Who Will Clinton pick for VP?

ha ha morbs--but he sure jumped out of the gate quickly to endorse her--I was sure it meant he was in the running to provide some progressive bona fides

Kaine, or someone not on this list

chris christie

Is this guy a contender? because he sounds great
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/politics/as-xavier-becerra-stirs-crowds-hispanic-democrats-see-a-running-mate.html?_r=0

it's going to be a white man

What happened to Sherrod Brown? Wouldn't he be a good choice?

― Iago Galdston, Monday, July 18, 2016 2:16 PM (1 hour ago)

he's a senator in a state with a republican governor!

(as are warren and booker)

Bill!!!!!

- Clinton
- Gates
- Pullman
- Bradley

- The Cat

george clinton / gates mcfadden / bill pullman / bradley cooper?

george clinton def

I don't know but I hope they tour

I'm surprised neither of the Castro twins from San Antonio are being thrown around - they don't put Hillary over in Texas but do potentially set one of them up for when Texas is closer to being in play in 8 years.

i think she needs star power in order to drown out the trump bullshit. that's why i think warren or franklin or george clinton would be her best bet.

Oh, I guess Julian is. He's not squeaky-clean or super inspiring ideologically but running the first Hispanic major party candidate against Trump's nativism would be epic.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0ZpAmyIcAAAXP8.jpg

Warren is another older white lady located in New England, aside from rallying the Bernie-ites (who can be rallied in other ways) there's not that much upside to pulling her out of the Senate.

if it's not Vilsack can he please return back to Iowa and run for governor again k thx

I really want a Pence/Vilsack debate because I still find childish euphemisms for male genitalia hilarious

imo Vilsack would be a possible "appeal to rural disaffected ppl" pick in that there's a strong identification with agriculture/midwestern values (whatever the hell those are) even if disaffected rural people have little to do with ag these days due to diminishing workforce needs and vertical integration of farming

Warren is another older white lady located in New England, aside from rallying the Bernie-ites (who can be rallied in other ways) there's not that much upside to pulling her out of the Senate.

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, July 18, 2016 4:22 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the upside is she is awesome and a badass and has the ability to churn out viral content via passionate speeches or pithy tweets

she has already been useful as a surrogate. her words would get more attention and weight if she was actually on the campaign trail.

the downside is clinton is going to win anyway and a republican governor would get to pick warren's replacement

warren much more useful in congress, but nobody listens to what is useful

im sure ive talked about it already (itt probably too), but julian would be one to look at (joaquin hasnt been in congress that long). julian's got some HUD shit in his closet, nothing that would stray voters away, and he's denied that he's a VP candidate. out of sheer pigheaded san antonio chauvinism, i would be excited if he were selected. but knowing HRC, she'll pick kaine to appeal to latinxs. because he speaks spanish. bc thats how she thinks about shit like that.

many xposts

we've been over this before and i disagree, though she is more useful in the senate in the sense that she is a democrat and her replacement would not be xp

Presumably, if Warren is a very vocal and active campaigner for Hillary, she'll have a fair number of chits to cash in when HRC is prez.

plenty of time during the 7 week recess for warren to hit the trail even if she's not on the ticket

xp aimless otm

harry reid at least believes that they can limit the appointee to like 3 months or possibly nothing fwiw xxp

Warren being a strong campaigner would be useful if her proposed reforms are adopted in the democrat platform and actually succeed, otherwise it could backfire and burn out her credibility

i think she's an ace in the hole and it would be absurd not to pick her. there is no guarantee that clinton is going to "win anyway." what if everyone gets so bored of her they don't show up to vote?

ftr if it's Warren, there would be a special election to permanently fill her seat; the gubernatorial appointment would be temporary but could run to retain the seat

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/06/11/warren-vp-chatter-highlights-massachusetts-special-election-law

seems weird and kinda deflating to pick a white dude but i dunno

Lickenpooper

i can get behind this

Thread's turning into the Human Centipede already.

what is the human centipede if not a heartwarming tale of teamwork and bipartisanship

I really want a Pence/Vilsack debate because I still find childish euphemisms for male genitalia hilarious

Gary Johnson should pick Dick Armey as his VP then.

not saying these things aren't factors, but talking about candidates purely as gender/race/region boxes to check tends to lead to some poorly thought out candidates, cf the GOP.

ftr if it's Warren, there would be a special election to permanently fill her seat; the gubernatorial appointment would be temporary but could run to retain the seat

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/06/11/warren-vp-chatter-highlights-massachusetts-special-election-law

― http://porno (DJP), Monday, July 18, 2016 4:33 PM (9 minutes ago)

i'm a little worried about MA's ability to not fuck up and vote in another republican to statewide office, you guys seem to love doing that

I'm not convinced Warren will be picked, but I'll be disappointed if she isn't. Everyone else seems really boring.

And yes, MA could totally screw up the Senate election

i'm a little worried about MA's ability to not fuck up and vote in another republican to statewide office, you guys seem to love doing that

This is 100% a valid worry but:

- Both Scott Brown and Charlie Baker's wins are directly attributable to MA rejecting Martha Coakley, who I don't think will run again;
- Scott Brown's post-Senate career has been embarrassing to the point where I assume a good chunk of MA would never vote for anyone like him again

not saying these things aren't factors, but talking about candidates purely as gender/race/region boxes to check tends to lead to some poorly thought out candidates, cf the GOP.

Is there another way to view VPs? I mean, they exist to shore up Presidential candidates' weaknesses, with a veneer of "this person is competent, should the President die" but no one actually votes based on the idea of the VP eventually being President for reals.

I know multiple MA Republicans who pointedly did not vote for McCain after he selected Palin.

(partially because of the massive lapse in judgment the pick showed and partially because they were concerned the stress of the job might kill him and we'd end up with President Palin)

Sarah Palin was really a pivotal figure in my understanding of the GOP mindset.

the point where they obviously veered from a selection process to an "oh shit, we need to attract more people" anything goes mindset

i still don't get it

Yosemite Sam: likes guns, appeals to rural people and not just elite urban ppl, ties up crucial "cartoon people" vote

a lock for a republican VP choice

I know multiple MA Republicans who pointedly did not vote for McCain after he selected Palin.

Conversely, I'd reckon that a depressingly large number did vote for McCain because of Palin.

The Dress

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

so weird to see these results, now that we know she chose hinckenlooper

alright now i finally know who i'm voting for

Tom was Vilsacked.

is it too late to vote in this poll