Harris/Whitmer ticket best course for Democrats

Joe Biden is an interim or caretaker POTUS who should serve a single term. 

President Biden struggles for the approval of a majority of America's voters hovering near 41 percent while Democratic senators are overwhelmingly favored in their own states. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are doing great jobs according to pollsters at FiveThirtyEight. And although the best choice in 2020 for President of the United States was Al Franken Senator Klobuchar had this columnist's early primary endorsement to be our party's nominee. But after it was revealed she had wrongfully prosecuted Myon Burrell when she was Hennepin County's top prosecutor her aspirations to hold higher office evaporated. In 2020 Minnesota commuted Burrell’s sentence. 

And, while Michelle Obama would crush the orange orangutan she's shown zero interest in running.

So, I’ve seen enough. It’s time to make some history by nominating Kamala Harris our choice for president and Gretchen Whitmer our Veep pick because Michigan is in play.

As a Senator, her brightest moments were when she attacked during hearings. She would aim a litany of Socratic-style questioning at an expert or nominee and methodically back them into a corner. Remember when she did it to Jeff Sessions? “I’m not able to be rushed this fast,” he broke down during one exquisite line of questioning from Harris during his confirmation for attorney general. “It makes me nervous.” Harris did it again to eventual Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings. She asked if he agreed there were “both sides to blame” for the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville that left one woman dead, as then-president Donald Trump insisted. Kamala Harris is, as many of her critics have noted, a trained prosecutor who spent the first two decades of her career enforcing the rule of law. [Either Way, Kamala Harris Can Help Beat Trump]

Joe Biden’s best dignity-preserving option is to run in an open convention this summer, @gcaw argues. https://t.co/kaP9zZ9wTQ pic.twitter.com/eEpi1h87iP

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