Harris makes sense only for the fact that she is A-A, NJ being solid blue. Is Harris enough to motivate the black vote to the extent of Obama?
I don't know, but I doubt it.
Who does that leave?
Abrams isn't an asset.
Gabi?
Cuomo isn't female, and NY (despite how many times I vote) is also solid blue, so Joe gains nothing there.
The only conceivable scenario I see in which Biden is not the nominee is if somehow his history of sexual assault becomes more of a story.
With the NYT, WAPO, CNN et. al. basically ignoring the story (as is the #me too movement) I don't see it.
He needs to flip Michigan to blue.
Whitmer makes good political sense and invigorates Dem women who feel Hillary was the rightful heir.