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A Few Things To Consider Before Crowning Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris is now set up with advantages few politicians enjoy. But while looking good on paper, real world challenges are coming.
My friend Berny Belvedere tooSenator Kamala Harris at the 2019 Iowa Democrats Hall of Fame Celebration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 9, 2019. Photo by Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons.k to Arc Digital to write on what he perceives to be the potential reign of Kamala Harris as queen over the Democratic Party and possibly “12–16 years to run the country” as vice president and president herself.
I expect Biden to win the presidency this November — which means that, barring a cataclysmic event on the level of COVID-19 or entry into a new war, Biden’s choice of Harris is likely to be the most significant political decision he will make for the rest of his days.
It is also the most momentous VP decision of my lifetime, with only George W. Bush’s choice to enlist Dick Cheney coming close. Historically, we have a few examples of vice presidential selections going on to have huge national ramifications — some, such as Cheney, by design, and others, such as Andrew Johnson, Teddy Roosevelt, and LBJ, by unhappy accident.
At this point, it’s likelier than not that…
