Harris’ next big decision
The contest to replace Joe Biden is all but over just one day after it began, with Vice President Kamala Harris racking up one big-name endorsement after another. That includes potential rivals who could've been able to — maybe — muster a challenge.
Harris's momentum has shifted the focus to one of Washington's most in-the-bubble parlor games: her vice presidential pick. That's where it gets murkier. Harris knows all too well the nebulous alchemy of selecting a running mate, after Biden's own circuitous deliberation eventually crowned her four years ago.
There are multiple options. She can pick someone from a core, top-tier swing state, like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer or Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, or from more of a reach state, like North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
She can pick a Midwesterner who can speak to moderates, independents and disaffected Republicans, like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg — a Hoosier who's now a Michigan resident — or Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
She also could veer from the pundit-class picks and reach for a complete surprise, or turn to a popular blue-state politician like Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Colorado Governor Jared Polis said today that chatter about him was premature but he'd consider it if asked. "If they do the polling and it turns out they need a 49-year-old balding, gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado, they've got my number," he told CNN.
Biden's decision to step aside unleashed a flood of donor cash and endorsements, but most polls — so far — show Donald Trump still has the advantage. The risk of signing on to what could be an underdog ticket may be a tricky proposition for those with grander plans.
One top-tier candidate already signaled they have no interest in playing second fiddle. Whitmer, speaking to WLNS television in Michigan, said "no," she would not accept the offer. "I am not leaving Michigan."
Harris is moving fast. She spent 10 hours yesterday on calls to more than 100 officials — the kind of legwork Democrats all but begged Biden to do after his disastrous debate. She served pizza and salad to aides at her residence as they hustled about. And the whirlwind won't soon slow down. — Josh Wingrove
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Harris's momentum has shifted the focus to one of Washington's most in-the-bubble parlor games: her vice presidential pick. That's where it gets murkier. Harris knows all too well the nebulous alchemy of selecting a running mate, after Biden's own circuitous deliberation eventually crowned her four years ago.
Harris Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg
There are multiple options. She can pick someone from a core, top-tier swing state, like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer or Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, or from more of a reach state, like North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
She can pick a Midwesterner who can speak to moderates, independents and disaffected Republicans, like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg — a Hoosier who's now a Michigan resident — or Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
She also could veer from the pundit-class picks and reach for a complete surprise, or turn to a popular blue-state politician like Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Colorado Governor Jared Polis said today that chatter about him was premature but he'd consider it if asked. "If they do the polling and it turns out they need a 49-year-old balding, gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado, they've got my number," he told CNN.
Biden's decision to step aside unleashed a flood of donor cash and endorsements, but most polls — so far — show Donald Trump still has the advantage. The risk of signing on to what could be an underdog ticket may be a tricky proposition for those with grander plans.
One top-tier candidate already signaled they have no interest in playing second fiddle. Whitmer, speaking to WLNS television in Michigan, said "no," she would not accept the offer. "I am not leaving Michigan."
Harris is moving fast. She spent 10 hours yesterday on calls to more than 100 officials — the kind of legwork Democrats all but begged Biden to do after his disastrous debate. She served pizza and salad to aides at her residence as they hustled about. And the whirlwind won't soon slow down. — Josh Wingrove
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Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced a fresh chorus of calls to resign at a House hearing, adding to a political firestorm surrounding the agency just months before the US election.
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| Cheatle Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg |
The US envoy to the United Nations arrived in Haiti today, returning to the impoverished country for the first time in three years, as part of efforts to push for new elections.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joins G-20 finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro this week for a series of meetings addressing urgent global issues, but the talks are likely to be overshadowed by US politics.
A key US regulator has privately found half of the major banks it oversees have an inadequate grasp of a broad swath of potential risks from cyber attacks to employee blunders.
The gender pay gap is set to persist in the foreseeable future in the US and several other countries, contradicting forecasts that predict that incomes between men and women are converging, a recent study shows.
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