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Always in the lead: Why Kamala Harris is Biden's best bet as VP pick

Take a moment to appreciate the fact that a woman with Black and Indian heritage can be considered a safe pick to be the US Vice President.

Joe Biden with Kamala Harris in July 2019 during the Democartic primary contest. (Photo: Bloomberg)
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Joe Biden with Kamala Harris in July 2019 during the Democartic primary contest. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Ramesh Ponnuru | Bloomberg Opinion
Among that sad subset of people whose hobby over the last few months has been speculating about Joe Biden’s running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California was always in the lead. There’s a reason for that: She checks all the boxes.

Biden said he was going to choose a woman. The next logical question, once he made that declaration, was whether that woman would be White. So he more or less had to choose a nonwhite woman: A White woman would have been a disappointment to too many Democrats.

That left Biden with a small pool. And there was another test Biden