Joe Biden’s VP Pick 2.0 — Should It Be Kamala or Liz?

Well, so much for the fancy, schmancy Political Science Degree (with Honors, BTW) from a City University in the Bronx.

A little more than two months ago, after Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren had officially endorsed Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee, it was time to play “Pick the Veep.” I wanted to be ahead of the prediction curve before it became the drinking game it’s been since May. If I had downed a shot of Bulleit Bourbon every time a pundit speculated on Biden’s choice, or a cable news anchor asked someone on the long short list if they’d accept, I’d be a pandemic alcoholic by now.

So, to quote The Godfather after he brought Santino to the undertaker, I decided to use all my powers and all my skills as an amateur poly-sci “expert” to announce who should be Uncle Joe’s Number Two. And as I posted in my very first Medium “story,” I settled on Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar.

It was a pure head-over-heart choice, unlike how I decided on whom to support for the Presidency. During the campaign, I wore my affection for Warren on my left-wing sleeve, even though the tiny political sage on my right shoulder was whispering, “Biden . . . Biden . . . Biden.” When tiny sage turned out to be prophetic, there was clearly no room for emotion in my subsequent VP analysis. And once Biden…