Susan Rice shot to the top on Predictit

[DavidDvorkin]

And Kamala Harris dropped suddenly into 2nd place in the betting for Biden's v.p. choice.

It was such a sudden and dramatic change that I thought there must have been some major news or announcement to explain it, but I haven't been able to find anything.

[FreeState]

1. Nothing just speculation

But Twitter has Mayor Pete trending because he supposedly flew to Delaware.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

2. i suddenly decided she's a strong candidate and many others must have as well

[tman]

3. I hope it's Rice.

[Faux pas]

4. She's

been my choice since I found out she was in the running.

[Autumn]

5. My idiot sister posted that according to one bullshit news that Harris has unfollowed

Biden on Twitter so she's sure something is coming out about Harris. But then she thinks Donald Trump is losing so much of his personal fortune because he won't take pay for being President. It's expensive being president you know.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Well, that's a ... reliable source!

[Autumn]

8. Isn't it though?

[mr_lebowski]

9. Well sure, he's not able to put his full focus into Trump Airlines, Trump Steaks, Trump University

Trump Casinos, The Trump Foundation, Trump Vodka ... all those businesses I'm sure are really struggling without his steady hand and brilliant executive/deal-making skills.

[Chili]

14. apparently she did unfollow him

... and I was trying to think of a positive reason. Don't think it has anything to do with her - thinking, it's because she's not the pick.

[Sapient Donkey]

20. That seems kinda petty if so. I find that a bit too hard to accept as being the reason

If there was an unfollow, then I think accidental button click before I think her or her campaign would do that. Although, it would be funny if she had to block Biden 'cause he kept asking her to be his VP and she kept say no, but he didn't let that faze him.

*I fully support Biden.. I didn't even mean to do this, but I was amusing myself so much I kept going with it. It's not even funny. I know.


(8/1/20 1:33AM) Biden: You up?
(8/1/20 1:34AM) Biden: Umm, hey I have question 4 you.
(8/1/20 1:35AM) Biden: You there?
(8/1/20 1:36AM) Biden: Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellooo?
(8/1/20 1:38AM) Biden: Plz talk
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: //
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: \
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: //
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: \
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: //
(8/1/20 1:39AM) Biden: \
(8/1/20 1:40AM) Biden: Get it? Im dancing.

(8/1/20 5:30AM) Harris: Hey, buddy. What's up?
(8/1/20 12:30PM) Biden: Yeah. Hey. Umm. So. Yeah.
(8/1/20 12:31PM) Biden: I was wondering...
(8/1/20 12:32PM) Biden: ummm
(8/1/20 12:40PM) Harris: Yes?
(8/1/20 12:42PM) Biden: Would you like to go with me to oval office? Like, as my VP?
(8/1/20 12:45PM) Biden: Kamal?
(8/1/20 12:45PM) Biden: Kamaela???
(8/1/20 12:46PM) Biden: ctrl + v □ v
(8/1/20 12:47PM) Biden: Kamala Devi Harris (/ˈkɑːmələ/ KAH-mə-lə;[2] born October 20, 1964)[1] you there?
(8/1/20 12:55PM) Harris: Hey pal, we'll talk later. I have to return some videotapes
(8/1/20 12:56PM) Biden: You need use the bittorrent to download videotapes. ok ttyl
(8/2/20 2:19AM) Biden: u up?
(8/2/20 5:35AM) Harris: Sorry about not getting back to you yesterday. I had a lot going on.
(8/2/20 5:36AM) Biden: It's k00L
(8/2/20 5:36AM) Biden: what's good? Give any thought to what I asked?
(8/2/20 6:50AM) Harris: I'm flattered you would ask me
(8/2/20 6:53AM) Harris: I think I will be taking a break from presidential stuff for a bit so that I can focus on myself. I don't think I will be anyone's vice president for awhile. I need to focus on being my own president.
(8/2/20 6:55AM) Biden: Oh okay.
(8/2/20 6:56AM) Biden: ¯_( ツ )_/¯
(8/3/20 2:16AM) Biden: r u up?
(8/4/20 1:36AM) Biden: whats happening?
(8/4/20 2:55AM) Biden: So, I was doing some research on you by looking at your facebook and asking some of my friends at the NSA for your passwords and metadata
(8/4/20 2:57AM) Biden: The more I read about you, the more I think you would be a great vice president
(8/4/20 2:59AM) Biden: Can you please reconsider being my VP? I think we'll be good together. Perfect together
(8/5/20 12:30AM) Biden: Will you plz talk to me? What is going on? I feel like i'm being ignroed i cant
(8/5/20 12:35AM) Biden: Hello
(8/5/20 12:37AM) Biden: i was reading some stuff on the internet about you. Were you really a professional wrestler in the 1980's?
(8/6/20 4:37AM) Biden: Hey. Just checkin to see how ur doing.
(8/6/20 5:55AM) Harris: DUDE! Please stop. I've moved on. You need to move on too.
(8/6/20 12:46PM) Biden: We can move on together to the white house. Please don't do this
(8/6/20 12:47PM) Biden: plz
(8/6/20 12:48PM) Biden: please
(8/6/20 12:48PM) Biden: plz
(8/6/20 12:49PM) Biden: hello please
(8/11/20 2:05PM) Biden: ??????
<failed to send>
(8/11/20 2:05PM) Biden: ??????
<failed to send>
(8/11/20 2:05PM) Biden: Did you block me?
<failed to send>
(8/11/20 2:05PM) Biden: OMG!
<failed to send>
(8/11/20 2:05PM) Biden: I DON'T NEED YOU ANYWAY!

<failed to send>
(8/11/20 4:05PM) Biden: test
<failed to send>

(8/11/20 6:05PM) Harris: Okay, fine. You win. I'll do it, but I get the good desk.
(8/11/20 6:06PM) Biden: LMAO. Deal!

[Chili]

21. okay

Poor Joe - he's gonna have to get over it!

PS - like the song too!

[Nevilledog]

34. *snort*

[Sapient Donkey]

37. It didn't age well. :P

[Nevilledog]

38. It was still funny.

[Drunken Irishman]

25. This is not true.

Harris personal account never followed Biden, so, it's impossible for her to unfollow him. Her Senate account, however, still follows him.

[Chili]

28. not sure where you're seeing Joe Biden's active twitter acct on her Following list

Her current twitter acct - that she tweets from now - is @KamalaHarris, is it not? Or is there another one? That one seems official.

There is an old archived VP Biden acct that she still follows from when he was VP.

I was tracking a tweet about this whole thing (hoping it was wrong) and checked her list; don't know if it was ever there or not, but it's not there now.

Probably doesn't matter at anyway - I was just asking.

[Drunken Irishman]

29. She has two accounts.

https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris

There's been no indication she's unfollowed either - or maybe that she was following him at all I guess.

[Chili]

30. and I did a search twice to make sure I wasn't missing one!

Only the other one came up - good to know - thank you!

I really want her to be the VP pick, so suddenly every little thing catches my attention now that we're so close!

[Autumn]

26. Interesting. I can't imagine her doing that, even if she not the pick.

[Awsi Dooger]

7. Rice has been trending up all day

But it is not a dramatic move. Essentially Rice has become the mild plurality favorite while for days Harris has been the plurality favorite.

The only interesting aspect of today is that it's basically a direct flop between Rice and Harris. Nobody else moving.

Volume much heavier today.

[consider_this]

10. My Trumper 94 yr old dad...

who is definitely in cognitive decline, told me tonight that if Biden picked Rice, then he might vote for Biden. Otherwise he was still on board with Trump (barf). (I am all for Rice but did not even mention her to him - this was his own offering.) When I asked him why, he said Biden is too political, but she is in with the politics and talks good. - So that does not make sense to me, but perhaps if other cognitively impaired Trumpers (wouldn't they all be? lol) think alike, then great if she is veep choice and can pull these dudes over.
I still have no idea what he means.

[WyattKansas]

13. Biden needs her, because she can immediately hit the ground running with...

National Security, Diplomacy, and White House Operations to begin locking everything down from further destruction and repairing the damage done by Donald Shitstain tRUMP and the Republican Party. Allies will know how to specifically help her and know she will understand, without violating any laws, and adversaries/enemies will know that their blow back is coming, so they will begin limiting what will be linked to them again. Not to mention that she probably already knows where the 'hiding places' are in the government files that government workers hid for a later date. There will be no waiting for on the job training, while Donald Shitstain plays bunker bitch and refuses to leave with Bill Barr still trying to pervert and molest the law after his termination notice.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. And now it's flipped again

Harris back in the lead. I'm already exhausted.

I'd better stop watching Predictit.

Maybe just one more time ...

[Amishman]

22. predictit is shewed by people betting their hearts and not their heads

its why Trump has been around 40ish cents for a month or two now, while getting crushed in just about every poll everywhere.

Its a good profit making source if you can sniff out the irrational markets.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Harris is now the favorite again

I never need reminders on why I don't get involved in predicting somebody's opinion

This market has been dizzying

[Blue_true]

15. Someone mentioned a private plane leaving Maine. Rice is from that state.

Maybe that rumor has something to do with it.

[nsd]

16. But she doesn't live in Maine now.

She wouldn't be traveling from there.

[Blue_true]

17. Doesn't she have a home there?

Someone mentioned her in a run against Collins, though I always felt that the Maine Speaker of the House was a better choice.

[nsd]

18. She still owns her family home there.

I remember that detail when she was mentioned as a possible opponent for Collins. But why would she be there now?

[octoberlib]

24. A private plane also left South Bend. Biden is probably getting cabinet picks and admin together.

[DavidDvorkin]

19. As they round the turn ...

Politics really does feel like a horserace, albeit with far higher stakes.

[octoberlib]

23. Which means absolutely nothing. This is probably in response to the hit pieces on Kamala

by old men.

[SKKY]

27. Has anyone seen the speaker list for the convention?

Probably a lot to do with it.

[DavidDvorkin]

31. It flipped again, but I haven't checked in a few seconds

I'm not sure I've seen this kind of behavior on Predictit before. Rapid changes, yes, but not this kind of back-and-forth.

[Awsi Dooger]

32. Rice has plummeted to 18 cents

Looks like this is the definitive move. Harris up to 70 cents

[DavidDvorkin]

33. Predictit has made its decision: Kamala Harris.

[Awsi Dooger]

35. Except now Harris is moving all over the place

Down to 46 then moving in both directions. Now back to 58

Could be speculators locking up profit no matter which one is chosen

Rice back up to 36

[DavidDvorkin]

36. It's a rollercoaster ride.