Dodged the Greater Imperialist

 Of all the women on the short list for Democratic Party Vice President, Elizabeth Warren was clearly the best.  She has been a fighter for the common good (since the Obama administration, anyway).  She is not a socialist, but often pushing against the constraints of neoliberalism.  But there were lots of strikes against her, from her Republican past, her fake Native American claims, her not really being far enough left to endorse Bernie who was the clear front runner on the left, and in fact actually attacking Bernie over his once giving her a fair estimation of her chances, allegedly.  I should have lost all respect for Warren at that point, however I'm beyond losing all respect for US politics and politicians--I have none.  Though Bernie was better on everything, Warren was second best (or something like that, after Gravel and Tulsi maybe, but they were never going to get anywhere inside the war media complex).

And, most of all, there was never really was a sliver of a chance of a hope that Biden would select her as VP, and I knew that, though I still kept hoping and making her my #1 choice in surveys.

Between the two other top candidates Rice and Harris, Rice appeared to be the greater imperialist, associated with the destruction of Libya.  Rice didn't even show us her chops running for President.  My sense is she's a soft spoken imperialist--the most dangerous kind.  Therefore, Harris was the best choice we were likely to get.

Harris is a strong and articulate speaker, and seems well talented to be a good attack dog for defeating Trump now and Republicans in general later.  

Californians can easily replace her with someone equal or better in the Senate, whereas in Massachusetts the fact that Warren got elected was a near miracle.  We need Warren to continue to be in the Senate.

Harris was not actually a cop, she got a law degree and became a prosecuting attorney, ending up as the Attorney General of California, where she had a fairly predictable record of punishing non-crimes and letting big business criminals off-the-hook.  Anyone else rising to that position would be the same.

Nothing to get upset about, instead a slight feeling of relief is warranted.