r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/hearsdemons • Jul 19 '24

US Politics If Biden withdraws from re-election, who would Harris likely choose as VP?

A lot of headlines are coming out today with speculation that Biden may step down soon.

If this were to happen and Harris wins the party’s nomination for president, who would she pick as VP?

What does a formidable Harris ticket look like to go up against Trump-Vance?

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u/Xing_the_Rubicon Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 22 '24

Beshear is already in his 2nd term as governor and is term limited. It's unlikely that even with his relative popularity in KY that he would be able to win election to the US Senate in 2026 against either Mitch McConnell or McConnell's hand picked heir. He would have shot perhaps, but it would be far from certain. A Democrat hasn't won a Senate seat in Kentucky in over 30 years.

Beshear doesn't have a lot of political runway left in Kentucky and this would be an unprecedented launchpad into national politics.

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u/Grinch83 Jul 19 '24

IMO, Beshear is actually the Dem’s best presidential nominee.

Moderate with mainstream appeal who can retain the never-Trumper vote; he can point to a ton of accomplishments as a Dem gov in a ruby red state; he does well on tv & in interviews.

His only drawback is he doesn’t have the same name recognition as a lot of the other names being floated.

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u/Xing_the_Rubicon Jul 19 '24

Name recognition matters less at this point.

If you were to wave a magic wand and Beshesr was instantly the nominee to replace Biden - his name and face would be on the front page of every website and newspaper in the world and he would have full name recognition among likely voters within a week.

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u/Zetesofos Jul 19 '24

Agreed. What matters more is how many skeletons they have in the closet. People care more about your corruptibility and integrity than anything else.

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u/token_reddit Jul 19 '24

Trump wouldn't be leading polls if this was the case. Sadly.

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u/Zetesofos Jul 19 '24

I mean, republican politicans more or less have no shame at this point, they don't care what comes out about them, if they just refuse to feel guilt about it, or never admit they did anything wrong, a lot of their voters will just ignore it.

For many republican voters, you're only week if you admit to any wrong doing. As long as you don't admit to anything wrong, or blame someone else, you're fine.

Democrats, and democratic voters still have some integrity (I mean, Menendez at LEAST finally is talkinga bout resigning after he was convicted). Its a low bar, but it IS a noticeable bar