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I am sort of disappointed. Susan Rice would have been an excellent choice given the current relationship of US on the international stage. Rice would work with our allies and fix the damage Trump/Pompeo has dished out.

If we didn't have to pick a woman, Bernie Sanders would have been a major step forward for America.

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> I am sort of disappointed. Susan Rice would have been an excellent choice

I agree Susan Rice would have been a much better choice. Harris already had her chance in the "limelight", and was rejected.

She was a very unpopular primary candidate - why would she become more popular now?

> Bernie Sanders

Realistically, Bernie's platform is at odds with Biden's - so that doesn't seem to be a natural fit really.

Bernie has had two shots at it, but I think he would bring his decades of experience in politics, his unwavering stance on corruption/lobbying, his plan to reduce wealth disparity and a relentless push for climate action.

The man that fought for decades, still has the same message he did in 1981! [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OraxqbUjpHw

You may be right - but there's a healthy amount of American's that don't agree with Bernie's priorities our outlook on government. I guess this is evidenced by his failed bids at the presidency - although I admit he was far more popular than Harris has ever been.

Here is Bernie in 2015 saying against open borders saying it was a rightwing proposal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf-k6qOfXz0

https://youtu.be/McKI1gfoeaY

Now he's fully onboard with open border policies. He doesn't even have the same message he did 5 years ago. Just like his twitter history shows him tweeting about evil millionaires and billionaires until he became a millionaire himself and now only targets billionaires.

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