An argument for Klobuchar as Biden's running mate.

[Dem4Life1102]

33. While you make some good points

You're missing many important ones.

Klobuchar does nothing to enhance the ticket. She comes from a solid blue state with only 10 electoral votes so she doesn't help on a geographic basis. Better to have someone who can put state like Virginia, North Carolina or Florida in play. All of which have more electoral votes than Minnesota.

Klobuchar also does nothing to attract more Progressive votes who supported Sanders or Warren. That would be the same mistake the Clinton made by picking Tim Kaine.

Klobuchar doesn't energize African American votes like Obama did. While they did vote overwhelmingly for Clinton, they just didn't come out in the same numbers they did for Obama and the same thing will happen this time if it is an all white ticket.

And since you don't want to "twinkle around in some fantasyland", there are no swing states in the Midwest. Most are solid red states and will stay that way. The real swing states are Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina or Florida, all of which have a large number of African-American votes. Now it doesn't have to be Stacey Abrams but there many others such as Reps. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Val Demings of Florida and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. All of whom are much better choices then Klobuchar.

Also since you dislike fantasyland, even if Klobuchar were to become VP there is no way Al Franken will be appointed to her seat in the Senate.