Hillary is ALREADY perfectly positioned to "get" the independent vote since it seems

[annabanana]

that most independents are those who are embarrassed to call themselves republican.

What she needs in a veep is someone to bring the progressives along.

[floriduck]

1. Are you saying she is not capable of at attracting progressives herself? Not sure a VP pick will do

it.

[floriduck]

2. My reason for saying that is because voters vote for the presidential candidate, not the VP.

[peace13]

3. You may want to extend your research.

Mocking people won't move Hillary's cause along. What she needs is to show her progressive side. The one she campaigned on. That will get people interested. Of course the VP selection remains important.

[HassleCat]

4. That will be difficult.

The general strategy of our party is for the presidential candidate to run left in the primaries, and quickly tack to the right to pick up the moderate voters in the general. That will not work quite as well this time, due to what happened in the primaries. So, you're right; Hillary needs to look for a veep who will appeal to progressives while she campaigns in the center and right. But who would be (1) progressive enough and (2) willing? And, can she refuse all the pressure to pick someone like Tim Kaine, a veep candidate who appeals to the middle and right leaning voters? It's a difficult choice, and she may just have to write off the leftties, socialists, progressives, etc. and hope enough of them come along anyway. Many of them probably will, as they have in the past.

[annabanana]

5. I'm glad you get

what I'm talking about.

My boys are millennials, progressive, (Bernie supporters) and their friends are too. They are horrified by Trump, but not yet excited by Hillary.

[pangaia]

6. This is what really irritates me.

Politicians saying one thing, or in some cases many things, in the primaries to convince a group of people to support them.. and then flipping around in saying what they stand for in the GE to convince another group of people to support them. Who is to know what is what.

And I am NOT directing this at Clinton, but almost every politician I have ever seen run for president.

This was why I supported Sanders in the primary. It was clear, to me at least, that if he HAD won the primary, his stances in the GE would stay the same.

I think if Clinton did NOT 'move' to the right, but embraced the 'left half' of Democrats(whatever that might mean), she would win in a landslide.

I know, that is probably considered "bad politics," but... I sure wish there were a way we could encourage.. even force??.. politicians to say what they mean and stick with it.

Naive me, eh.....

[BlueMTexpat]

7. I think that you really do not

mean to imply that those of us who already support Hillary are not progressive?

[annabanana]

8. no no no

I'm talking about those who need to be brought in. .

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Thanks for that!