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Maybe Joe Biden again, just for more comic relief.
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Please tell somebody from outside of the US how much anybody of them is hated. From my unbiased view, I think Nancy Pelosi is the most competent. but maybe Caroline Kenedy could catch a higher audience.
Just guessing.
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Best choice in the world would be Warren, but I don't think those two are tight like that. It's gotta be someone she can sync with and show solidarity with despite differences. Bam and Bidey weren't buddy-buddies initially, but they came together and made a very good fit. I don't see someone like that with her. Anyone wanting this is gonna have to deal with her shit and legacy baggage. Not an easy choice.
Also, if Hil only does one term, it's gotta be someone who can carry the ball afterwards. I wouldn't wanna be veep just to waste the final rung climb up the job ladder for only one go-round. Pushing a certain age, I could live with two-term veepness and go out satisfied.
Also, if Hil only does one term, it's gotta be someone who can carry the ball afterwards. I wouldn't wanna be veep just to waste the final rung climb up the job ladder for only one go-round. Pushing a certain age, I could live with two-term veepness and go out satisfied.
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Well history tells us that Hillary's chances of doing two terms is rough at best. I think who ever takes her VP slot is going to need to be someone who really either has no plans of moving higher or is happy to wait until 2028 after the Republicans get a shot at things.
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Tim Kaine.
* From a swing state
* From a state with a Democratic governor (so his Senate seat wouldn't be lost)
* Ideologically compatible
* Inoffensive, no known quirks or drawbacks, has no chance of being a Cheney-like power-grabber or otherwise overshadowing a president
* And yes, male (plenty of qualified women on the Democratic side, but I am assuming there would never be a two-woman ticket)
* From a swing state
* From a state with a Democratic governor (so his Senate seat wouldn't be lost)
* Ideologically compatible
* Inoffensive, no known quirks or drawbacks, has no chance of being a Cheney-like power-grabber or otherwise overshadowing a president
* And yes, male (plenty of qualified women on the Democratic side, but I am assuming there would never be a two-woman ticket)
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Hillary just wrote a puff piece on Elizabeth Warren for Time.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/politics/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-time-100/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/politics/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-time-100/
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For that matter, Mark Warner, for all the same reasons.
Could be John Kerry, though.
How does history tell us that?
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Since the 22nd Amendment, no party has held the Presidency for more than twelve years.
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She's trying to court the people who like Warren, i.e. the youth of the Party, and is kind of transparently hoping that they are too young and too stupid to remember or research the policies--particularly concerning the working poor--that she's supported during the last 40 years.
I wouldn't read into that that she wants Warren on the ticket should she actually have as easy a time being anointed the nominee as she thought she was going to have last time. They don't like each other, picking Warren would piss off her donors in a way just telling the proles what they want to hear won't, and if Warren were up for leaving the Senate for the Executive Branch and running a national campaign I think she'd run herself.
Plus, she and the Party elite do not have the spine to run two women at once. Outside of the bad blood between them, the whole reason Obama didn't pick Clinton as VP in 2008 is that the mandarins of the party feared that people wouldn't vote for both a black guy and a woman. She's going to want to balance the ticket.
If the Wicked Witch gets to the nomination, I see these as likely picks:
Julian/Joaquin Castro. They'd appeal to the Mexican-American vote--the Clintons are obsessed with the Latino vote, even though the GOP hasn't been reliably competitive for it before GWB or after--they have a life story that is appealing to the masses if you aren't very familiar with San Antonio politics or the Castro brothers, they're young, they are also completely whipped by money, and they do what they are told. Also, it would burnish the lie that the national party gives a flying fuck about Texas outside of extracting money from its mid-to-high-tier donors. Perfect VP candidates for her.
Bill Richardson. Clintonista, former governor of a western state, Latino but not too Latino to scare old white people.
Antonio Villaraigosa. Former co-chair of her campaign in California, whore for money, Latino.
Gavin Newsom. Not Latino but appeals to various other parts of the Party's coalition that are attractive to her and the Clintons seem to reward his loyalty. They endorsed him and held fundraisers for him when he was running for Governor of California against Brown.
Sherrod Brown. In terms of his rhetoric, he's basically the male version of Warren but doesn't back it up to the point that the banks hate the sight of him.
With her focus on identity politics and message, I don't think even someone as egotistical and incompetent as she is would pick an older white guy.
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Mrs. Clinton is running, but it's a long-ass road between now and Super Tuesday and even longer between now and the party conventions in the summer of 2016.
The likelihood of her becoming president is not readily evident, other than she possesses the most recognizable name on the Democrats side, which was pretty much her singular advantage in '08.
However, she has significantly more baggage attached to her name than she did in '08. She was, at best, a mediocre Secretary of State and her tenure as a US Senator from New York was remarkable only for how undistinguished it was. Add to that the near rabid hatred of her from the right which will do little but draw those right wing voters to the polls in a way usually only reserved for social issues.
In short, it's far, far to early for any discussion of Mrs. Clinton's prospective '16 running mate.
On the other hand, she might be a decent pick for the VP slot...
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Kerry is the same age as Biden. Not a chance. I do think it's possible that Kerry and a few others in the current cabinet could be asked to stay on in the event Clinton wins -- especially if the Republicans still control the Senate. Might as well avoid as many confirmation fights as possible.
The two reasons I assume Kaine would be preferred to Warner: 1) Warner's wealth would make him a massive target; and 2) Warner's inattention almost blew what should have been a blowout Senate reelection against some RNC dweeb.
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Assuming she has no credible opposition in the primaries, forcing a Reagan/Bush style ticket- unite the party so that the losing wing doesn't stay home and sulk scenario.... I'd agree.
It's a perfect balance the ticket choice.
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How about Bill Clinton?
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Why stop there? We could go from Oligarchy to defacto Monarchy overnight if Chelsea were VP.
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He has served two terms as pres. and would not be eligible to be elected again or to become VP.
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That's not necessarily true, there is some debate over the issue. Check the link in my previous post.
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Isn't that where we're headed anyway?
Hillary Clinton vs Jeb Bush?
Maybe Hillary can pick George P Bush for VP and Jeb can pick Chelsea Clinton as his VP.
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