Biden's choice

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Biden's choice
By Norman Sherman, opinion contributor — 04/19/20 10:30 AM EDT

When Joe Biden announced that he would select a woman as his running mate, we could guess those on his short list. How to choose among them?

Two questions, gender neutral, grow out of my work long-ago in a vice president’s office and in his campaigns.

First, among the possible selections, is there one who will bring crucial votes to the ticket that would not come without her? Second, if she has an aggressively held agenda, can she function in a subsidiary role as candidate and vice president?


A vice president may be president tomorrow, but must be a parrot today — without programmatic independence or any degree of separation from the president.

For most of our history, the office has been a pit stop on the road to oblivion. Indeed, President Franklin Roosevelt’s first vice president, John Nance Garner, described it, in Texas eloquence, as “Not worth a bucket of warm piss.”

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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/493523-bidens-choice

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"Biden's choice..."

... is probably not going to be his to make.

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