Tammy Duckworth
 

She would be my pick for VP at this point. Negatives are titanium legs, or at least the right-wingers would try to make it so, and a young child in tow. Still, at this point, I think that she is the most qualified candidate.
But evidently Kamala Harris has the inside track. I just don’t care for her. I didn’t like her constant race baiting of Biden in the first debate. One Democrat should not do that to the other. And to me at least, she just doesn’t seem to have the gravitas to be president “just in case”.
Anyway, this is a campaign letter from Tammy Duckworth, and I agree:

Those of us who have served this nation in uniform understand just how important it is for our Commander in Chief to have not only the depth of experience needed to protect our country, but also the humility to recognize the magnitude of the sacrifices our troops make on their orders.

Joe Biden is a man who understands honor, empathy, and compassion. He's the father of a brave U.S. servicemember. He has felt the unimaginable pain of burying children and loved ones, then shown the unbelievable resilience necessary to recover. Resilience that we will need to help our country recover from this pandemic. And Joe has promised to work for all of America's families just as he would for his own.

All of those qualities -- not to mention his years of experience guiding America through challenges both foreign and domestic as Barack Obama’s Vice President -- are what make Joe Biden the leader this moment in history demands. Donald Trump has shown that his priorities are Trump first, America last, so I'm asking you to join me as we work to turn the page on this dark chapter in our country's history once and for all on November 3rd.

Oops. In the title: Duckworth
Another attribute: What a great last name!

Indeed. Fixed. ;)

I like her too!

Biden has a great list of picks.

Anyone of which would be very capable and ready to hit the ground running.

Fucker Carlson doesn't like her so she must be alright ;)

There are a myriad of decent picks but a couple that I'd rather see in the administration but not as VP.

Susan Rice, for example, is great for SecST but not VP, to me.

Agreed. She just doesn’t seem to have the personality for VP.

When I saw Harris tear Cornyn a new asshole right on the Senate Floor, and every word of it right off the top of her head...that was all I needed.

We have known all about Tammy Duckworth for almost 15 years. We voted for her in 2006 when she ran for US House IL-6 and lost to creepy Peter Roskam by a point and a half. Roskam went on to win that seat five more times, but finally lost in 2018 to Sean Casten, when DuPage County and IL-6 went totally blue. We have lived in IL-6 since the reign of Henry Hyde, in many of those years three quarters of the local and county elections were won by Republicans who ran unopposed in the General Election. Not anymore.

On November 6, 2012, she defeated that idiot confederate and dead beat dad Joe Walsh 55%–45% for the US House IL-8 seat. Re-elected in 2014. She was the first Asian-American from Illinois in Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to Congress, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand. I'm pretty sure she was also the first woman US Army combat helicopter pilot, disabled in action, to be elected to the US Congress.

We voted for her in her successful 2016 run for IL US Senate seat, beating incumbent Republican Mark Kirk (about the least offensive Republican in the US Senate) by 14 points.

She's great. Our second choice. Tammy is also the author of the term "Cadet Bone Spurs."

Born in Thailand? Of American parents? Otherwise she'd be a veep ineligible to serve as president.