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Yeah not even in Georgia,

artappraiser — Wed, 27 May 2020 19:42:11 +0000

In reply to Stacey Abrams’s Trumpian problem

Yeah not even in Georgia, generally she was on the right wing of the D caucus https://t.co/3ZE6A2ZeVf
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 27, 2020

Or an embarrassing disaster.

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:57:15 +0000

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Or an embarrassing disaster.

From the NYT

rmrd0000 — Tue, 19 May 2020 20:13:30 +0000

In reply to Stacey Abrams’s Trumpian problem

From the NYT

WASHINGTON — Politics has always abided by certain unwritten rules. Not all of them make sense.

One timely example: the rule stating that people who want to be picked as a presidential nominee’s running mate must never appear to be openly campaigning for the job — even though he or she plainly wants it (probably very badly).

If, traditionally, prospective vice presidents were asked whether they would like to be so-and-so’s running mate, they would typically follow some variation on the familiar dodge. They would say how flattered and humbled they were to be mentioned before claiming that they were not really thinking about getting selected, not at all, not one bit.

In other words, they must be reluctant. Or at least act reluctant.

But that custom is fading in this strange lockdown of a veepstakes season. Prospective running mates appear more and more to be shedding their fake reluctance — or not bothering to shroud their ambition in faux nonchalance.

You can call this progress, a win for the notion of saying what you want and advocating yourself. Credit Stacey Abrams as a trailblazer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/us/politics/biden-vice-president-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

The AJC poll was conducted

rmrd0000 — Mon, 18 May 2020 02:05:48 +0000

In reply to Stacey Abrams’s Trumpian problem

The AJC poll was conducted last year. A recent progressive think tank poll of almost 5000 people suggests that Biden-Abrams would beat Trump-Pence.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/poll-stacey-abrams-is-bidens-best-running-mate-choice.html

I wouldn't count out Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren. Bakari Sellars is pulling for Harris.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/10/kamala-harris-early-biden-vice-president-favorite-248615

Warren made no secret that she would accept a VP offer.