A Way-Too-Early Look at Bernie Sanders' VP Choices

[TexasTowelie]

What is Bernie Sanders looking for in a potential vice-presidential pick? What should he be looking for? These two questions, while it may be too early to ask them, are nonetheless worth considering.

For one thing, the issue of Sanders' age, for those who are inspired by his policies, can be easily countered if he chooses a vice-president who is a) younger and b) just as progressive or nearly so. Questions about his age are already appearing. So let's take an early look at potential Sanders vice-presidential picks.

Who Is Bernie Sanders Most Likely to Choose?

As the video below points out, Sanders said in an interview with The Young Turks that he was looking for someone who is "maybe not of the same gender as I am, and maybe somebody who might be a couple of years younger than me, and somebody who can take the progressive banner as vice-president and carry it all over this country to help us with our agenda and help us to rally the American people."

These criteria produce many choices, and the video lists them:

Kamala Harris
Tulsi Gabbard
Rashida Tlaib
Ilhan Omar
Pramilla Jayapal
Nina Turner
Stacy Abrams
Marianne Williamson
Elizabeth Warren

Read more: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-way-too-early-look-at-bernie-sanders.html

[msongs]

1. tulsi, nina turner, susan sarandon, seth moulton, that nancy-disparager from ohio lol nt

[artislife]

2. Pramilla is doing great things in our state

I have her campaign poster on my wall.


She was a rock star when she came to one of the caucuses, along with other state Democrats. She got the loudest cheers.

[namahage]

10. And she will never be VP, due to the birth requirement. n/t

[artislife]

11. Pesky laws

You are correct.

Good, at least she will continue to do good in my little slice of heaven.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Tulsi Gabbard? Nina Turner? Marianne Williamson?

Seriously? Why not go all the way and pick Jill Stein?

and

[highplainsdem]

4. Agree with you -- I don't know whether to laugh or throw up.

[SFnomad]

5. That was my first thought ... not having Stain on the list was a glaring omission

Well, that was my first thought, after I quit laughing so hard. I mean, it's not like BS is going to need to pick a VP.

[Hortensis]

13. Yes, but strong Democrats like Kamala and Elizabeth would

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not accept, I feel sure of that. Neither would endorse him before, and we know he courted Warren's support a number of times. Jayapal was born in India, but even if she could....

Sanders is extremely well known for not playing well with others. Don't know about our Stacey Abrams. She's tough and certainly used to adversity in a red government, but I suspect she's significantly more intelligent and competent, and being required to knuckle under to someone famously intolerant of any deviation from his thought could be very...unrewarding. Addressing minority problems too effectively could damage him with the social conservatives among his populist faction. In fact, a minority VP might be ridiculous speculation, just out of the question.

Speaking of ridiculous, though, I rather like imagining him tied up with one of the other dissident types who have the same sort of problems. Gabbard, for instance. No need for some to regret Stein if it were her.

[MineralMan]

6. Jill Stein, Perhaps?

Who can say?

ETA: I see that I'm not the first to have that thought. GMTA.

[Me.]

7. Jill Stein?

[Celerity]

18. he can but dream

[Retrograde]

8. At least one of those isn't eligible

which tells me a lot about the credibility of whoever wrote this.

[TexasTowelie]

9. One of them was excluded for not being a natural born citizen.

That information is at the link.

[sheshe2]

12. No comment.

[Gothmog]

14. sanders will pick Tulsi and trump will win 45+ states

[JudyM]

15. In terms of complementarity Harris would be great.

[BannonsLiver]

17. None of the top tier actual real Dems would run with Bernie

He’d be left with 3rd,4th and 5th tier candidates at best.

[JudyM]

19. Not necessarily.

Harris has a lot in common with him, and has been working in concert with him. And it’d be good for the party to have a VP behind him, for various reasons. Not everyone is butt-hurt about him.

[BannonsLiver]

20. I really don't think so

[SidDithers]

16. No thanks...nt

Sid

[Mosby]

21. Bernie/AOC.

They would be perfect for each other.

[TexasTowelie]

22. AOC doesn't meet the age requirement. nt