheek - perhaps on a 24x7 webcam as a national reminder of the disgrace that once was).

And if those 15 swing states are close, I believe the Republicans with or without the Russians will steal it. And short of the #DraftNancy option that I occasionally pimp (& think rather worthy, if it weren't that we'll elect a 77-year-old putz rather than an 80-year-old she-devil), we need a runaway candidate, one who's an easy no-bout-a-dout-it pull-the-lever type. Biden is that. Even that "baggage" about his brother/son trying to use his name to garner deals is a PLUS - no one could bring that up without seeing Javanka & Don Trump Jr being 100x worse.

Maybe Andrew Yang can overcome the bar to be a serious contender - I'd guess he could be a "without hesitation" candidate if he reaches a certain critical mass of support & seriousness. As a 45-year-old he'd have that millennial swagger, Asian minority, business pedigree - and then he'd say something stupid like "we started 10 years too late" or we'd fall back into UBI. Yang says we're "10 years too late" but for 17 million * $40K (max) we could replace every new car in the world with electric Teslas for $68 billion - roughly the cost of the moon program compressed to 4 years, but far less than a $3 trillion UBI, and obviously 1) Tesla can't build 17 million cars a year yet, but 2) the cost of a Tesla (SUV, pickup) would fall by at least half to be affordable for the masses at that scale, so spread the cost to 6 or 8 years, at which point we've roughly tackled the car part of global warming by 2028. 10 years too late? we just have to start. But Yang's thoughts on malls & retail are worth adding to the mix.  I just have trouble believing Yang can ever get past rookie mistakes, rather than a good candidate to head a task force or run some department.

I still find Elizabeth Warren hard to deal with - or 4-8 years would be tougher. Booker manages the friendly tone much better - might not be fair, but that's part of convincing people - we already have Trump fatigue, and Warren tires me out. Booker seems to be good enough for progressives, which would avoid some of the infighting from Biden. Whether Booker can pull together the aging white vote to make a runaway vote is my only concern there. Booker started off as my off-the hip favorite, but with impeachment far from certain, electability is growing in importance. I'd guess he'll do quite well in the swing states, but need more assurance. I would *prefer* Booker as a newer, fresher model, but most important is what the majority in swing states feel overwhelming comfort with. Recent open displays of racism don't reassure, but the truth is more in the raw numbers, not in the anecdotal displays of a few handful of idiots, and in some ways Booker might be a way people tired of being called racists show they're not racists.

As for Harris, I've never expected myself to warm to a prosecutor under any circumstances - no, I never liked Comey, and was only glad to have Mueller when I thought he was doing heavy diligence, but liking him wasn't one of my concerns. Eric Holder? not much. Any praise for RFK gets tempered by his questionable record as Attorney General. And so on.