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Ask people in Hillary Clintons world whether they have a secret weapon to help win over voters under the age of old, and many will offer this answer: Bernie Sanders
When I mention all this to Sanders top strategist, Tad Devine, he responds with a big belly laugh then he goes there.
Maybe theyre going to put him on the ticket then, Devine tells me during a wide-ranging 45-minute interview for POLITICOs Off Message podcast. He isnt joking, as far as I can tell
Im sure, of course, anyone would, Devine says when I ask if he could see a scenario where Sanders would actually say yes. They havent talked about the possibility, Devine adds, and he says Sanders would never, ever consider it unless you know, it was done in the right and proper way. Thats a far cry from last year, when Sanders and Co. rebuffed the second-banana suggestion by countering with an offer to give Clinton the vice presidential slot on his ticket.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/tad-devine-inside-bernie-sanders-campaign-220357#ixzz42FAPVNE0
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)VP choices are made to broaden the base, not narrow it.
enid602
(8,652 posts)That would be a good life insurance policy for Hill.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Make him the promise, put him out on the hustings with a canned and limited speech, and let him round up his faithful and convert them to the cause.
I'd rather see Castro get the nod than Sanders. Or any of a dozen likely possibilities. Even a Clinton-Warren ticket would be better, though she'd take some heat (the usual insults about her heritage, e.g.) and she's not really a skilled debater even though she was able to vanquish the doltish Scott Brown (she might have trouble against a silver-tongued devil, she gets a bit TOO earnest at times).
romana
(765 posts)I'm not sure any administration could trust him to actually be supportive if they do something he doesn't like. I don't see a place for him anywhere in a Clinton administration, to be honest. He's better in Congress, anyway.
George II
(67,782 posts)FreedomRain
(413 posts)He would be my best boss ever!
But realistically, Veteran Affairs is a better fit, though he'd probably rather stay in the Senate.
Zambero
(8,968 posts)Decades ago someone even suggested that Alpha-Dog LBJ might agree to become upstart JFK's VP running mate, provided RFK was enthusiastic enough about the idea.
And now this!
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Treant
(1,968 posts)I don't like this idea. He's a single note candidate and every attempt to strike another note turns out rather sour. He hasn't shown much ability at decorum, which a VP needs when filling in for the President in important meetings.
She may not bear any resentment toward him, but he seems to bear some toward her. An unfaithful VP is a really bad idea.
I'd rather see an up and comer like Castro--or somebody else that hasn't been floated just yet.
William769
(55,147 posts)SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)However, there are many more actual "Democrats" who will have just as much impact on the ticket, who might also put an actual state in play.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)And we don't need any help from Devine, who apparently blights all that he touches, electorally.
brush
(53,868 posts)I hate to mention it but Sanders is in his 70s.
If Clinton was president and dies, and VP Sanders can't serve the line of succession falls to the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.
Who wants that?
And talk about bus-worthy, if I were the Sanders operative who said Bernie might be willing to be number 2 on the ticket, I'd be very, very careful when crossing the street, especially near bus stops.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)I think it would be better to pick someone younger who's up and coming.
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livetohike
(22,163 posts)Setsuna1972
(332 posts)No way in hell !
livetohike
(22,163 posts)respectful to Hillary. The second is he is not respectful to the Democratic Party. Thirdly, Hillary will win New England states on her own and should bring someone in from another region of the country. Another point against Sanders as VP is I don't think he would have her back the way VP Biden is loyal to Pres. Obama.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)What does that mean?
spooky3
(34,476 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)his supporters would evaporate.
It's not "I Love Bernie."
It's "I Hate Hillary."
FreedomRain
(413 posts)but you are way off. Perhaps fooled by the effect that more radical opinions get more airplay. A Yuge majority of Sanders supporters would be happy to vote him for VP.
That said, I doubt it would happen, but both sides would be fools to not consider it, and they would also be fools to talk seriously about it in public at this point in the race.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)just say no
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Sanders would never, ever consider it unless you know, it was done in the right and proper way.
Oh yes, if Bernie calls the shots..wags his finger in her face & tells her to be quiet ...
She has a superb list for VP, qualified & dignified, well educated & versed in public policy & law & superior to Bernie in every way.
A superb list. And Bernie's not on it.
He has accomplished nothing that qualifies him to hold a place of such honor. No foreign policy nor governance in a diverse & global society where all parts work together to make it run well.
The world is not Vermont.
Good lord!
riversedge
(70,303 posts)72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)She should pick a Democrat.
ismnotwasm
(42,011 posts)Unacceptable
DarthDem
(5,256 posts)When I first clicked on the topic and read the link, for a few moments I thought about bringing over these "millenials" (I put it in quotes because I most dislike generation labels other than Baby Boomers, and really dislike that one in particular) who seem to adore Sanders, and how having him on the ticket would help.
But would it? I bet tons of those people would disappear EVEN IF Sanders was on the ticket and he was no longer, in effect, a protest candidate. (Heck, a lot of them seem to be disappearing anyway.) He'd just become another traitor and tool of the establishment in their eyes, right?
Then you add in bringing nothing geographically and - perhaps most importantly - his total unwillingness or inability so far to do any downticket campaigning for Democrats in Congress. I guess that's because he's not a Democrat, which is why some days I still try to figure out how and why he's running to be the party's nominee for the highest office in the country. Finally, the disrespectful behavior towards Secretary Clinton just doesn't help.
So, no. I hope he'll be an effective member of the Senate for years to come.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)1. If you wanted to unite the party and have a blow-out win and were totally doing it for political reasons, it wouldn't be a bad idea.
2. The ticket would be very "old", however, if it is Trump... he's old too.
3. People would see it as a cynical move.
4. I really, really like Castro. ( I am concerned about his last name, but we can educate people during the campaign)
Finally... no way Hillary would pick him, and he wouldn't do it anyway.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)Our current president is named Barack (what's that?!) Hussein (you mean like Saddam?!) Obama (rhymes with Osama?!). I think the American people can handle someone with the last name Castro (sounds like Fidel?!).
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)This suggestion is even less likely than Elizabeth Warren.
Not going to happen.
pandr32
(11,612 posts)Is that what it will take for them to reign in the hate they've deliberately seeded and stoked against HC?
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)statement for a campaign manager to make? To me he's telegraphing that they know they're not going to win. I think it's strange.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)that his campaign is conceding that he won't be the nominee.
It's a terrible idea, and it's not going to happen, no matter how much they try to finagle it.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)LisaM
(27,830 posts)Well, that's a ringing endorsement to add him to the ticket.
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)But Veep, hell no.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)Unless she wants a VP who walks down the halls of the White House mumbling "oligarchy!"
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)I don't even want him in our caucus anymore, much less as our vice president.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)It's what he does best.
Cha
(297,655 posts)I do. Table turned.
Uh uh.. bad idea.