A Harris-Booker ticket, what do you think?

[apnu]

Kamala Harris for President, Cory Booker for Vice-President.

What say you DU?

[Sugarcoated]

1. Not a fan of Booker

so that's a big no from me.

[apnu]

3. What don't you like about Booker?

[Sugarcoated]

22. I like his fight

but not his vote on prescription drugs

[qazplm135]

31. ok so he had one bad vote

why would that affect his ability to be VP? It's a mostly meaningless position anyways, but to have two POC as President and VP would be unprecedented and he has plenty of other good policies.

[NewJeffCT]

38. You do realize the vote on prescription drugs was just only a resolution

and in no way binding or something that would need to be reconciled with a similar bill passed in the House?

However, a yes vote and passage in the Senate would have made it more likely that the repeal of the ACA would have been passed from what I understood at the time.

[CentralMass]

54. Very smart mart man though i dont like his past association with Betsy Devoes

pushing privatization of public ed in Newark or the influence that New Jersey's Pharmaceutical companies seem to have on him.

[SidDithers]

2. I like Harris - Castro better...nt

Sid

[apnu]

5. I like Castro as well.

[jayschool2013]

7. Sid for the win. NFM

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Demographics are good: Castro a little dull

[TeamPooka]

25. We cant run 2 Senators together in 2020. We need to hold the Senate too

Harris can be "promoted" because CA will send a Democratic Senator in her place, guaranteed.
Her VP pick should be a Governor or former Gov.
Terry McCauliffe for example, or someone like that.

[SidDithers]

46. Joaquin is a Congressional Rep, not a Senator...

but I was thinking of Julian, former HUD Secretary under Obama.



Sid

[TeamPooka]

64. I like the Castro's but Im referring to this vs the OP touting Booker

[SidDithers]

65. Ah, gotcha...nt

Sid

[Dunnjen]

48. I 2nd that nt

[hlthe2b]

4. I like Booker. DO I think the combo increases the likelihood of winning? Honestly, NO

[apnu]

8. What weaknesses do you see with this combo?

[hlthe2b]

10. Corey isn't going to bring competitiveness in any of the states that Kamala likely won't carry

alone. While someone like a Sherrod Brown (similar to Biden) would appeal to those voters we lost in 2016 like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as much of the upper (and central) Midwest.

I like Corey, but his strengths are already embodied in Kamala, IMO.

[TeamPooka]

27. see post #25 about running 2 Senators on the ticket

[elleng]

33. Your point about 'those voters we lost in 2016 like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio'

is VERY important.

[Sugarcoated]

39. That's why Beto would be a great pick for VP

or top of the ticket with Harris as VP

[hlthe2b]

43. Likewise, Beto brings no direct experience nor record of pro-union, pro-blue collar worker support

that would let him bring on states that Kamala won't be able to herself. The VP should bring something to the table. Beto brings enthusiasm and youth, but he's certainly not going to win us Texas, so exactly which states does he make competitive?

And, on re-reading your post, I realize you were pushing for Beto as top of the ticket. Heavens no. He's not ready for that. He's never even won statewide office.

[BannonsLiver]

44. It's funny how you think you're the sole arbiter of all this

Like you’re the one calling the shots.

“Oh heavens no.”

[hlthe2b]

45. Are you trying to start a fight? This is a discussion board for us to post opinions, which is what

We are ALL doing.

Perhaps you need to take a break if others' differing opinions are that difficult for you to read. If your reaction causes you to attack others for their opinions, rather than countering them with your own, it won't end up well.

[Dunnjen]

49. Good point. I like S. Brown.

Also, too, he brings working class cred to the conversation. I'm happy that we have a lot of highly qualified ppl to choose from at this point.

[ADX]

6. Personally...

...I like Biden/Harris better...

[Funtatlaguy]

13. The Bs are game changers

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Biden
Bernie
Beto
Booker
Brown
Bloomberg

Be interested to see how many get in

[KPN]

56. You forgot Buttigieg.

[Funtatlaguy]

57. He has already announced that he's running.

[KPN]

62. Lol. Guess I should have read that lady sentence!

[TeamPooka]

66. Interesting How no women can change your game.

[erpowers]

15. Winning Ticket

Although I think Kamala Harris could win the 2020 Presidential election without Biden and Joe Biden could likely win the election without Harris, I think a Biden/Harris ticket is a winning ticket. I think a number of people would vote for the ticket because there would be a chance for Harris to have a shot at the Presidency. Others would vote for it because Biden is at the top and Harris seems to be competent enough to take over if anything should happen to Biden.

[Sugarcoated]

17. I like that ticket, too

Biden/Harris, Biden/Beto, Harris/Beto or Beto/Harris. All winners, IMO

[ADX]

18. I agree 100%; they're both formidable in their own right...

...but together, they'd be unstoppable. Biden's got decades of experience playing the political game and Harris is a "sharp as a tack" under-study...

[LongtimeAZDem]

28. +1 /nt

[oasis]

11. HRC/Harris ticket with clear plan for HRC exit after 1 term.nt

[maxsolomon]

19. Yeah, that'll work.

[oasis]

29. HRC has the connections to immediately repair the Trump damage.

The U.S. Government is in disrepair.

[maxsolomon]

34. Then appoint her to the Cabinet

SoS would be great. She was excellent in that job.

You get one shot to win once you're the nominee. Then the party moves on. See: Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry.

[oasis]

40. Those "rules" can be set aside. Trump's turned America

upsde down. We need an immediate remedy before going foward. HRC has the connections and leadership to get it going, then hand it off to Kamala, Beto, or J. Castro in 2024.

[maxsolomon]

41. She's not running, so knock yourself out with these scenarios.

I will not vote for her in the Primary. It's over. Bernie is over.

Next.

[Dunnjen]

50. Nice idea

In fact she can run a repair and restore democracy commission.

[joshcryer]

67. I want HRC to run again.

She got fucked by a campaign strategy. She's a superstar that got screwed by a low key campaign that only started to gain traction at the end.

[erpowers]

12. Clinton/Harris (Please Read Before Commenting)

I guess this falls under re-fighting the last election, but I wish Hillary Clinton had picked Kamala Harris as her running mate. I know Harris was running for Senate in 2016 and may not have wanted to be the VP. However, maybe having Harris on the ticket would have put Clinton over the top in a few key states like North Carolina and Michigan. Maybe seeing Harris as the heir apparent would have gotten some reluctant black and Hispanic voters to come to the polls in order to see the rise of Harris in 8 years.

[Apollyonus]

14. Hillary should have picked Sherrod Brown

Kamala should pick Sherrod Brown as well.

[erpowers]

16. Ohio

I guess he have helped in Ohio and other rust belt states. I guess he can do the same this time.

[Sugarcoated]

21. YES

I was begging her (from my LR) to pick Sherrod Brown. When she picked Kaine....

[Glimmer of Hope]

69. Sherrod would be a smart pick.

[oasis]

42. Great idea. Please read post #11. nt

[aikoaiko]

20. I like Booker a lot. Surprised he isn't campaigning yet.

If their home bases give them an edge on the west coast and northeast, perhaps that will give them more time to campaign in the rustbelt and other battleground states.

[DonViejo]

23. Two candidates from coastal states won't win.

Harris/Brown would be a good ticket but, if he wins the Vice Presidency, the Ohio governor will appoint a Republican to replace him.

[TeamPooka]

24. I think Harris can do better. nt

[Vinca]

26. How about Harris/Castro?

[Blue_Tires]

30. Harris+Beto

The dudebros would have a seizure

[AlexSFCA]

36. love this combo

8 yrs of harris followed by 8 years of beto

[LonePirate]

32. Why not Harris/Warren or Harris/Klobuchar?

[apnu]

52. Sure! I'm open to anything

Just wondering what DU thinks of this combo.

[pamdb]

35. Harris Booker

No.

Booker let himself in for it with his "I am Spartacus" moment.

And....I hate to say this, but 2 people who self identify as "black"? Although she is part Indian.

No way will white people go for that.

And no to two women. Men, white and black and brown won't go for that.

She needs a white man to run with .

Sorry, just the way I see it.

I had thought Sherrod Brown, who I still think would be good, but my husband pointed out that the governor of Ohio is a republican and would appoint a republican to replace him if he won.

AND NO MORE MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMEN!!!!! Been there done that.

Personally I like the idea of a combination ticket of a progressive and a moderate. Would you call Beto a moderate?

[apnu]

53. I don't think Beto is moderate

I think he's a solid liberal, possibly a Progressive, but have little info on him beyond his campaign ads, which is a distorted image.

[dem4decades]

37. I'll wait to see what shakes out.

[SKKY]

47. Harris/O'Rourke excites me a bit more....

...

[mainstreetonce]

51. Biden/Harris

One term for Biden

[democratisphere]

55. HRC/Schiff

[MissMillie]

58. When it comes to ideology I like (like, not love) them both, but...

…strategically neither one of them gets us something we can't get. I think we'll take CA and NJ.

I say Sherrod Brown gets us OH... which could be a big deal.

And I think Beto should be in the picture somewhere. Winning TX would be a big get.

[apnu]

61. We're not going to win Texas in 2020.

It will be a near thing, depending on who the Democratic Nominee is, but we won't win Texas. The Bubba Network is still too strong. Texas needs another generation before it flips.

[Garrett78]

59. Harris-O'Rourke or Harris-Landrieu, perhaps.

[jaceaf]

60. Booker is a nonstarter for Teachers

During the LA strike, he was pretty much the only big democratic leader to not publicly state his support for the striking teachers and more importantly, public schools. He was too busy attending a charter conference, I guess the charter money was too much of a draw. [link:https://www.nola.com/education/2019/01/cory-booker-tells-students-the-power-of-the-people-outweighs-those-in-power.html| we aren't forgetting.

[kelly1mm]

63. Harris lacks the judgement to be President

Due to her support of asset forfeiture and both of them for calling for Sen. Franken to resign.

[Iggo]

68. I don't.

Not right now.