Il Douché and His Discontents: The 2016 Primary Voting Thread, Part 4

john mccain joining the #nevertrump campaign. if trump wins the nom, i think the dem party should try to contest every state in the country. i think adding bernie to the ticket might help as well though even without him a trump nom could equal a reagan style landslide. latinos in arizona + arizona republicans going anti-trump means arizona could flip blue imo!

bernie would be a weird VP choice. "in case i'm incapacitated, here's this 75-year-old socialist who will take over!"

idk if Bernie as VP is such a great idea - it depends on which demo Hillary's more concerned about losing: white college educated men or latinos

honestly clinton should add a liberal GOP to the ticket. to underline the "anybody but trump" thing. maybe mitt romney! or evan bayh.

Nothing in this cycle has been as frightening as Bush, with a gleam in his eye during a 2000 debate, talking about a woman on death row begging for her life, and how he sent her to her final destination. In that way, a W. or a Palin are far scarier and irrational.

the more natural vp choice for Hillary is a) somebody younger and b) from a minority demo that the Dems need to secure support from, and then c) somebody w more liberal credentials than her

i think if the argument is that there's a strong populist anti-establishment wave in the country at the moment it would be useful to take advantage of that somehow if possible.

xp a friend mentioned cory booker which seemed like another way to go on VP

hillary's VP pick should be a liberal-republican latino from the deep south.

honestly clinton should add a liberal GOP to the ticket

what's Michael Steele up to

haha

hillary's VP pick should be a liberal-republican latino from the deep south.

so... Julian Castro (almost)

texas ain't the deep south, but close enough i guess

Texas is more important electorally than any deep south state (assuming we're excluding FL)

do we actually think texas will be in play during a general election????

xp @mordy oh man, as an az resident, i wish, but arizona is at least a decade away from going blue in a presidential election . mccain might go anti-trump, but most AZ republicans won't. my state will vote trump for sure, but i do think it will require more national GOP resources to shore up support than usual.

i can see georgia and s. carolina being in play, but not texas, mississippi, louisiana, or alabama.

hmm, let's see, Clinton-Cruz does have a certain ring to it...

haha I was going to say "Clinton/Powell" but the "younger" part got in the way

yeah normally I would say no re: Texas but in this election who knows

plz let's save the repulsive Cory Booker for another day

Clinton/Ellison '16

booker really is awful, he's on a tour now for his book, which seems banal to the point of offensiveness

yeah fuck that guy

If only Edwards hadn't screwed the pooch...

and everything else

if you can give me time-travel proof that Sanders would take the veep slot i will skip voting for him next month #GettingPurer

if clinton picks booker she deserves to lose. #tongueincheekbutstill

Would 100% rather see Clinton/Ras Baraka than Clinton/Booker.

honestly clinton should add a liberal GOP to the ticket. to underline the "anybody but trump" thing. maybe mitt romney! or evan bayh.

― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:26 PM (9 minutes ago)

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Clinton/Chafee

too much like her xp

bernie would be a weird VP choice. "in case i'm incapacitated, here's this 75-year-old socialist who will take over!"

― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, March 3, 2016 11:26 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also, for someone as old/experienced as clinton this is an opp to pick a younger leader to be next-in-line, in addition to demographic/political position considerations.

ah ok he was kidding my bad amateurist

Chris Chr—

Van Jones? Villaraigosa?

who was kidding? about what? i'm confused.

honestly clinton should add a liberal GOP to the ticket. to underline the "anybody but trump" thing. maybe mitt romney! or evan bayh.

― wizzz! (amateurist), T

why would she add another liberal GOP to the ticket?

Egyptian immigrant faces U.S. deportation over 'stupid' post threatening Trump

Villaraigosa is dead meat politically

Bill Clinton

you have to admit it would generate a lot of chatter

lmao @ evan bayh

fuck that dork

Hillary Clinton/Chelsea Clinton

now we're talking

WAIT

Hillary Clinton/Karenna Gore

I'm really confused about all the Blue Dog Dems you guys want to fuck.

Bill would be great but he's Constitutionally ineligible.

shakes otm, villaraigosa was straight fire when he was elected and had the city in the palm of his hand for a brief period, and then he just blew it.

marred by various scandals, loathed by his constituents, continually putting his foot in his mouth, widely viewed as an opportunist, plus this:

After he left the mayor's office, Villaraigosa was involved in Campaign to Fix the Debt, a movement for entitlement reform to cut Social Security and Medicare, which Democratic strategist Nathan Ballard said is "not just touching the third rail — it’s an act of public self-immolation."