2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumApart from Warren, Brown or Booker, what would your first choice of running mate be?
I'm hoping that Clinton doesn't pick Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown or Corey Booker as running mate, for the obvious reason.
Excluding them (and anyone else with the same drawback), who would your first choice be?
chillfactor
(7,573 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)He's very pro labor and he's very good at explaining things. Great public speaker.
xocet
(3,871 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)padfun
(1,786 posts)but I want her as a Calif Senator instead.
If she was chosen, we would still get a Democrat in that seat anyways (Loretta Sanchez?)
rpannier
(24,329 posts)She'd probably step away from the senate race
Though, I admit, I would wish she would stay in it
I think she'd lose the Senate race and Sanchez would get elected to the Senate
MY worry would be some republikkan would fill the slot if Harris stepped away and some idiotic fluke would happen and we'd get a Republikkan
Also, if Harris won and Sanchez were appointed, we'd be doing the US Senate dance for that seat in 2018.
Just prefer to win and move on
padfun
(1,786 posts)I think you are right. Her time will come someday. It is best to just move on.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)katmondoo
(6,454 posts)None of the others, I still like Warren the best
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)I'm not convinced the best choice of VP is necessarily the best VP.
I'm quite prepared to believe that Warren (or Brown) might be the best VP on offer.
But I'd be very surprised if there wasn't someone else who was close enough to being as good to make them a better choice even so.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)LonePirate
(13,413 posts)taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)-Super energetic and positive
-a foil to Hillary's super conservative campaign style
-an attack dog on Trump
-an outsider... completely negating Trump's one and only advantage
-a reputation for saying what he thinks that translates into honest image
bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)Billionaire reality star vs billionaire reality star.
To be honest I don't know much about him except from what I've seen when DH bogarts the TV remote and I have to watch Shark Tank but yeah, he seems like a decent guy and unlike Trump actually is largely a self-made man.
longship
(40,416 posts)And especially not Elizabeth Warren, who is now more than ever desperately needed on the floor of the Senate.
I would prefer that Hillary surprise us all.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)But I agree - I think that in themselves Warren and Brown would both be excellent choices, and I know nothing against Booker, but I hope Clinton can find someone just as good who doesn't give up a senate seat.
Lyric
(12,675 posts)Whoever she picks, I trust her judgement. She would never do a McCain and choose someone solely to pander, without properly considering whether he or she could be a good President in the event that the worst happens.
THAT is the most important function of the VP. To be the absolute best person to govern the nation if the President dies. For me, that choice is obviously Elizabeth Warren. But if Secretary Clinton chooses someone else, well, she knows better than I do what the circumstances are. If I didn't trust her judgement, I wouldn't have supported her for my whole life.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)I'm quite prepared to believe that the best person to be VP might be either Warren or Brown, and I know nothing against Booker.
But even if so, I'd rather Clinton choose someone who would make a slightly, but only slightly, less good VP without giving up a senate seat.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)NT
CK_John
(10,005 posts)phleshdef
(11,936 posts)He is fake as hell.
Mendocino
(7,484 posts)CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)This, at the very least, would be a good start.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Care to explain?
Metric System
(6,048 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)In the case of Brown the legislature is also Republican
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Thanks for explaining.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)To be the best choice of VP, they wouldn't just have to be the best person to be VP, they'd have to be enough better than the next best candidate to justify giving up a senate seat. And I think that's a very high hurdle indeed, given how many other at-least-almost-as-good candidates there are.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Someone from the West Coast who supports marijuana legalization.
Onlooker
(5,636 posts)Biden to me is the best and most obvious choice, if he was willing to take the job. Hillary has promised to continue Obama's policies, so who better to have as a VP than Biden? Plus, Biden is really smart, really decent, and not greedy, so he sort of would be a moral counterweight to Hillary, who at least in terms of personal gain has hardly been a shining example of political integrity.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)But we need younger people in these slots
It's why, while I would love to see Warren as the veep, she is nearing 70 herself and part of the reason I oppose her being the pick
The party needs to look toward the future; the Castros are both young and smart. Becerra, Pocan, Harris, etc
That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Labor Secretary
http://prospect.org/article/subtle-force-tom-perez
stonecutter357
(12,694 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)FSogol
(45,466 posts)Last time they didn't was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)I'd also be interested in seeing Schweitzer talked about.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)I see him as a much better version of Tim Kaine.