Harris campaign has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end

He's my pick as well, because I think he's a good, sharp guy, and I think he'll help the ticket the most. If I wasn't concerned about them winning, I'd probably pick Buttigieg. Kelly is a little more conservative than I'd prefer and Pete just impresses me every time he opens his mouth.

It would be nice to have someone in the Executive Branch that has experienced the Overview Effect.

would it be a setback to share a surname with a weird right-wing podcaster? Do they ever get confused?

I think it's Shapiro.

Yeah, I want to keep Pritzker here in Illinois. His tenure as governor has been a breath of fresh air after Bruce Rauner.

Shapiro was my bet. Something about his face makes me love the Kelly brothers...idk what it is they just feel like good people. I wanted him to get the nod but I think Shapiro simply checks too many boxes.

And I doubt she wants to gamble with losing a Senate seat.

With a Dem governor to appoint a replacement, and a state that's looking more blue than Wisconsin or Michigan or Virginia, its honestly not as big a gamble as you'd think.

Politically, in our racist and sexist country, the VP probably has to be a white man. If it's not, the ticket loses a few percent of the vote.

I hated Buttigieg because he went back on his progressive roots and disappointed his socialist father

Buttigieg was always a technocratic cypher. He relied mostly on his access to elite schools, and background as a "McKenssyite" to get access to the stage. His primary credentials were being a one time mayor of a college town, and his elitist access that being a McKensie fellow afforded. When it seemed inconvenient to be a progressive, he was no longer a progressive. My central issue with him as a candidate was simply that he had not run-in and won a state or federal election. Its a soft-requirement I've had for a while is that you at least need to show me you can win elections. Him going on to spoiling the progressive tickets when and where necessary and being rewarded for that with his position as Transportation Secretary, was just insult to injury.

I love Buttigieg and his VP debate versus Vance would be fun to witness, but is the US ready for a black female presidential candidate with an openly gay VP? I seem to have been wrong about how much racism and sexism would hinder Kamala so maybe it's not an issue? I still fear it would be too much

I don't like all Kelly's positions, but helping potentially win AZ would be important and for undecideds and simple minded people the astronaut factor is not to be underestimated. He seems like a very "safe" and sensible pick.

I'm maybe biased towards Beshear, but I feel like it's between him and Kelly.

Kelly seems like an incredibly sensible pick for appeal to 'undecideds'.

My worry about Buttigieg is that his past in South Bend runs the risk of reinforcing or even lending legitimacy to the "she's a cop" narrative.

BUT I wish she would pick him.

Not enough McKinsey consultants in the White House.

The smear campaign against Shapiro has been intense the past few days. It's impressive.