Re: election
Forbes out with this:
"Selecting from a female-only pool sends the message that if the decision were sex-blind, he wouldn't have chosen a woman - that women couldn't earn this position on their own, without some help.
"If Biden had chosen the best candidate without regard to gender, it's still very likely the candidate would have been female. And her appointment would not have been diminished by his narrowing down the field by gender beforehand."
Exactly.
Plus the best pick might still be a man - and then what do yo do - after boxing yourself in?