Bid edges closer to VP pick: Here is who is up and who is down

Joe BidenJoe BidenDemocratic convention line-up to include Ocasio-Cortez, Clinton, Warren: reports Whitmer met with Biden days before VP announcement: Maxine Waters reports that Biden ‘can not go home without a Black woman VP’ MORE is is expected to pick his running mate this weekend, after a months-long search that began with dozens of options and is limited to a select few, trustees say.

All candidates have seen their shares increase at some point during the judging process.

“One of the most interesting things is to see it all play out,” said a source close to one of the reporters. “No one knows exactly where they are.”

Here’s a look at where the benevolent running mates stand.

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The Democratic senator in California is riding stiffly in the vice-presidential race, with most observers – including those in Biden World – thinking she remains the favorite.

But in recent days, she has been uncomfortable with the outcome of the headlines about the perceived tension with Biden and his team.

Sources said she has made a string of phone calls at last, in hopes of tenders at last.

“There’s no doubt she wants it,” said one source who spoke to her.

Even because she remains the favorite, “she’s nervous,” the source said.

Susan Rice

Biden’s trustees say President Obama’s former national security adviser remains high on the list because of the former vice president’s close relationship with her.

“He knows exactly what he’s getting with Susan,” said one source who knows both main characters.

Rice, who in previous weeks made the rounds on cable television to promote Biden, but mostly remained mother over her own perspectives, has been all-in, and made one last pitch for the job.

She showed her “nearly 20 years of deep experience in the senior most ranks of the executive department,” in an interview on “CBS This Morning” earlier this week.

Rice has also exercised her stock options on Netflix since joining the board of directors of the streaming service a few years ago, The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Thursday, a sign that she could be fired to prevent a conflict of interest.

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Whitmer, in a surprise, is back in the race.

Sources told The Hill this week that Whitmer was still in the running among the final round of applicants. The governor of Michigan traveled to Delaware last weekend to meet with Biden as part of the one-on-one recent interviews he conducts, a source confirmed.

Democrats think internal polls showing the Upper Midwest could be more of a concern for Biden, which may be why his team did not cross them off the list.

Plus, she and Biden mesh well.

“Not surprisingly, she’s in the mix,” said one Biden trustee. ‘He loves her. Has always. ”

The confidant stated that she ‘signed’ early-ish ‘,’ represents the party’s new blood and comes from a state that wants Biden in its column.

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Bass is a Democratic favorite in Congress, but her stock is down a bit after news reports last week focused on her comments about Cuba and Scientology.

The California Democratic congresswoman had a lot of momentum that went into effect last weekend when members of Congress ran behind the Congressional Black Caucus president. She is still seen as a candidate who could help Biden with her legislative experience and ties to the government.

“If you know Joe, you know why she’s on the shortlist,” said one Biden ally. “She would make a good partner for him.”

But following her interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last weekend, some Democrats concluded that she might be a risky choice and that she could hurt Biden in the key swing state of Florida, which has a large Cuban American population. has got.

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Warren has been relatively quiet the past few days compared to the other applicants.

But those at Biden World say observers should not read that to mean Massachusetts’ Democratic senator is out of action.

For a start, she and Biden have often talked, sources say. And none of the other applicants has been more influential on Biden’s recent economic proposal than Warren.

In a New York Times story on Friday, Warren said she had collaborated with Jill Biden, the former second lady, on the children’s component of the economic proposal.

The former vice president “jumped early on the issue,” Warren told the Times.

“That gives me real hope going forward that this will be a priority in a Biden administration,” she added.

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Democrats near Biden say he has a love for Duckworth, the Democratic senator from Illinois, and they say that her personal story – an Iraq war veteran who received the Purple Heart – would be an unbelievable one that would resonate with voters .

Yet they express some skepticism about whether she will get the final knot for vice president.

‘You hear her name mentioned more in the rule of a cabinet position,’ said one ally.

Duckworth was asked this week whether she would like to become vice president.

“I want Joe Biden elected,” she told NPR on Wednesday. “I will play every position on his team that he thinks will help us emerge from the crisis we are in, whether it is the global pandemic, whether it is our economy, or it is our foreign adversaries.”

“I’m really neutral about what position I play,” she said. “I just want to have him elected so we can get this country back on track.”