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We’ll find out Joe Biden’s pick for vice president in the days or weeks to come. He’s announced that he will be choosing a female VP and his team has narrowed the list down to eleven candidates. Fundraising spikes for Senator Kamala Harris have further propelled her name in headlines as one of the most likely picks to be Biden’s VP. Harris, Joe Biden’s former 2020 competitor, is a lifelong leader for civil rights and criminal justice issues. She is the second African American woman in history to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and was the first African American and first woman to serve as Attorney General of the state of California. Senator Harris would be an incredibly valuable asset to the Biden campaign and one hell of a first female and first African American vice president.

Kamala and Biden on the Campaign Trail

Harris’s own 2020 campaign operations didn’t function as smoothly as she had hoped but the most stubborn obstacle she faced was a crowded field. In particular, Biden’s strength among black voters and Elizabeth Warren’s support among college-educated white voters boxed Harris out of two groups she needed. Kamala is known for her tough questions in Senate hearings; likely a result of her prosecutorial background. She articulates herself with authority and — like Joe Biden — she does not have time for malarkey. Biden himself has been on the receiving end of her sharp debate skills; he took a beating in a June debate that boosted Kamala in the polls. Placed against the bland and dry Vice President, Mike Pence, Harris will give him a grilling that would certainly go viral. The contrast of a young, highly qualified black woman juxtaposed with an old, white Tea Bagger will send a truly power signal to the country.

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Biden’s support base is broad and diverse — but maintains a healthy overlap with the base of Kamala Harris. Although she faced some scrutiny over her prosecutorial record, the base of the Democratic Party had yet to cast ballots by the time she exited the race. Now that the primary is over, the results are very favorable to Kamala; Democrats want a moderate candidate to unify the country. Harris’s national message was a moderate message of unity and finding common ground to achieve common goals. Amy Klobuchar is the only other candidate on Biden’s alleged short list that has run a recent national campaign. While Klobuchar did have support amongst Midwesterners and suburban/exurban America, Kamala is a better choice to make an appeal to the base of the Democratic Party in diverse cities and suburbs. Harris can boost the vote in bright blue population centers better than Amy Klobuchar could dilute the deep red rural regions. This election will be decided by moderate voters in the cities and suburbs of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina. Kamala Harris is the best candidate for Joe Biden to expand and further energize his existing base in the most important areas.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be an incredible duo. They both speak to the core of the Democratic Party, which is a diverse coalition of relatively moderate Americans that are disgusted by this administration. Kamala Harris has a powerful voice that will take Trump and Pence to task with her sharp oratory skills. She’s known nationally and the most qualified candidate to be the first female and first African American Vice President.