You have to win first: What Joe Biden's pick of Kamala Harris tells us about Biden

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By picking Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden gave some signals about his view of the campaign, his approach toward decision-making, and the traits he would bring to governing if he wins, writes USA TODAY's SusanPage

Vice presidential candidates almost never affect the outcome of a presidential campaign one way or another. No running mate since Lyndon Johnson in 1960 is credited with pushing the ticket over the top, and not even controversial running mates like Sarah Palin in 2008 are blamed with costing the ticket a victory.

Biden seemed drawn to the governing possibilities of former UN ambassador Susan Rice, but she had never run for elective office. California Rep. Karen Bass had controversies to explain over working in Cuba that had never come up when she was running for Congress in California. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom and Rep. Val Demings of Florida were fresh faces, but they had never run statewide, let alone in a national race.Biden has no interest in shaking up a race he's leading.

, demanding in one early debate,"Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America?"That may have been the high point of her campaign; it was one of the low points for him, and one that was especially unexpected by the Bidens because she had been a friend of Biden's son, Beau, when both were state attorneys general.

"It's very rare for people to actually vote for who they would rather see as vice president of the United States," said Christopher Devine, a political scientist at the University of Dayton whose book,"Do Running Mates Matter?"

 

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SusanPage This absent minded man did not pick anything. He probably gets fed because he cant do it himself. What a pathetic puff piece about the 'traits' this man would do. How many decades in politics and nothing to show other than scandals. People are blind.

SusanPage Watch Live: Kamala THIS Is Your Life – Policies, Politics & Crimes

SusanPage So she called him a rapist and racist....whats the big deal

SusanPage Traits: You mean picking a woman who laughs when talking bout things she put thousands in jail for?

SusanPage Everyone understands that he has no clue who ‘he picked’ right? He fucking talks shit about blacks, and he is always inappropriately touching women. So they did this too make him look good

SusanPage It's official: nothing will fundamentally change. This is a huge win for Wall Street

SusanPage Racism and sexism from the 'woke' party

SusanPage She's fine, plus to be honest the Democrats could roll out a copying machine and a stapler for the ticket and they'd still get the votes from every one who would be happy with a stapler and copying machine over Trump and his penchant to getting masses of citizens killed.

SusanPage Helping Biden make female ear whispering great again

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SusanPage The first ever VP candidate selection without the Presidential Candidate coming before the American people with the announcement?

SusanPage Joe and Pop Corn finally got together again.

SusanPage Do you think Biden will throw her under the same bus that made her famous when her loses?

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SusanPage Finally some signals. How about actual verbiage.

SusanPage What are we doing tomorrow Brain? Trying to take over the world Pinky!!....Manufacturing everything in other countries, exhausting them of their resources. In the end they will COME, looking for shelter and food. GREED rules the government body

SusanPage Indian/Jamaican is the New African-American PropagandaIsReal YourNotBlack

SusanPage 'His approach to decision making'. No American actually thinks Biden is running his campaign.

SusanPage KamalaHarris JoeBiden ...signals you say...hmmm don’t think so NeverBiden NeverKamala NeverBidenHarris DoNothingDemocrats Pandering WalkAway

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SusanPage Corn Pop and Blow Pop

SusanPage Kamala does better on TV than Rice. That is why it is her.

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SusanPage He has no faculties,void of making decisions!

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