Re:China quietly sets new 'buy Chinese' targets for state co...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @02:33PM
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> As far as I can tell the Democrats don't have to choose Kamala although how often has the VP not gotten serious consideration in recent times?
Exactly 100% of the time that it was the election where the party had a first-term incumbent, back to Humphrey in 1965, and that...isn’t something the DNC probably wants to repeat. Harris is only a potential candidate in 2024 if Biden doesn't run for reelection, and even then isn’t a shoo-in for the nomination unless Biden resigns before the primaries and she runs as the incumbent President. Which is such an extreme scenario that its not worth considering.
Heck, even for outgoing Presidents, the sitting Vice President hasn't been a contender in the subsequent Presidential nomination contest since Gore on 2000 (neither Biden not Cheney were contenders), and the only VP to actually be elected (rather than succeeding on death or resignation) to the Presidency in...quite a long time...was George Bush in 1988.
Exactly 100% of the time that it was the election where the party had a first-term incumbent, back to Humphrey in 1965, and that...isn’t something the DNC probably wants to repeat. Harris is only a potential candidate in 2024 if Biden doesn't run for reelection, and even then isn’t a shoo-in for the nomination unless Biden resigns before the primaries and she runs as the incumbent President. Which is such an extreme scenario that its not worth considering.
Heck, even for outgoing Presidents, the sitting Vice President hasn't been a contender in the subsequent Presidential nomination contest since Gore on 2000 (neither Biden not Cheney were contenders), and the only VP to actually be elected (rather than succeeding on death or resignation) to the Presidency in...quite a long time...was George Bush in 1988.