I don't think any of the potential picks are bad, but there's none that check all the boxes:
ready to step in and govern: Rice, Harris, Whitmer, Warren
Diversity: Rice, Harris, Bass, Duckworth
Comfort level with Biden: Rice, Warren... maybe Harris?
Difficult for Trump to effectively critique: Whitmer, Duckworth
Olive branch to progressives: Warren, Bass
Known quantity: Harris, Warren
You could add other qualifiers to this list, or argue for including or excluding candidates from various qualifiers. But Rice fits what I'd guess are the most important boxes to Biden so I'd give her the inside edge.
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