Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

That's true.

In the UK you have to sound keen on starting a nuclear war to be taken seriously as a politician.

Centrists in both US and UK love to bomb weddings in far away countries. Boring it ain't.

I’ll read my daily briefings.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 1, 2020

Biden reading number of evictions going up month by month and nodding away.

joe biden 2020: i won't throw up in your yard

I like this guy, Joe Biden, more and more

Biden emerges from a contested Democratic primary with no serious threat on his left flank, according to Times/Siena polling in the battlegrounds.
Sanders supporters back him 87-4
Warren supporters back him 96-0 https://t.co/TrJFx5ue0r

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) July 8, 2020

like in the way one would support nasal cavity swabbing

though I guess it doesn't matter

Despite our worst fears, the ILX thread "Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, Delaware), to Run for President", on the world-famous website, "I Love Everything", did not in fact undermine support for Biden.

The 96% of Warren supporters backing Biden were still wrong, however.

On MSNBC, @BernieSanders says his task forces with @JoeBiden made an "honest effort to come up with a compromise" on the issues and that, "if implemented, will make Biden the most progressive president since FDR."

— Adam Kelsey (@adamkelsey) July 9, 2020

WPA part 2

implemented if true

This is just bait for the @AdamSerwer thesis. They have no clue how to run against this guy. https://t.co/yQJFzrd2fE

— Brian Wasik (@BrianRWasik) July 9, 2020

lol

what in the hell is that about

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/us/politics/biden-bernie-sanders.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/biden-buy-american.html

he’s bringing better back

A look at the grifters who make up Biden’s foreign policy team, by @mideastXmidwest https://t.co/OogOBb1U57

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) July 11, 2020

The 100% clean electricity by 2035 standard that Biden is proposing is something promoted by @JayInslee and also adopted by @ewarren. https://t.co/QBesfpli5D

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) July 14, 2020

discussed on the main thread

what's the main thread

US Politics: July 2020 - "Denigrating this Luxury Avenue"

#onethread

Thanks for that article on Biden's fp team, Morbz

we can FP Biden now?

yeah, but he has a team that litigates each FP, hereby rendering them inert

Every day is National Ice Cream Day in my book. pic.twitter.com/R6WR0LNspS

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 19, 2020

Starting to think Joe gets Twitter

tbh that's good grandpa behavior

Biden doesn't drink and the Dixiecrats are all dead, so ice cream remains his last vice.

that photo is old, from the time when there were children

all kids have been deepfaked for a while now iirc

Biden doesn't drink and the Dixiecrats are all dead, so ice cream remains his last vice.

you hope

i remember the day my niece started giving me commands in fluent latin. it was creepy as hell, especially because i suddenly realized that i could understand that her latin was fluent

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/joe-biden-four-black-women-vice-president/index.html

Biden is considering a broad tier of candidates to be his running mate, after pledging earlier this year to pick a woman for the job. CNN previously reported that Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Rep. Val Demings of Florida, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice and Rep. Karen Bass of California are among the Black women being considered.

I woulda gone with "female tier" instead, but whatever

^ this sort of story appears every four years. it serves the presidential nominees to list every conceivable veep candidate in order to associate themselves with a wide variety of names popular among widely different voting blocs. it serves the named veep choices by adding a bit of a prestigious aura around their careers. it serves the reporter who reports the list, by demonstrating their access to the inner circle of the campaign. it's a win-win-win. check this space in four years for an update.

Do you expect it to be Senator Kamala Harris?

friendship ended with Stacey Abrams / now Keisha Lance Bottoms is my best friend

I expect Harris could very well be the first one on the list. The rest would depend on how each one feels about that prospect, after she and Biden have completed a long conversation/audition for the job. Biden strikes me as the kind of guy who would mainly want their personal chemistry to 'feel right', while Harris seems to me to be someone who would be more concerned about exacting some promises from Biden, that he would delegate her enough power and standing in the administration to allow her to pursue her objectives.

actually, Biden is the kind of guy who says he wants their chemistry to be 'simpatico' while giving double thumbs up with his shades tipped

Harris makes all the sense in the world... except it's a bad move for her. Biden would be one of two VPs elected President without a death since the Civil War IIRC. She can be Senator from the most important state for the rest of her life and run for President in 2024/8/32 if she wants.

When in the typical election cycle is the VP usually announced? It feels real late to me this time, but I assume this is normal.

Doing it earlier than the convention week is a fairly recent phenomenon, at least in my lifetime.

lol broadrito

if Warren is not being considered for real or for show lists bcz they fear Trump hooting "Pocahontas!" through a spitbubble, Biden's team can fuck off a little further

Didn't McCain announce Palin in late Aug '08?

..which was just before the convention, i believe

the only calendar that matters

Warren isn't being considered because she brings nothing to the table.

Old white not-a-swing-state and her voters are guaranteed to turn out and vote blue.

and the fact that she's among the most intelligent and qualified among the candidates of course but that literally doesn't matter apparently

(snark withheld)

Warren isn't being considered because she brings nothing to the table.

i think she'd be the best VP of the people on the list. there's that.

i'm not sure any of the people under consideration bring much to the table electorally if that's what you mean.