Quote:
Originally Posted by rickroll
i could be misrembering but i don't think we've had a nationally known VP candidate since Cheney and even then he was fairly obscure, next is Gore I would guess
could easily be wrong though
Well, Pence was fairly well known in 2016. Tim Kaine had been Governor and Senator from Virginia for 10+ years, though he didn't have much of a national profile. Paul Ryan was Speaker of the House and ideological leader of the party. Biden was a long-time Senator and had run for President twice before. Palin was definitely a nobody. John Edwards was a one-term Senator but raised his profile in 2004 by running fairly successfully for President. Lieberman was a well-known Senator.
Outside of Palin, I think you have to go all the way back to Geraldine Ferraro for an obscure VP pick, and even then she was a 3-term Congresswoman known for her work on women's issues.
I think with Biden's age, everybody understands it's extremely important that he choose a VP that could take over at a moment's notice. If he chooses someone with mayoral level experience, that would reflect pretty poorly on him. I like Keisha Bottoms, and she could well be Senator or Governor soon. I don't think 3 years' experience being mayor of Atlanta prepares her to strategize against Putin and Xi.
Also, Biden won't announce his pick for 2 months. That's an absolute lifetime in politics. The nation will be on to something completely different by then.