The Washington Post‘s Kathleen Parker had a wild idea to solve the age issue for President Joe Biden’s campaign this November — replace Vice President Kamala Harris with Hillary Clinton.
Parker’s reasoning for the running mate switch starts with the bad popularity numbers for Harris. She wrote in an op-ed on Friday:
Inarguably, a significant obstacle to a Biden win is Kamala Harris, whose low popularity has not been improved by her lackluster performance as vice president. More independents and disenchanted Republicans might swing for Biden if it weren’t for the prospect of a President Harris — not because of her sex, race or any other demographic category, but because of her competency, or lack thereof.
Parker instead suggests that Clinton, who is 76 years old, would make a logical substitute for the current VP, who is 59. Her argument began with Clinton’s endorsement of the pro-Israel George Latimer, who is running to replace the liberal Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in a Democratic primary this summer:
We are left to speculate about motive, but the effect of Clinton inserting herself into the news cycle is to remind voters that, but for her defeat in 2016, we wouldn’t be stuck in this old-White-men dilemma. She is also reminding people of her relative centrism, her support for Israel and her broadly respected role as secretary of state.
No one has mentioned her as a possible running mate for Biden far as I know, but why not replace Harris with Clinton? At 76, she might want no part of it, but it’s hard to retire when you feel your job isn’t done.
