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Where Harris’s Potential Running Mates Stand on Climate: Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I would love Andy Beshear to be the VP. He handled the Covid pandemic awesomely in KY and has been doing a lot of things for greener energy / extreme weather responses. Also, he values education and universal preschool. The only thing I fear is that if he does become VP, KY is going to choose a conservative governor that undoes all he has done.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I would rather Beshear too, but mostly because I'm less worried about getting Kentucky having a Republican Govenor than I am about Arizona Senator Kelly getting replaced with a Republican Senator if Kelly becomes the VP pick.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

I suspect that the primary concern is whether a VP can bring a few more voters along in a swing state.