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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
A lot of the people who might have will listen, particularly when a prominent democrat has just declared that skin colour and gender should be the priority. They might have made the argument anyway, but now they have a nice clip of Klobuchar on MSNBC to convince people that they're right.
Just pick a woman of colour. Don't go on TV and pat yourself on the back for how progressive you are for doing so. And worse still, this doesn't even appear to be an attempt to win the election so much as a way for Klobuchar to save face given that she wasn't going to be the selection. So, great, more party politics worming its way into the strategy for the general election.
Just so frustrating to watch.
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Motives almost always factor in when a presidential candidate is picked. Usually to balance the appeal of the ticket.
Palin was picked as a gender balance for people disappointed in Hilary Clinton's defeat and a Tea Party element for those who thought McCain was too centrist.
Pence was picked to bring evangelist Christians to Trump.
Biden and Gore were picked because the presidential candidate lacked governance experience at the national level.
The main thing is to pick someone who is clean enough to not drag the ticket down (like a Palin). Honestly, there are numerous people qualified and finding one that fills in the other gaps and is also qualified shouldn't be an issue.