I'm calling it: convention floor fight leads to Sherrod Brown getting the nom

[Recursion]

All factions of the party immediately unify behind him and we ride the subsequent wave of positivity and light to victory.

[highplainsdem]

1. Don't know if that's possible, but Brown would be a thousand times better than Sanders.

[Recursion]

4. The convention can pick any natural born citizen over the age of 35

And the only way a brokered convention could conceivably work would be picking a dark horse like that.

[exboyfil]

12. Would Warren commit her delegates to Sanders or Biden

on the first ballot - how about the reverse (Biden commit his delegates to Warren)? Could Buttigieg be a kingmaker?

[George II]

19. I believe they're obligated to vote for her first ballot, she'd probably ask them to vote.....

....for Biden on the second ballot.

[Cha]

42. Absolutely!

[elleng]

2. THANKS

for the positive outlook.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. Or Adam Schiff!

But, it will probably be Bernie. LOL.

[LuvNewcastle]

30. I like Adam Schiff.

He's smart, a good speaker, and he makes Trump come unglued!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Well that's calling it like you see it

And not a bad one. My probability estimate is about 98% against, but no criticism here!

[BootinUp]

6. Cool story!

[Qutzupalotl]

7. It's likely a Republican would be appointed to take his seat

until a special election, where the incumbent has an advantage. Same problem with nominating Sanders.

[exboyfil]

8. And give up the Senate seat

Is there a Governor that is available someplace?

I am seeing Warren as a more likely compromise candidate.

I thought Klobuchar, but she has gotten no traction.

[MacKasey]

9. BIDEN/SCHIFF

Would make rump's head explode

[jmowreader]

11. Or better, Schiff-Biden

[onetexan]

23. uhh...no. Biden & a woman VP

Much as i love Adam Schiff and so glad he's one of our Dems leaders, he's much better off as AG or staying in the House.

[Tweedy]

10. Ok by me

Although Elizabeth Warren is still the superior pick, you did pick a mighty close call.

[Sanity Claws]

13. Do you ever go to the race track?

If you do, you bet on the longshots, right?

[AGeddy]

14. Sherrod Brown would make an excellent President

[hlthe2b]

15. I could live with that.

[dumptrump1]

16. I could roll with that

[USALiberal]

17. No possible way! nt

[ibegurpard]

18. And what happens to his Senate seat?

[brutus smith]

24. Goes to a repub. Not to worry though, Sherrod wouldn't accept.

[IronLionZion]

20. Some have claimed they would support the first Dem to drop out of the race

and that was Sherrod Brown way back when there were too many candidates

[Celerity]

40. he never declared, never filed anything, he just (like dozens of others) declined to run

technically the first remotely major (not really, but he was an actually elected politician) to drop out was Richard Ojeda, a West Virginia State Senator who dropped out January 25, 2019. He dropped out to run for the US Senate.


Eric Swalwell was next, July 8th, 2019.








29 major candidates in total have run or are running for 2020


Only one of my 5 whom I seriously considered is left

My original top 5 were

1 Buttigieg
2 Inslee
3 Bullock
4 Harris
5 Swalwell


My first 2 choices from before anyone declared declined to run

1 Michelle Obama (<<< would have won the primaries easily and would have CRUSHED Trump. Pete, Inslee, Bullock or retired 4 Star Adm. William H. McRaven, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Commander who killed bin Laden, and the now ex President of the University of Texas) as her VP

2 Stacey Abrams (hopefully whoever wins picks her for their VP, unless Warren wins)

[drray23]

21. It would make zero sense.

If the delegates end up voting for someone other than Bernie, it will be for a candidate that was running in this cycle. Nominating Sherrod brown wont happen

[squirecam]

22. Brown would have been my first choice.

But not now. He didn’t run, hasn’t debated, and hasn’t been vetted.

[irisblue]

32. Dark money groups went after him in '12& 18

2012 info Source--https://www.propublica.org/article/revealed-the-dark-money-group-attacking-sen-sherrod-brown

2018 info Source--
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2018/09/dark_money_website_revives_all.html

The hard right is really ready to unload garbage.

[Otto Lidenbrock]

25. I wish he ran

A great democrat and will do brilliant with connecting with workers. Good age too. Experienced but not too old. Unfortunately he didn't desire the job when people were calling for him to run which was a shame. Usually hubris makes people who have no realistic chance of the job jumping in but in his case humility made him happy to stay in the senate when he fits the bill.

[Mz Pip]

26. Me, too

He was my first choice. He’d still be my first choice.

[nevergiveup]

27. That is a great call!!!!!! Sherrod Brown would kick donald trump's ass and

we would take back the Senate and pick up more seats in the House. Will it happen? Not likely, but it certainly brought a smile to my face.

[Funtatlaguy]

28. Brown/Harris ticket would kick butt.

[ripcord]

29. I'm calling it

A brokered convention where Sanders has a 15-20 percentage point lead and doesn't get the nomination leads to 4 more years of Trump.

[ForEverGlades]

36. You're right

A significant Bernie lead without him getting the nomination will split the party like a banana.
Anyone thinking some last minute dark horse at a brokered convention will unify this thing is trippin'.
Big time.

[Codeine]

37. By the time we get to the convention

a margin like that would almost certainly mean a simple majority, so not an issue.

[Downtown Hound]

31. And Tinkerbell comes back to life because we all clapped out hands

and believed in fairies.

Just as plausible.

[Alliepoo]

33. I LOVE Sherrod Brown!

He would make a fabulous president. I was really hoping he would run and disappointed when he didn’t. His lovely wife with her keen intellect and sense of humor would be a stellar First Lady. If it isn’t Handsome Joe-I want Sherrod!!

[Cousin Dupree]

34. Sherrod Brown is my Senator. Love that guy.

[maximusveritas]

35. I like him, but I don't know if that would work

For one, he wouldn't have been tested/vetted properly on a national scale.
And I don't see bernie people uniting behind him or anyone for that matter.

[Laelth]

38. That's a bold prediction, to be sure. n/t

-Laelth

[PlanetBev]

39. Like my father used to say

“If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a trolley car.”

It’s pointless speculating “what if this, what if that.” We’ll know soon enough.