As I said in post #4065, I really want to learn more about the ticket, and if Kennedy keeps on the message which currently compels me to support him, great, I will vote for him.
Your point about her apparent submission to the Kennedy agenda is encouraging, and is welcomed news for me. Many Vice Presidential candidates in the past have disagreed with the Presidential nominee before their selection, but subsequently have, at least publicly, departed their own prior political inclinations in the interests of becoming a loyal number two.
In that connection, you and I both remember the powerful Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, seemed to accept Senator John Kennedy's agenda; Spiro Agnew quickly forgot about his previous support for both Romney and Rockefeller in 1968, and of course George H.W. Bush embraced the "voodoo economics" of Ronald Reagan.
Nevertheless, I remain concerned, and those concerns are two-fold with Shanahan:
First, given her ability to bankroll the Kennedy campaign, I am concerned about her potential power to hijack the campaign and the Kennedy agenda that I favor so much.
Second, and most importantly, Kennedy is not a young man, and just given his family history, I am inclined to measure his running mate with extra scrutiny.
Shanahan is very young, does not appear to have any measurable experience in government, and has not, to the best of my knowledge, demonstrated any significant interest or expertise in the fields of military and foreign affairs.
As such, I think it is only reasonable to ask: "Is President Shanahan, not Vice President Shanahan, but President Shanahan, fully equipped to be entrusted with the nuclear launch codes?"
Also, even assuming that Shanahan as Vice President would support the Kennedy program, as President, would that support extend into a Shanahan administration?
In any event, I will not vote for or support Trump or Biden, there is not question about that. They are both discredited and obnoxious.
With that said, at this point in time, my support is still with Kennedy, but it is now a support for Kennedy to lose.