• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
      44·
      3 months ago

      Sorry 'bout that. He literally would give Harris a massive boost in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.

      Your semi-loss is everyone’s gain. He’s gonna be the guy.

      • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 months ago

        There is no reason to believe that he would have any effect on Wisconsin or Michigan. Minnesota is a blue state.

            • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
              14·
              3 months ago

              2.5% is huge when you talk about people who tend to vote democrat. Also, it isn’t just Muslims. The Michigan primary was the beginning of the end for Biden when uncommitted voters showed their ire at him. Picking a pro Israel vp shows those voters that Harris is pro genocide at worst, or just doesn’t care at best.

              • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
                2·
                3 months ago

                No it isn’t huge. What is huge in Michigan is union workers, and there this no reason to suspect he would have great effect there either.

                • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
                  9·
                  3 months ago

                  Both of the people in the running have the ire of unions. Shapiro for being all in on undermining public education and Kelly for not supporting that bill the unions wanted. Walz doesn’t have that baggage. If you want a motivate electorate, Walz is the way to go. He is good on all the bedrock things.

            • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
              8·
              3 months ago

              In the 2020 presidential election, Diamond Joe won Michigan by 2.78%.

              That 2.5 % has massive global consequences.

  • modifier@lemmy.ca
    14·
    3 months ago

    I wish it could be Buttigieg, but he can continue to be just as effective as he’s been without weighing down the ticket.

    Kelly is the perfect choice for this race.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      Why would Buttigieg weigh down the ticket? He’s been slaying the opposition on Fox News while their pundits sit there in slack jawed awe. He’s shown his progressive chops on multiple occasions and, best of all, he’s not old as fuck.

      • modifier@lemmy.ca
        4·
        3 months ago

        I love Mayor Pete for all the reasons you’ve said and more. I hope he is our president one day. He is the realization of the ideal politician imagined by Aaron Sorkin in shows like The West Wing and The Newsroom, and he has the rhetorical chops to put Josh and Toby to shame.

        But he’d be weighing down the ticket with yet another Leftist Perversion of the Natural Order, e.g. he’s openly gay. You can’t serve the American People (who are an essentially stupid entity when taken together) a black-indian-woman-prosecutor with a side of openly-gay-silver-tongued-navy-daddy. Too rich. They’ll get indigestion. That’s too many LPNOs and too many “firsts”. You need something a little more bland and safe as a palate cleanser.

        But Buttigeig 2032, for sure.

      • modifier@lemmy.ca
        22·
        3 months ago

        If he was a nobody he wouldn’t be part of her list. I think you can do better than that.

        What does a Kamala candicacy need from a VP, other than an old-but-not-too-old white man who doesn’t say much and doesn’t steal she show but conveys a sense of quiet competence to illustrate a kind of chaperone character for the benefit of older people who want to be progressive but are still basically racist? Not much if you ask me, this is the Kamala show. But having a tough looking mother fucking Astronaut whose wife survived an assassination attempt neutralizes so many Trump/Vance talking points right out of the gate, freeing up Kamala to be Kamala.

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
          8·
          3 months ago

          This is basically the best formulation of the argument I’ve seen so far. Don’t forget he’s a combat decorated Navy captain too. He has so many lowest common denominator points to reel in both the demographics you mentioned but also casual voters in general who don’t care about policy.