Entre Rios wrote:Accidentally put this in the MAGAthread... so now posted here.
Re: 2020 election (and beyond):
- Biden will pick Kamala Harris as his VP (because the Dems need to be seen to practice what they preach about women and minorities).
- He'll win in November (though by a narrower margin than predicted/expected - it'll come down to Wisconsin!)
- Ohio will end its trend as the bellwether state, backing Trump over winner Biden.
- More women will come forward with sexual harassment/assault claims against Biden (both during the election and while in office).
- Biden's presidency will be marked by lacklustre, unambitious policy and personal damage control.
- Democrat infighting (especially from the left of the party) will prove more debilitating than Republican opposition; moderate Republican gains at midterms.
- Biden, if he sees out the term, cites age and announces early on (maybe after those uncomfortable but not Obama level catastrophic midterms) that he won't run in 2024.
- VP Harris becomes favorite for 2024 Dem nomination (no guarantee).
- Pence, Cruz, and Second Try Romney (possibly with Nikki Haley in the mix) all set out their stalls early for the 2024 Republican nomination.
- Hmm maybe first female POTUS in 2024.
I'm not sure Biden will pick Harris, especially after she called him out for opposing busing in the debates. I think his campaign will know she will be asked about that if he picks her, and they know that the Republicans can go after her quite a bit for going from attacking him for working with segregationists to being his running mate.
I still think Tammy Baldwin is the best choice (of the conceivable options), and she could help win over more leftist voters, and help him win back Wisconsin, which I also think might be very close. I doubt he will pick her though.
I think he will probably pick Amy Klobuchar, especially if he promised her the position in return for her dropping out and endorsing him right before super Tuesday, or maybe Gretchen Whitmer, because they represent similar political beliefs and because she might be able to help him win back Michigan. Otherwise he might pick Stacey Abrams, but only if he thinks he really needs to double down on winning African-American voters, and if he thinks he has a chance of narrowly winning Georgia.
As for the 2024 Republican primary, I suspect Senator Tom Cotton might attempt to take up Trump's mantle, minus any of Trumps sporadic anti-interventionism and plus a desire for endless war with pretty much everyone other than Israel and Saudi Arabia, so the world might have another deranged American war hawk to look forward to.