2016 Democratic GE ticket- Sanders/Warren

[reddread]

demolishing the opposition

[99th_Monkey]

1. Totally, that's been my dream ticket from the start. -nt-

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Well you know I'm a supporter!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[99th_Monkey]

31. The Banksters worst nightmare ticket

Why the fuck not?

Sanders/Warren 2016 has such a lovely ring to it.

[Puzzledtraveller]

2. Sanders/Sanders

I want two Bernie's.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. She is NOT interested. PERIOD. n/t

[reddread]

4. watch what she does

given the chance to alter history in your preferred direction, what would you do?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I would stay in the Congress, where I would be most effective.

She likes it in the Senate.

[reddread]

6. compared to tilting the election and securing an agenda?

you kid yourself

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Well, you asked for my take on it.

I am not privy to what Senator Warren is thinking.

And neither are you.

[jkbRN]

12. just because we don't know what she is thinking

doesn't mean we can't have a discussion/open a dialogue about it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. I am! Trust me, Elizabeth will accept the VP slot. As Hillary would say...you can "bank on it"!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[CentralMass]

34. That has a nîce ring to it.

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[mythology]

22. Generally speaking, tickets use the VP to balance out where the Presidential nominee is perceived

as weak. How does Warren do that for Sanders? They are very similar politically, both from the Northeast and both for lack of a better way to put it, older?

Look at Obama's selection of Biden. Obama is very measured in what he says, Biden says pretty much whatever is on his mind. Obama was new to the national stage, Biden has been around a long time. Obama is young, Biden older, minority as opposed to white guy.

Bush's selection of Cheney was also his opposite. Bush was (in the minds of many to my astonishment) folksy and "charming", Cheney not so much. Cheney was considered strong on defense/foreign policy, Bush couldn't spell foreign policy. Bush was somehow the outsider (although given his dad, I have no idea how that worked), whereas Cheney was a long term national figure.

I think if Sanders wins the nomination, he would go for somebody younger, probably a minority. Somebody like Corey Booker or one of the Castro brothers from Texas. Alternately he could opt for somebody like Kristen Gillibrand. Any of those would shore up areas where he is weaker currently such as minority voters or women voters, depending on where he winds up on those groups after the primary. He will have to win at least one of those in order to win the primary and could use help in the others to consolidate those voting blocs in the general.

Additionally each of those have deeper ties with the Democratic party than Sanders and whether it's liked or not, he would need some of that in order to win, and to have stronger relations once elected.

A longer shot could be Brian Schweitzer who has a similar anti-Wall Street tone as Sanders, but is also from a rural state and suffers from not having much of a national profile or shoring up a weakness for Sanders.

Of the other presidential primary candidates, O'Malley is the obvious most likely candidate as it wouldn't be Clinton or Webb and I can't see if being Chafee.

As much as I like Warren (and am perfectly happy to have her as one of my Senators), I don't see what she brings to the Sanders campaign that Sanders doesn't already have. You don't want a duplicate of the nominee.

[book_worm]

28. Actually you kid yourself

Democrats can't afford to lose her in the Senate. Her states Governor is a Republican who would appoint a Republican. Furthermore at 66 years of age I doubt she would want to give up being an influential Senator to being Vice-President. She would accomplish more as a Senator than as Vice President.

[leveymg]

7. She doesn't have to resign to run for VP

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. That's true. But we really don't know what she's thinking.

[leveymg]

10. That's very different from what you stated above

[lunamagica]

11. So, Warren had the chance to run for president, but she thought "No, I'd rater run for VP"

Makes so much sense...NOT!

[jkbRN]

13. Running on a ticket

and running for President are COMPLETELY different.

[lunamagica]

35. She will NOT run for VP

You can bookmark it.

[jkbRN]

36. So, your assumption is that you think that you can predict the future?

Get a grip.

[lunamagica]

37. In this case, yes. Only stating the obvious, most logical scenario

Doesn't take predicting the future, just common sense.

Oh, and back at you.

[jkbRN]

38. Lol once again

That is a prediction which is derived from your opinion. Don't put it forth as fact.

[reddread]

14. the 90's called

[workinclasszero]

15. Give up the Senate for VP?

That's crazy talk lol

Plus Bernies not getting the democratic nomination anyway

[reddread]

16. https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden

https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden

[workinclasszero]

17. Well I wouldn't trade those two jobs

I love good old Uncle Joe though

[reddread]

18. Clearance Clarence

[book_worm]

29. Of course he was in the Senate for 36 years

and she is in her first term and is very influential. He was capping his career (maybe) by accepting the Vice Presidency after his presidential ambitions didn't pan out.

[Metric System]

19. That ticket makes no sense to me. They both appeal to the same constituency.

[reddread]

20. its a big one

one that has nearly given up hope for an honest assessment of our situation from a top tier candidate.
people across the board will give Sanders the time of day and fair shake he requires.
Hillary is nothing but a put off. for so many good reasons.
wrong horse.

[Metric System]

21. Whatever. That has nothing to do with a Sanders /Warren ticket.

[stillwaiting]

23. Sanders can't choose a centrist for V.P. That wouldn't be a wise decision.

At all.

An accident would be waiting to happen.

He can NOT choose a centrist for VP.

[hifiguy]

24. My dream ticket. Though O'Malley would

suit me just fine as VP, too.

[moobu2]

25. They wouldn't win the general

and we'd end up with whichever Republican nut-case they niminate

[Autumn Colors]

26. Insurance against "accidents"

While I agree that Elizabeth Warren would be more effective in the Senate, there IS the idea that Bernie might be a bit "safer" from "accidents" with the idea of a "President Warren" looming in the background.

This also paves the way for her to run for Pres. in 2020.

Hmmmm ..... I do like this idea.

[book_worm]

27. She won't be his running mate

She adds nothing that he already adds to the ticket. He will not pick somebody who is almost as old as he is and from a reliable Democratic New England state such as himself. If he gets the nomination he will no doubt select somebody who will actually help him win with groups that he may not be as strong with. I can see him selecting a younger Latino or African-American running mate. Besides, I think we would hate to lose her in the U.S. Senate. I believe that the GOP Governor would appoint a Republican to her place. We need as many Democratic Senators as possible.

[dsc]

33. why on earth would she want to run for VP

she would have all the downside of running for President with none of the upside.

[Zorra]

39. If Bernie asked her to run with him prior to the primaries, and she publicly accepted,

I believe that Bernie would win the nom in a major landslide.

[reformist2]

40. That would be a stroke of genius... from your lips to Bernie's ears!!