Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is perhaps the top contender to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. But Shapiro would be an awful selection, with a history of alienating and antagonizing core party constituencies and caving to pressure on major issues.
  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    There is one functional question for a VP pick. Can they give me the state I need?

    And Pennsylvania is it folks. Georgia is nice, but not a dependable thing. From the Campaign’s POV, if Shapiro can secure Pennsylvania and he doesn’t have a literal serial killer body dump in his backyard, they’re going to smash that button.

    • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      A) It’s not a given that Shapiro will deliver PA. B) Even if he does, he makes Michigan a loss. C) Bad VP picks lower enthusiasm. Hillary chose to ignore the progressive voters that were energized by Bernie’s campaign and instead picked boring centrist Tim Kaine. It turned out to he a bad strategy, even if it did deliver Virginia.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Shapiro is an argument to sacrifice MI and WI for PA, and it doesn’t even come close to guaranteeing PA.

    You have no path to the white house with our MI and WI.