Potential VP picks for Kamala Harris if she's the Democratic nominee

Potential running mates for Kamala Harris are already popping up after President Biden announced he would end his reelection bid and throw his support behind his vice president. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, Ed O'Keefe, Robert Costa and Margaret Brennan have more.

[patty]

All those stupid reporters pretending to sound so sad when they are to blame

[lbmdhpq]

Senator Mark Kelly for President 2024‼️‼️‼️

[paulg]

Harris needs the most moderate Democrat on the ticket - Andy Beshear, he will appeal to the other half of America. Another woman, a black person, Whitmer and Newsom would scare people away.

[LogicAndReason]

Anybody who thought the issue would go away, was crazy or lying.

[corinaalvarado]

Gov . Kentucky, Arizona, any our best Governors of our United States for Vice President or Presidents,

[Maria-zrwq]

Andy Beshear! Hands down best pick. Extremely popular southerner that doesn't back down!

[vicpetrishak]

Kimberly Cheatle, soon to be looking for a JOB !

[thetaexali]

Well she did a brilliant job at the border, what's to worry about.

[timw]

Buttigieg would be the worst pick for the republicans as he would humiliate them.

[brittanya]

Kamala Harris and Wes Moore as VP would be a phenomenal ticket!!

[Zippcodey-bs]

I believe that Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg will be the pick.

[georgegrubbs]

Senator Mark Kelly for VP. I will give $$$ if this happens. Just do it! But, I will settle for Josh Shapiro if Mark Kelly can't be done.

[edwardsong]

Of those listed as potential VP picks, Mark Kelly is the most likely. The Democratic Party playbook calls for the VP pick to be a senator. Walter Mondale is the last Democrat not to pick a senator, and the only reason why he didn't pick a senator was because he wanted a woman on the ticket. There was no woman Democrat senator in 1984. George McGovern in 1972 picked Sargent Shriver as his running mate after Sen. Eagleton resigned as the Democratic VP nominee. The only reason why McGovern's second pick was not a senator was because no other senator was willing to be his running mate. Then you have to go back to FDR's pick in 1940 of Henry Wallace who was not a senator. My money would be on someone like Sen. Mark Kelly as Harris's VP pick.

[LogicAndReason]

Joe can now campaign as a hero. Let's leave the cult of personality to the orange clown party. This is a team effort. We are team not-Gilead.

[Jhymnbeau]

The cop versus the con? Guess who's gonna win and see if you're wrong. 😊

[intergalacticem]

Picking a swing state governor as VP has not been shown to help swing states blue in presidential elections. Harris/Buttigieg would be unbeatable.

[TaxReligionNow]

Not Newsom. Its hard to guess who Harris would pick as VP. If you literally have the whole country to choose from i would definitely hope for better than Gavin Newsom. I keep asking wheres our physicists, engineers, and accomplished scientists at. We have thousands of problems for heres Gavin Newsom. Connectee of Nancy Pelosi. The definition of wealth and connection being preferred to knowledge and know how. He wouldn't be governor otherwise. NOT him. You might as well choose Trxmp himself as your VP.

[JonStark]

*Josh Shapiro is the most logical/political choice. Governor of the swing state with the most (20) electoral votes to gain!👏🏼🇺🇸*

[griffinboynton]

Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina! 2 term governor, managed to win in both 2016 and 2020, even when Trump won the state. He has a very established career with executive experience. He would help Harris win voters across the southeastern red states. Also, Roy Cooper’s governorship ends in 2025 anyways, as he is term-limited. The current NC gubernatorial race is between Democrat Josh Stein and a christofacist, MAGA Republican, Mark Robinson. By selecting Cooper, this could bolster Democrats’ momentum in NC and help the state stave off Robinson and his political brutality.

Here is why Andy Beshear should NOT be considered: without his name identification and family’s legacy, it is incredibly unlikely that Kentucky would have a Democratic governor. With Beshear’s term being far from over, choosing Beshear would prompt an election to fill Beshear’s vacancy, in which a Republican like Daniel Cameron would be put in as an interim replacement for the remainder of the term.

With Cooper’s experience and given circumstances, he is both an asset to Harris and state-level politics

[DoublyRegretful]

My goodness, my goodness! I don't know how this factors, but she was and for me, as a 51yr trial lawyer, still is, terribly terribly pretty! - The real from-inside type.