A hunch is an idea somewhere between an educated guess and a certainty. There are plenty of hunches about politics, mostly about the future. Here are a few:

Hunch No. 1: Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts senator and failed presidential candidate has made it difficult for Joe Biden to pick a running mate. She’s still in the running to be his vice president, but hardly a favorite. She’s 71, and the job usually goes to someone younger. And Biden is under pressure to choose a black woman in an election year in which racism is a top issue. Warren is white.