2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

[weatheriscool]

[Time_Traveller]

Hmm, so who would be strong enough to replace him and beat Trump?

[weatheriscool]

[weatheriscool]

Hmm, so who would be strong enough to replace him and beat Trump?

Harris/Witmore. Get michigan or Josh Shapiro to have a better shot at Pa. Needs to be a governor from the rust belt.

[wjfox]

Harris/Witmore. Get michigan or Josh Shapiro to have a better shot at Pa. Needs to be a governor from the rust belt.

*Whitmer.

[Time_Traveller]

Harris/Witmore. Get michigan or Josh Shapiro to have a better shot at Pa. Needs to be a governor from the rust belt.

*Whitmer.

That is an interesting combination, I look forward to seeing what they gain and get upto until November and if they have the oomph to win. If so, Harris and Whitmer would become the first female President and Vice President to be elected?

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

[Cyber_Rebel]

Very interesting and expected, this choice satisfies all parties involved and mitigates the chaos @firestar frequently mentioned about a brokered convention.

While I'm certainly not against an all-female ticket (it's 2024 ffs) I don't think that's likely to happen. I'd think Pete B. would be a prime choice for her VP, especially considering he has name recognition as a former presidential runner like Biden did before Obama picked him. Whitmer also has name recognition as well, but the covid chaos may not be the best claim to that in America.

It will certainly be someone of adequate "age" now that said issue has been so prevalent. In an ideal scenario, a good rust belt styled populist as VP with name recognition who satisfies the age worries.

Like @weatheriscool has said, Josh Shapiro would also be a logical choice, as he's more of a moderate figure with party connections doing successfully well in a state which the Democrats need to win. He's by no means a progressive, but he won his election being very pro-abortion against one of Trump's more hardliner hand picks. This success might show the party and voters it could be translated at a national level. Also helps he's not nearly as "dull" as Tim Kaine, which isn't too difficult... I'd imagine his Jewish identity would also be a strategic way for Dems to maintain/regain the Jewish community in America who may have turned to the GOP in light of the Israel/Gaza conflict. (Similar to how British PM wanted to mitigate antisemitism in this case)

[weatheriscool]

[weatheriscool]

[weatheriscool]

[Cyber_Rebel]

That was fast.

[weatheriscool]

[spryfusion]

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[firestar464]

Manchin you need to f*ck off right now. This is not the time for shenanigans

[weatheriscool]

[spryfusion]

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[Cyber_Rebel]

Let Manchin play his games, f*ck around and find out. I can think of no better opportune time to be rid of that political parasite. He'll have the support of no one (relevant), and it's well past time the Dems get serious if they truly do wish to win. Time to take a page out of the British playbook and get rather ruthless. The best he can possibly hope for is Kamala's VP pick, and that has about as much a chance of happening as aliens landing on the White House lawn. He betrayed the party and his constituency; he is owed nothing.