{"id":1277,"date":"2020-08-01T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T15:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/01\/biden-campaign-narrows-vp-search-to-women-who-dont-want-to-be-president\/"},"modified":"2020-08-01T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T15:18:50","slug":"biden-campaign-narrows-vp-search-to-women-who-dont-want-to-be-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/01\/biden-campaign-narrows-vp-search-to-women-who-dont-want-to-be-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Campaign Narrows VP Search to Women Who Don’t Want to be President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After months of interviewing and vetting dozens of the nation\u2019s most qualified and impressive women, Joe Biden\u2019s campaign narrowed its field of potential vice presidential candidates today by excluding everyone who showed any real interest in becoming president someday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vice president can become president at any moment,\u201d said Biden advisor and former presidential candidate Chris Dodd. \u201cWhen we\u2019re talking about the person who is one heartbeat away from holding the most powerful office in the world, clearly what we need is someone who doesn\u2019t believe they have the talent to hold that office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision was seen as likely eliminating the candidacies of Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams and Elizabeth Warren, among others, on the grounds that they were \u201ctoo interested\u201d in the job. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a Sadie Hawkins dance,\u201d said Ed Rendell, a Biden advisor who actively sought to be John Kerry\u2019s running mate in 2004. \u201cWe\u2019re not looking for a woman with initiative who knows what she wants and is willing to pursue it. We\u2019d rather have someone who has somehow accumulated 100% of the qualifications needed to run the country without ever having tried to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After eliminating all of the women in politics who have demonstrated an interest in holding political office, observers were unclear on how it was possible for a female candidate to be selected under the campaign\u2019s stated terms. Advisor Eric Garcetti, who tested his own potential 2020 presidential candidacy before opting to remain mayor of Los Angeles, acknowledged the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, it\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want to have a female running mate,\u201d Garcetti said. \u201cIt\u2019s just that we need to find one that is the exact right combination of strong, effective, confident, capable, forward thinking, self-effacing, modest, likable, traditional, sweet and non-threatening. And we haven\u2019t found that yet among the women of the Senate. Or the House. Or the state governments. Or academia. Or the private or non-profit sectors. But, you know, I\u2019m sure she\u2019s out there somewhere.\u201d
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