All of them were interviewed by Biden’s search team, a panel of advisers and party luminaries informally led by former Sen. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut. A spokesman for the Biden campaign declined to comment on this article. “He’s looking at everything,” Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., a co-chair of Biden’s campaign, said in an interview last week. For months, he and his campaign have heard from strategists and activists who have made the case for an African American vice-presidential choice. But a number of party strategists have argued that selecting a Black running mate would energize voters, and reflect the central role Black women have played in the Democratic Party and in reviving Biden’s once-flailing candidacy during the primary.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2020 05:48 UTC