My God, what a motley VP list. However, Michelle Lujan Grisham aka MLG, New Mexico's governor, is definitely the best of this bunch. If this strategic leak was not a cynical trial balloon--and I think it is not at all a final list--MLG may really have a running chance to be a VP nominee.
I am convinced this so-called list was really leaked to tell Amy Klobuchar and Stacey Abrams they are no longer in the running. I therefore predict another list will be leaked in about a week.
I mean, really, look at this so-called short list: two cops, Harris and Demings, an odious traitor to the progressives with no constituency Biden needs to win (Warren), and a mayor with no showing she knows anything about national policies. Oh, and Susan Rice, who has never been in any position of true electoral leadership, such as, say, a national union leader who was in the trenches negotiating major legislation, hint, hint, Sara Nelson. If he picks Rice, the whole Benghazi nonsense gets another vampiric lease on life.
Still, MLG making the "this week's top five," to quote the late Casey Kasem, is the big surprise. As my closest friend here in NM and I say, MLG is definitely the best of the national corporate-oriented Dems, and has shown great humane flexibility and strength since assuming office after winning the governor position in 2018. MLG also served nearly a decade in Congress, and knows the DC critters and federal electoral politics. And...she is a Latina, and Biden desperately needs Latino voters to energize for this fall's election. Heck, I think I just made the case for MLG for VP, didn't I?
But, what about that pesky sexual assault claim against MLG late last year from the disgruntled, can't-play-well-with-others and now former campaign advisor guy? See here for the background. My take is, now that the hypocrisy of #MeToo and NOW have been exposed, Don't mind that torpedo, full speed ahead! The hypocrisy is only going to get worse in our culture anyway, as Ms. Roving Eye, Republican Nikki Haley, is already doing her best to run for president in 2024. And to listen to Haley's appeals to xenophobia and racism, you would think the daughter of South Asian immigrants was a white Southern belle from the Antebellum period. So, my advice to MLG on the sexual assault allegation is: Say what you've said, which is "It didn't happen." But now, add, "If it did, so what?"
Onward and upward, MLG!
