Would Biden be criticised if he didn’t pick a Woman POC as his VP running mate?

No he wouldn't. The guy that got him elected told the people that the VP doesn't have to be a POC. Biden HAS the black vote already. It's got to be someone that would enhance the ticket. The black voter knows Trump has to go at this point. Black people now KNOW, what they had to lose.

Biden should never have boxed himself in by announcing he was going to pick a woman. And now there is show much pressure on him to pick a black woman.

This election is is the most important of our lives. We must defeat Trump. Biiden should pick the most qualified person for vice president particularly anyone who can help him win some of the vital swing states and someone who can run for president in 2024 in case Biden cannot.

If he wants to be part of the change for Good, of course he should pick a woman.

Biden has painted himself into a corner and picking a woman of any color to be his VP candidate many be his undoing.

You know you want it.

I mean, me.

With so many great women to choose from, what is the issue exactly? We are more than ready to elect a female VP (and I can't believe that it has taken this long). Biden/Harris 2020.

I hope this isn't a mistake, picking the first female for the VP slot ever. Is this a good time for experimentation?

Maybe a young, handsome male would have been safer. If you want the female vote, just get them wet.

Op is a concern troll with no post history. Why entertain it?

It’s a good opportunity to stretch. Meaning a woman VP, or person of color, or gay guy; and a platform of far left policy. We are going to win, and we should win based on good, sound, Democratic policy.

Yes, he would be criticized for not picking a woman. In fact, he'll be criticized if he doesn't pick a woman of color. There are plenty qualified women of color for the position. The time is right.

Well, Biden has boxed himself in, but he does have several qualified women from which to choose.

Biden/Demings 2020. I like this woman. Val Demings, very much, and she's from Florida, which could be quite helpful. She's a member of Congress and a former chief of police. It would be great of the Dems could win Florida.

I also like Biden/Kamala Harris, but she's from California, which will go for Biden anyway. Harris could be in the Biden's cabinet as attorney general.

I saw (I think it was on Fox News though) they ran a clip from The View where Sunny Hostin asks Stacey Abrahms if it would be troubling if he doesn't pick a woman of color. She says yes obviously.

Kamala has a youthfulness about her that would look good standing next to Joe.

Totally agree R13. I really like Val Demmings, but Florida is a lost cause - rampant GOP cheating there. Even when we "win" Florida (against all odds of corruption, voter suppression, voter roll "cleansing"/purging and very questionable vote tallying) - they come up with some way to invalidate it. Remember the hanging chads in 2000?

[quote]R7 Is this a good time for experimentation?

You’re right. We’d better wait till the 22nd Century.

[quote]I hope this isn't a mistake, picking the first female for the VP slot ever. Is this a good time for experimentation?

Excuse me?

What about me?

What about me?

Miss Palin, how many illegitimate grandchildren are you up to now? We've lost count.

Since the fool came-out and publicly stated that he WOULD pick a woman as a running mate, rather than waiting to see who might be the best, most logical choice, of course he'd be criticized. and rightly so. Stupidest move of his whole campaign career.

If Biden wanted to push for the diversity angle, then he could have said that his cabinet was going to be very diverse and everyone would have a seat at the table. Then floated around some good options in the media. But he said he would choose person of color or a woman as his VP, so he boxed himself in from the get go. Not that its really boxing himself in, because there are over a dozen good female options. But he shouldn't have cut his options down for VP like that.

The Dems need to real on this. Klobuchar isn't going to work. Especially not now after the two racially motivated incidents this past weekend. She's not popular among a lot of democrats to begin with, and the racial baggage is going to hurt Biden. It's baffling as to why the Biden campaign even thought putting her name out there in the media to begin with was a good idea. It doesn't show that they're in touch with their voting base.

Biden is going to be criticized regardless of who he picks, Democrats can be the most self center people on the Earth but they are still better than Republicans. They criticize because they care, Republican just fall in line.

Why do so many people fail to realize that his choice DOESN'T MATTER among Democrats...what matters is his campaign's ability to attract moderate Republicans, whose votes he needs to be elected. Jeez.

Biden has the black vote already. He appeals to working class white people. He appeals to older educated people. JOE needs the youth vote. His vp must appeal to Hispanics and millennials

r23, he is the moderate candidate. He has that.

He needs to have someone that doesn't seem out of touch. Or old fogeyesque

Go with a Latino. That way he can't be criticized for not picking a "WOC", and black women will have to deal with it.

You don't compromise your base at the expense of moderate Republicans who will most likely vote Republican in 2024.

As Bree Newsom Bass said: The white swing voter gets the most political leverage for doing the least, and also sees the least amount of impact on their lives based on who's in charge.

Joe got into this race because he was disgusted at what was happening in Charlottesville and the racial divide in this country that's only getting worse and worse. It would be a disaster to then go and pick a white woman who has a history of always siding with police over black communities, as well as putting an innocent black teenager behind bars due to a sham trial with questionable evidence. It's a disaster, plain and simple.

And the Biden campaign should have been trotting out other names in the media at this point to take away attention from this steaming turd. They really need to start being on the ball with this stuff. And Biden should be reiterating his promises of a diverse cabinet.

Yes and rightfully so. He said over and over again he would pick a female VP so that only makes sense. Whoever is his VP will end up being president, so I'm glad he wants to choose a female. Its time we had a female president. If it's Tammy Duckworth, even better.

Sorry R8 I’m actually a paid member for years. Nice try.