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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Says She's Looking Beyond Politicians in VP Search [View all]SamKnause
(14,568 posts)29. Here is a list that I think she would find favorable;
        10 highest paid bank CEO's:
Jamie Dimon
John Stumpf
Richard Fairbank
Richard Davis
Joseph Hooley
Brian Moynihan
Michael Corbat
O.B. Grayson Hall Jr.
Kelly King
William Cooper
also
Lloyd Blankfein
Any high ranking Military Brass that view war as a business opportunity
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                        Hillary Clinton Says She's Looking Beyond Politicians in VP Search [View all]
							NCTraveler
							May 2016
							OP
                        
        
        Maybe she plans to make history by selecting another Clinton.  Chelsea is probably free.
        Alex4Martinez
        May 2016
        #98
      
        
        You should know what the laws say about apppointing close relatices to positions in one's
        riversedge
        May 2016
        #128
      
        
        I think it could be a way to try to appeal to the "anti-establishment" voters...
        thesquanderer
        May 2016
        #111
      
        
        Your sig pic is absolutely delicious. You always know just the right amount of salt to rub in the
        Number23
        May 2016
        #104
      
        
        The corporation would then have to admit that it's american, and thus subject to taxes and laws. n/t
        lumberjack_jeff
        May 2016
        #12
      
        
        Right. I just thought of him since he is her mentor and the close relationship they share
        Autumn
        May 2016
        #15
      
        
        He would make a great Secretary of State for her. They are very close in foreign policy.
        Autumn
        May 2016
        #23
      
        
        Well, Hillary called Kim Kardashian "inspirational" and she will certainly draw in millennials
        Fumesucker
        May 2016
        #36
      
        
        If you want ratings, putting Cuban against Trump would be great for the networks
        Quixote1818
        May 2016
        #77
      
        
        If she's picking a "successful businessman", then that can *only* mean someone close to Wall Street.
        w4rma
        May 2016
        #85
      
        
        No, the vast majority of Bernie supporters will vote for Hillary over Trump.
        Nye Bevan
        May 2016
        #105
      
        
        That was my very first thought: She's undermining her own "experience" argument. (nt)
        w4rma
        May 2016
        #73
      
        
        Actually, she said that Trump's statements disqualify him, mostly because they are not just
        R B Garr
        May 2016
        #121
      
        
        Maybe not a bad idea to have someone on the ticket who's actually got off their ass and created jobs
        Nye Bevan
        May 2016
        #51
      
        
        It's pretty comical how fast we went from the MBA President and Deciderer in Chief to
        Fumesucker
        May 2016
        #67
      
        
        So if she were to choose David Allen (aka Skinner), who has built up a successful business,
        Nye Bevan
        May 2016
        #59
      
        
        Kim Kardashian is popular, almost as famous as Hillary and has several successful product lines
        Fumesucker
        May 2016
        #70
      
        
        Gates, could it be Bill Gates?     Hmmmm....kind of a cleaned up version of Bill.     n/t
        Peregrine Took
        May 2016
        #68
      
        
        Bezos is incredibly smart and successful, but I don't think there's any way he wants the job.
        Nye Bevan
        May 2016
        #87
      
        
        It will be a wide ranging and fully openminded search process, before we select Julian Castro
        Warren DeMontague
        May 2016
        #108
      
        
        If she puts Snoop Dogg on the ticket, I will contribute to her campaign.
        Warren DeMontague
        May 2016
        #109
      
        
        I'm sure the Brock crowd would wet their conventional DC wisdom pants
        Warren DeMontague
        May 2016
        #113
      
        
        Interesting that this happened on the same day this came out by Mark Cuban
        stevenleser
        May 2016
        #117
      
        
        That's just wonderful. A 70 year old woman with a history of medical probs may choose
        jillan
        May 2016
        #120