Finally,
Joe Biden announced his running mate (for VP) - Kamala Harris.
This is really not a big surprise as she has been the front runner for the VP role. Indians can be happy because her mother is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Kamala spent a lot of vacation time during her childhood in Besant Nagar, Chennai. Her mother and grandfather taught her carnatic music and bharathnatayam.
Top Left to Right: Kamala Harris, Her grandma Rajam Gopaln, Her grandpa
P.V. Gopalan, Her sister Maya Harris. The kids: Maya's daughter and a cousin
Here
are some pros and cons regarding Kamala Harris.
Pros
She
is highly educated.
She
has held a solid number of public jobs - District Attorney in San Francisco,
Attorney General for the State of California, U.S. Senator from California.
She
is a great debater.
She
comes across very well in front of the camera and on television.
She is also loved by the black community in
America.
Cons
She is very ambitious. A little too
ambitious and opportunistic.
She knows that Biden will be a one term
president only (four years) and it's highly possible that he won’t even finish
his one term due to his advanced age and mental capacity. Therefore, she will
have her own agenda instead of implementing Biden’s agenda.
She
implemented the 1994 Crime Bill to the fullest. The bill was written by Joe
Biden and approved by President Bill Clinton. It resulted in mass incarceration
and innocent people were put in prison..
She has a "sugar daddy", Willie
Brown, Speaker of the California Assembly. He made sure she was moving up the
political ladder but in return what did Kamala was doing the forbidden dance
with Slick Willie.
She is a big proponent for medicare for all.
Many Americans aren't supportive.
So what do I think of Biden's pick for VP?
I don't think Harris is a bad pick at
all. However, I do not think she was the best choice.
I believe Susan Rice would have been a better
running mate (also minority female). She was the National Security
Advisor for Barrack Obama. Rice was also U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations. Rice is also highly educated and she graduated from Stanford
University and Oxford.
Can Biden/Harris defeat Trump/Pence in
November?
I'm not an R, or a D. I'm an I - for
Independent.
When Biden became the candidate for the Democratic Party, I put his chance of winning at 70%. Now with Kamala Harris as his running mate, I put his chance of winning at 55%.
