Sunday 29 January 2023

Will Kamala Harris run with Joe Biden?

If Joe Biden decides to go for a second term in the White House will he stick with Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate? It's a tricky one for Biden and his campaign team because it has to be said she has made very little impact on the political stage in the first two years of the Biden administration. But she has remained loyal to the point of devotion and has never tried to wrest the headlines away from the president. For these two reasons it could be argued she deserves to be kept on as Biden's 2024 running mate. But the question the American voters will be asking is: if Biden wins again, will his health and general mental capacities survive another four years in office? If not, then it would mean Kamala Harris taking over. Is she, voters will want to know, a president in the making or is she only good enough to be vice president? Of course she tried to prove she could be president when she stood as a candidate in the 2020 election. But while she raised her public image during the campaign and performed well in the debates, she never looked like beating Biden. Traditionally, the incumbent president seeking a second term sticks with their vice president and it's likely Biden will say he wants Harris to be his running mate. But is there someone else in the wings who would more readily be viewed by Democratic voters as a politician more suitable to become president in the event of Biden opting out before completing his second term? As Biden made a point of choosing a woman as his vice president, the obvious option for swapping Harris with a new running mate would be Elizabeth Warren, senator from Massachusetts who is apparently constantly making herself available for advising Biden on the country's economy. But Warren is 73, and voters might prefer to see a younger person alongside Biden, ready to move into the hot seat at a moment's notice. Harris is 58 and with the experience she is gaining as vice president, Biden will surely stick with her when he eventually makes his announcement about standing again.

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