How about a Joe Biden/Julian Castro ticket in 2016?

[Ned_Devine]

[aquart]

1. No.

[MADem]

2. No. Castro is insufficiently experienced. nt

[Ned_Devine]

3. by 2016, Castro will have been in office for 7 years

[MADem]

6. I don't care if he has been in office for twenty years.

San Antonio is a nice town, but it provides insufficient experience to someone seeking the second most important executive position in the land.

Lyin' Ryan, who served in the House, was regarded as insufficiently experienced. Even Obama had to overcome the accusation as a Senator--his inexperience was, to no small degree, mitigated by the presence of Biden on the ticket.

If Castro wants national office, he needs to come at it from the national legislature or a governorship.

[Ned_Devine]

8. I gotcha. I'm just hoping there's a place for him on the national stage soon

He's got a great presence about him

[MADem]

10. He's young--he needs to move to national prominence.

I think if he does, and does well, either as a governor or legislator, he'd be a contender in 2024, easily.

I am assuming our team wins in 16 and does eight years, you see...

[LeftInTX]

9. San Antonio has a 2 term limit and we elect every two years

I do hope he seeks further office after he is done

[madinmaryland]

14. How about governor of Texas?? I think he would make a great governor of Texas, it would be good

experience for him and would finally great rid of the 20+ year dominance of Repukes in the governorship down there.

[LeftInTX]

21. It would be nice

[graham4anything]

4. How about Hillary45/Joe Biden? We need a woman president to keep making history.

Vice President Joe Biden could set a record being VP for a third term.

Julian Castro should run for Gov. and turn Texas blue.

But we really need a woman President and it takes a Clinton to beat a Bush (Jeb).
Hillary45.
To create history again.

Biden can run and flank for Hillary to keep others out, finish second and it would be a natural.

And it would be a great continuation of what we have started.

[theKed]

13. A think a Clinton/Biden ticket would be

a bit too...geriatric? Not that I have any issues with older people, mind you. But for both on the ticket to be senior citizens is a bit hard to push on younger voters. Part of Obama's appeal is his relative youthful perception compared to other candidates. He surfs and rides bikes, he uses ipads and cell phones.

[graham4anything]

15. Jeb is no younger, and well, Chris Christie doesn't surf or ride bikes, to the best of my knowledge

2008 was for change
2016 is for continuation

the VP can be different, but it needs to be Hillary.

someone too eager to be President as VP isn't a great idea in 2016. 2020 perhaps.

[theKed]

17. She might "need to be"

but she isn't going to be. She's not going to run.

[graham4anything]

28. Hillary already is. You are thinking of Elizabeth Warren I guess.

[theKed]

29. Must be thinking of someone else.

Hillary who? Cause Hillary Clinton has made no indication of a campaign, and has, in fact, been vocally against it.
Warren might, but she might be too old, too.
Why must we keep going back to the well? Time to nurture some of the other bright stars and national players of the Democratic Party.
Maybe it's time for President Cuomo, or Chuck Schumer. Maybe Tim Kaine should give it a shot. Let Hillary retire. She's given a lot to this party and this country.

[graham4anything]

30. the democrats by demographics, will NEVER nominate a white male in 2016. Won't happen.

Cuomo? The one who ran his father's "vote for Cuomo not the homo" campaign against Ed Koch years ago. That Cuomo? His recent gay marriage view nowhere comes close to making anyone who was there forget about that.
and
What was the reason Mario refused to get on that plane awaiting him, and why did he TWICE
refuse Bill Clinton's offer to be nominated for the US Supreme Court?
Whatever is in the closet, those skeletons have not been vetted.

again, it won't be a white male. That is something the republicans have done 44 times
and will continue to do.

and it's simple raw number demographics that say so.

[loyalsister]

35. We shouldn't measure our candidates by theirs

For practical reasons, we should nominate someone younger. Bill Clinton was in his mid- forties and Obama was in his late 40s. It is a chronological fact that a younger candidate will be less vulnerable to illness and difficulties associated with aging.
Our nominee should be in a position where they are up to spending their next 8 years in a job of extremely high physical and mental stress.

[Autumn]

5. Got any info on what Castro has done in the Senate or as a Governor

or just as a politician other than Mayor? Otherwise I'm just not interested.

[Flashmann]

7. Aren't both Biden and HRC

Going to be into their 70s,by then??...Not that that matters to me,but it may to others....Through the years,it seems I recall candidates being dismissed almost out of hand,as being too old......

[JI7]

12. yeah, but they are in pretty good shape and haven't gone senile like McCain and Reagan

and they would be in far better shape than Christie.

[bluestate10]

25. Didn't Hillary's mother live into her 90s and her grandmother lived into her 90s.

Hillary will be 69 if she runs, one year younger than Reagan was when he ran in 80. Hillary's bloodline says that she will live well past her service as President. The only concern that I have is that she lose weight during her time out of government over the next year and a half.

[Flashmann]

39. Thanks....

I'd love to see HRC back in the White House........Or Joe Biden.......Or Elizabeth Warren.....Or Sherrod Brown....Or Alan Grayson......

[bluestate10]

27. Hil's mother and grandmother lived into their 90s.

Reagan was 70 years old when he ran in 80.

[JI7]

11. Castro needs to run for higher office first

[Brother Buzz]

16. What's Joaquín Castro, chopped liver?

[libdem4life]

20. He's not interested. Julian is married with kids. Joaquin is single.

Saw them both together ... delightful senses of humor. Joaquin said best way to tell them apart is that Julian has on a wedding ring. Totally identical.

[bajaman2013]

18. Michelle Obama!!!

I think seeing our first lady run in 2016, and win!!! would be a huge step forward for us as a progressive nation.

[graham4anything]

31. Michelle 46 in 2024.

[libdem4life]

19. Great politicians and Democrats. But, too old and too young.

And even though I hoped for it, Hillary not likely to run. Both she and Bill are having health issues...not going to happen. Castro for Governor of Texas and up next time...President. Top spot...no other favorites.

[bluestate10]

23. Does the Vice President have to meet the same age requirement as the President?

The Castro brothers are around 34 now. When 2016 comes around, they will be 37.

[libdem4life]

33. He needs more visibility...especially as the likely first Hispanic national family/candidate.

Just need to beef up his/their credentials...Jouaquin for anything else...family story is a wonderful Democratic story.

[bluestate10]

22. Biden/Joaquin Castro. Take the brother that is on the national stage already and will be in his

third term in Congress. I love that ticket because I think Biden has earned the props and can win. Castro will be the bridge to our nation's increasingly bright future, a place where we have racial harmony and everyone live good lives.

[libdem4life]

34. Love Biden and I truly hope it's possible. He's make a great president and if anyone has "earned"

it, in any Universe, it is Joe. When I saw the Castros interviewed together, Joaquin, who is single, was clearly pointing to his brother, married with children, for the Big Stage. Also, the natural affection and comraderie...so healthy for our culture to see.

[ecstatic]

24. I like them, but no

Biden too old; Castro too young. Also, I don't think Castro has the x factor necessary to become president (at least, not from what I saw at the convention last fall).

[stlsaxman]

26. Biden/Dean or Biden/Warren or Warren/Dean or Dean/Warren...

i mean... as long as we're speculating.

[Terra Alta]

32. Nothing against Joe

but I'd like to see Elizabeth Warren at the top of the ticket in 2016.

As for her running mate, it would definitely have to be another progressive Dem. Maybe Alan Grayson?

[heather blossom]

36. what about Amy Klobaucher

I think she would be a great candidate and President

[TheKentuckian]

37. Brown/Gillibrand

[Daemonaquila]

38. HELL no.

I live near San Antonio. Julian Castro is just another opportunist snake. We don't need yet another President or VP with poor ethics and, in his case, damned little experience.