Eight minutes, 46 seconds is the length of time prosecutors say George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was pinned to the ground under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee before he died last week.
10. Gina Raimondo: If you believe a) that Biden will have one self-identifying moderate in his final VP group and b) Klobuchar and Michigan Go…
9. Amy Klobuchar: The issue of the Minnesota senator's record during her time in the early 2000s as the lead prosecutor in Hennepin County (Mi…
8. Tammy Duckworth: While the Illinois senator doesn't get as much buzz as some of the names above her on this list, her profile stands up to …
7. Stacey Abrams: In an op-ed published in The New York Times on Thursday (no, not that one), Abrams makes the argument that the best way to r…
6. Susan Rice: If Biden wants to pick the woman with the most hands-on experience on foreign policy and national security issues, there's no q…
5. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Lost amid the flood of news over the last week is the fact that Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto removed herself …
4. Elizabeth Warren: As I said above, I think it is very likely Biden picks a black women to be his running mate. If he doesn't, the Massachus…
3. Val Demings: Even before Floyd's death and the ongoing reverberations from it, this Florida House member was getting rave reviews about her…
2. Keisha Lance Bottoms: Lance Bottoms' speech last Friday night -- amid violent protests in Atlanta -- was a moment. She was empathetic. Toug…