Well, that lots of local reaction from those political strategies
of both Democratic and Republican who reacted soon after that
announcement was made on X.
We're going to miss him and we're going to miss
Joe Biden.
Political strategist from both sides reacting to the stunning but
not so surprising news.
A President Joe Biden announcing he will not seek another
term as president following much pressure from Democratic Party leaders
to drop out.
It's one of those monumental things that happens, you know,
in the course of presidential campaigns.
I mean, this is this is one of those moments
where this changes the landscape.
Democrats are going to get in line.
I think there's no question about it.
We're excited about Kamala Harris.
Democratic political strategist Ed Emerson says putting Harris on the
top of the ticket will help unify the party.
She is fantastic.
I mean, I've worked with her many times over the
years, have flown around with her on a campaign, fly
around issues that we see before us of the other
candidate.
Former President Trump and JD Vance are going to be
formidable.
There's no question about they're going to have all the
money they need.
They're going to have the backing that they need.
And we're just going to have to go full court
press.
We have to work as hard as we can to
elect Kamala Harris and whoever she picks as VP.
But former President Barack Obama hasn't exactly endorsed Harris yet.
He says he has confidence that the leaders of the
party will create a process from which an outstanding nominee
emerges.
Democratic Party bosses are pretty strong.
They're strong enough to push out a sitting President Joe
Biden.
I would not be surprised if you still see some
of that, you know, upheaval, controversy and internal fighting that
we've seen from the Democratic Party over the last two
weeks.
Republican political strategist Tim Rosales says the VP candidate could
be a geographical partner from a swing state, which the
demos need to win.
Or it could be a moderate and can give some
balance to the ticket.
Because right now, you know, you look at the head
to head matchups and Kamala Harris doesn't really do all
that much better than Joe Biden against Donald Trump.
Say Democrats may be looking at a groundbreaking all girl
ticket with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a running mate
or former astronaut Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona.
What we need now is somebody who will back Kamala,
who will fight for the democratic values in this country.
And I think any of those would be a fine,
fine choice.
I really do.
And Ed Emerson says that his party feels invigorated.
They are looking forward to campaigning for Harris and whoever
she names as her running mates live from across the
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Rowena Shaddix.
Fox 40 News.