(February 24, 2019 at 12:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 24, 2019 at 12:27 pm)Yonadav Wrote: One of the problems with her being from California is that she won't be bringing any electoral college votes with her. California is a Deep Blue state, so there is no built in advantage to choosing a candidate from there. California is going to vote for the Dem nominee no matter where they are from. Their electoral votes are already ours.
This is why a lot of people are arguing for Biden and Brown. To win in 2020, we need to win back the rustbelt. Chances of victory are slim without it. Biden has huge name recognition. Brown has never lost a race, and he won despite Ohio leaning toward Republicans.
Bernie has proven that he is competitive the rustbelt. So he is also a good choice if one is thinking in terms of taking the rust belt back (which is pretty much necessary to win in 2020).
Some say that Amy Klobuchar could be competitive in the rust belt, but they are saying that based on her being a centrist, and not on her having proven her competitiveness there.
It is hazardous to run a nominee whose competitiveness in the rust belt is unknown. I will be watching Warren and Harris closely when they campaign through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Again, why was that not a problem for Reagan?
You realize that you aren't being logical, right? Reagan pulled it off, and that's completely irrelevant to the point of Harris bringing electoral votes to the table that Dems will win regardless.
We do not inherit the world from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
