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Who will Vice President Kamala Harris pick to be her running mate?

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Summary

Vice President Kamala Harris has a little over a week to pick a running mate to join her on the presidential ticket.

The list of possibilities is long, but many have a couple of things in common β€” the represent swing states and are white, straight men β€” qualities that might help make a winning ticket.

Who should the current Vice President pick to be her running mate, and what will make that a winning choice?

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0:00.0

Being vice president is like being declawed, defang, neutered, ball gagged, and sealed in an abandoned

0:09.0

coal mine under two miles of human. Why run for vice president when frankly I'd rather flip patties a Gettys

0:16.5

my constitutional obligation was to have a pulse those are some famous fictional vice

0:21.5

president viepe selina, Jake Ballard from scandal, and John Hoines from the West Wing.

0:27.9

Although those fictional VPs were not too happy in their roles, being Vice President

0:31.8

is a job that every politician wants because, you know,

0:36.1

sometimes the president suddenly announces he won't run again and the vice president becomes

0:38.9

the party's presidential nominee.

0:40.9

All jokes aside, the role of Vice President has become more and more important

0:44.8

in recent decades. It's gone from the kind of gross image of a pitcher that

0:48.6

Vice President John Nance Gardner once described it as to often a key governing partner in an administration.

0:55.3

And in a close election, the pick provides a way to balance a ticket and appeal to voters.

1:00.3

And there is no shortage of people who are being touted as potential vice presidents

1:04.4

for Vice President Kamala Harris.

1:05.8

Democratic Governor of the state of Kentucky, Andy Bashir.

1:09.1

Michigan Governor Gretchen Wittman.

1:10.4

Transportation Secretary and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buda Judge.

1:14.4

The Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

1:16.2

For the next few minutes though, we are going to focus on three men who are largely

1:19.7

seen as the top contenders.

1:21.7

There's Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.

1:23.0

I flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm over Iraq and Kuwait.

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