Why Kamala Harris is the WAY right pick

 Kamala Harris (COM-a-la) is kind of the perfect pick for Joe Biden. Not my favorite, I would have preferred Susan Rice or Pete Buttigieg, but Kamala is perfect!

1. She is Black. That goes a long way towards turning out Black voters who came out and voted for Obama, but did not for Hillary.
2. She is a woman who is Black. That goes a long way towards helping to (hopefully) heal a country tearing itself up over institutional racism and institutional roadblocks towards female politicians.
3. She is a whip smart debater. She won't let Trump bulldoze her. (The Pence / Harris debate should be a walk-over).
4. She is an ex-Attorney General of California. The fact she is an exAG will help with the law and order crowd. That fact that she led some reforms in California will mitigate that with the problems Joe Biden has with his old lock 'em up policies.
5. She is smart and has experience. That will be helpful in Joe's own words when the President has to have help with the policies of government.
6. She is half Indian - American (Eastern, not Native American). Rumor has it that there are lots of Indian-Americans in the swing states.
7. She is married to a white guy. That helps dispel the argument that she hates white people.
8. She has run for office and won. That means that people have tried to dig up dirt on her, and most of it has already been dealt with.
9. Being from California, a Democratic Governor will appoint her replacement should she win. And he will appoint a Democrat (a problem with Elizabeth Warren)

Tamm Duckworth would have been another great choice. But wouldn't help with number 1. And the Democrats need Black Americans to vote out Trump.

She has some downsides.

1. She doesn't excite young people who see her as part of the establishment.
2. She doesn't help bring California to the ticket. California was voting Biden no matter what.

But for me, my back up dream is coming true. This is how it plays out:

2020 - Biden / Harris

2024 - Harris / Buttigieg

2028 - Harris / Buttigieg

2032 - AOC loses to a Republican

2036 - Buttigieg / tbd

I wont be alive to see it, but I hope to see a gay man becoming President via this path at some point.

I'm feeling more confident than I have in a while.