WASHINGTON: Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race for the White House leaves a gap atop the Democratic presidential ticket that the party is now rushing to fill.
Kamala Harris
She seems like the obvious choice, and Biden has given her his endorsement.
US Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been a heartbeat away from the Oval Office since Biden’s January 2021 swearing in, is well positioned to be the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer.
Joe Biden, 81, pulls out of US presidential race
The 59-year-old Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, is a trailblazer.
She was the first Black person and the first woman to serve as California’s attorney general, and then was the first US senator of South Asian descent.
She is now the first woman and first Black vice president.
During her career as a prosecutor, Harris had a reputation for being tough — a trait she could use to advantage in a campaign expected to focus on crime and immigration.
But some progressive Democrats have been critical of her strict punishment of minor offenders, saying it disproportionately affected minorities.
Harris also suffers from a dismal approval rating, which could prompt Democrats to find another solution.
Gavin Newsom
American Dollar Exchange Rate