*Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidden made it perfectly clear more than once that he will pick a woman as his VP running mate. Then it got interesting.
Now the demand is to not just pick a woman VP, but a Black woman as VP. A shortlist of names is being bandied about, former Georgia house representative Stacey Abrams and California Senator Kamala Harris top the list.
The gender and race mandate for Joe’s VP is rife with symbolism, importance, and peril. Biden does not need a woman on the ticket to get most Democratic women to vote for him. He does not need a Black woman on the ticket to get most Blacks to vote for him.
Conversely, Trump with his train station load of gender baggage, and a male Mike Pence as his VP pick, still managed to get a significant number of women to back him. Gender and feminism didn’t mean a hoot to them.
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Biden tacked on to his VP requirement two other requirements. One, that his VP pick be able to hit the ground running if he is incapacitated or unable to perform his duties because of circumstances. The unstated meaning of that is old age or infirmity. The other is that she has the requisite administrative and political experience and savvy to do the job.
I’ll add one more. That is that Biden’s VP help him win the Oval Office in a tough, no holds barred contest with a guy and a party that will pull out all stops to make sure he doesn’t.
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