I am going on on the limb here and throwing in some political commentary. After Super Tuesday and the following other Super Tuesdays it now looks like it is Biden’s race and nominations. Bernie will keep up the good fight but I believe that even he knows that changes are near 0 of receiving the nomination.
A lot of commentary has been focused on the establishment vs. the revolution, moderates vs. radicals, mild reforms or burn it down, etc. Many are worried that the existing divisions between these two blocs of the Democratic Party will allow Trump back into the White House.
With the country focused, and rightly so on covid-19, there has not been much time to focus on anything. The country is panicky and nervous and downright scared. Many Democrats are also very worried about Uncle Joe and how much he has left in the tank. Now, Joe has been running on an establishing decency platform coupled with an electability element.
Now, here is how I see all this playing out in the coming months and years. With the nominations sealed Joe has shown that he has electability, at least among the Democratic party. However, many on the Democratic left have not been convinced to “buy in” on Biden and will always have their doubts. For many this leaves Biden’s VP choice as crucial. The more I have studied this the more I believe that he should select Sen. Elizabeth Warren as VP. Stay with me as this will be explained below.
So here is my best case scenario. The Dems rally behind Joe and manage to take back the White House and a good chunk of the country breathes a sigh of relief. This is where it gets tricky. Showing that he beat Trump marks off one of the 2 items on Joe’s platform. The second one is establishing decency, which he will say he can do withing the first 100 days. Now, after 100 days and with decency established Biden can say that he has accomplished his 2 main goals; defeating Trump and bringing back some measure respect to the White House and the U.S. This is where he resigns. Now see the importance of the VP choice.
Warren can then get to work from Day 101 to implementing many of her plans to reform and thus reinvigorate many aspects of American society. I also see this as a great way of bridging the gap between the conservative and more liberal elements of the Democratic party.
Do I see this happening, no, no I don’t, but one can dream right………..