Who will Clinton choose for VP?

[JackLuis]

Who’s in the running to run with Clinton?

LBJ had a opinion of the slot that wasn't complementary, but someone has to fill the slot in case Hillary has a stroke. Here's who seems to be in the running.

Now that her nomination is assured, Hillary Clinton is stepping up her search for a running mate, and though she has said only that she’s considering “the most qualified people,” the speculation of whose name will go on bumper stickers and T-shirts has centered largely on a small number of leading Democrats.

There is of course Clinton’s rival, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who could balance Clinton’s reputation as a friend of Wall Street and supporter of free trade pacts. But if he were picked, his comments in April that Clinton isn’t “qualified” to be president, among other slashing attacks, would be fodder for the Republicans who would most assuredly repeat his words like a drumbeat all the way to November.

So Sanders is probably out.

She shouldn't follow Demo tradition and choose an existing Senator, what with the Demo's being in a minority.

Labor Secretary Tom Perez – The Wage-Hike Warrior
HUD Secretary Julian Castro – The “Good” Guy
Maybe these two would be good at holding the Senates feet to the fire?

 

[TimTimTyner]

She should choose Bernie, to ensure the win.

Has a Presidential candidate ever done that, chosen their greatest primary candidate to join them on the ticket?

 

[JackLuis]

She should choose Bernie, to ensure the win.

Has a Presidential candidate ever done that, chosen their greatest primary candidate to join them on the ticket?

Hardly likely or useful. Bernie is better suited to being her goad to be progressive rather than falling instep and spinning to the right with her.

 

[patient1]

She should choose Bernie, to ensure the win.

Has a Presidential candidate ever done that, chosen their greatest primary candidate to join them on the ticket?

Ronald Reagan.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

She should choose Bernie, to ensure the win.

Has a Presidential candidate ever done that, chosen their greatest primary candidate to join them on the ticket?

If she weren't running, odds are good he'd get the job. (True for any 2 Dems right now.) No way does she want him getting it if she wins election!

 

[Boxlicker101]

She should choose Bernie, to ensure the win.

Has a Presidential candidate ever done that, chosen their greatest primary candidate to join them on the ticket?

Yes. In 1956, Adlai Stevenson chose Estes Kefauver. The ticket lost to the incumbents, Ike and Nixon. Of course, at that time, there weren't as many primary elections.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Ronald Reagan.

Who was his VP? I doubt anyone outside the US can name a VP. Maybe Ford and Johnson for becoming President. Wasn't Teddy a VP?

 

[patient1]

Who was his VP? I doubt anyone outside the US can name a VP. Maybe Ford and Johnson for becoming President. Wasn't Teddy a VP?

George Herbert Walker Bush, the last sitting VP to be elected president since the 8th president, Martin Van Buren.

Teddy Roosevelt was a VP before he became president.

Teddy Kennedy ran an unsuccessful primary campaign against a sitting president of his own party, Jimmy Carter.

 

[phrodeau]

Joe Biden has done a good job. There's no term limit on the VP.

 

[patient1]

Joe Biden has done a good job. There's no term limit on the VP.

I was thinking the same thing. Obama wasn't going to pick the marriage equality fight. Joe Biden raised the issue. Good for him.

If I were running, I'd pick somebody from a big swing state like Ohio, Pennsylvania, or perhaps Florida.

 

[LadyVer]

I have a hard time wrapping my head around why Hillary would want a male VP, and why a male would want,
much less be able to, be subserviant to a female president.

 

[phrodeau]

I have a hard time wrapping my head around why Hillary would want a male VP, and why a male would want,
much less be able to, be subserviant to a female president.

Silly idea. It's like saying why would any male want to obey his mother or wife?

Besides, the VP is a much smaller target for vitriol and abuse.

 

[LadyVer]

Silly idea. It's like saying why would any male want to obey his mother or wife?

Besides, the VP is a much smaller target for vitriol and abuse.

Could you expand on this? Because the way it looks, your response is bullshit.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Silly idea. It's like saying why would any male want to obey his mother or wife?

Besides, the VP is a much smaller target for vitriol and abuse.

That's generally true, but there was Nixon in the 1950's and Dick Cheney more recently.

John Adams was the first VP to become Pres. and Jefferson was the second.

 

[Liar]

I have a hard time wrapping my head around why Hillary would want a male VP, and why a male would want,
much less be able to, be subserviant to a female president.

... what?

 

[great lover]

Please mark this post. Hillary is going to choose Elizabeth Warren!

 

[underguy1]

https://twitter.com/AmalaSwami/status/741261813451345921/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

Warren isn't wowing too many fans.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

I was thinking the same thing. Obama wasn't going to pick the marriage equality fight. Joe Biden raised the issue. Good for him.

To a larger degree than Obama, Biden mainly looks good due to his predecessor. If he makes it 6 more months without shooting a friend, he wins!

 

[TimTimTyner]

I have a hard time wrapping my head around why Hillary would want a male VP, and why a male would want,
much less be able to, be subserviant to a female president.

There are a lot of female "bosses" in this world, including a lot of CEO's of large companies. And I doubt you would find a single one that ONLY employs women.

If I had the chance to be vice president and possibly in 4 or 8 years had a leg up to become president, I wouldn't care what gender the president for whom I served was.

On another note, someone asked me whether or not Bill Clinton could be vice president. Just mental masturbation here. If he could be vice president, would he have to resign if Hillary died, since he can't be president again? And if so, wouldn't Paul Ryan become president?

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Hillary wont be President so it doesn't matter who she picks.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

Hillary wont be President so it doesn't matter who she picks.

Your sig tells me your posts don't matter b/c when you're not looking at the computer, you're looking at a mirror to monitor yourself.

If she won't be the President, who will? I know who I'd prefer, but she has far more delegates, so she trumps all other options.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Hillary wont be President so it doesn't matter who she picks.

It would still be interesting to see whom she chooses as a running mate.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

It would still be interesting to see whom she chooses as a running mate.

It doesn't matter if she doesn't/isn't going to get the office.

Also, you'll notice many candidates (smartly) choosing their mates long before the election, so her selection could be part of the reason for whether or not she gets it.

 

[Boxlicker101]

It doesn't matter if she doesn't/isn't going to get the office.

Also, you'll notice many candidates (smartly) choosing their mates long before the election, so her selection could be part of the reason for whether or not she gets it.

They have to choose before the election, so two people can be listed as running mates on the ballot. Usually, at least recently, once a candidate has enough votes to clinch the party nomination, he or she names a running mate. To do otherwise can cause considerable embarrassment, such as happened to McGovern in 1972.

Silly Hilly and The Donald should name somebody soon. My guess would be Newt Gingrich by the latter and somebody I never heard of by the former.

 

[AlwaysHungry]

She should just pick Trump, to make the merger of the two parties official.