clyburn thought. al gore was vice president. where is he now? but a supreme court seat, well, that s for life. the meeting on the yorktown was fresh in front of biden the next day as he prepared for that night s debate and he understand the difference between ani narr victory and a blowout. his margins with black voters. if he committed to naming a black woman to the united states supreme court, that might give him a lift. i think i should do it, he told his advisers. don t do it. simone sanders replied speaking in concert with the group if he wanted to do it at some point, he should make a carefully considered plan around announcing it and it wasn tfu t kind of thing he should throw there on a debate stage and besides it might look like he was pandering and back pire. biden was torn. his colleagues believe the message had landed andes the next night the debate unfolded and didn t hear the words come out of biden s mouth, he o grew more and more