WASHINGTON—Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman to run as part of a major-party ticket after presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate on Tuesday afternoon. Harris is the safe, predictable choice after months of speculation about a long and frequently shifting list of candidates that included former Obama adviser and United Nations ambassador Susan Rice, Michigan Gov. Harris, who ran against Biden for the presidential nomination before dropping out late last year and endorsing him in March, is the only Black woman in the Senate. On the other had, her history as a prosecutor could somewhat blunt the avalanche of “law-and-order” attacks from Trump on the Biden campaign. Sign Up NowThe safe, predictable choice makes sense for Biden, who has positioned himself as the safe, predictable candidate who the party coalesced around after flirting with bold progressive campaigns from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Source: thestar August 11, 2020 22:39 UTC