Source: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is promoting Elizabeth Warren

[Gomez163]

as a candidate to be Hillary - Politico

Harry Reid is quietly promoting Elizabeth Warren as a top pick to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate, and the Senate minority leader is already looking into Massachusetts law to see how quickly her Senate seat could be filled if Warren does ascend to the vice presidency, a source close to him said Friday.

Reid views Warren as someone who can unite the Democratic Party after the longer-than-expected primary battle between Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the source said. The person confirmed a Boston Globe story that reported Reid was actively researching the state’s special election rules.

“He thinks Warren is a good choice to unify the party,” the person close to Reid said.
This is a shift of sorts for Reid, who said recently that he would object to Clinton choosing any vice presidential pick from the Senate who represents a state led by a GOP governor who would then choose the person’s replacement. That could create another hurdle for Democrats looking to regain Senate control this fall.

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[YouDig]

1. Sounds good to me. Bernie wing of the party for unification. Also, a safe Dem seat

to replace in the Senate, maybe new progressive rising star can replace her.

And if the crazy-left Bernie or Bust people go after Warren, they will humiliate themselves.

[Gomez163]

4. Hillary has to do something. This election is one of the more divisive ones Ive seen

[YouDig]

15. Yeah, whatever it takes to beat Trump.

If Hillary can get Bernie's poll numbers it's a landslide. We all know that Bernie's numbers wouldn't hold up if Bernie was the nominee, because he's never been touched. But part of the gap is Bernie or Bust people, a lot of whom will come to their senses no matter who is the nominee. But I think Warren could help consolidate that wing, and bring it home.

[Baobab]

39. She wont get Bernie's poll numbers

Look at the size of the crowds.

Bernie has been getting huge crowds. Under the current situation, the possibility is real that some poll numbers are fake - of course, but you cannot fake thousands of young people showing up for speech after speech.

They know that their futures depend on this election.

[YouDig]

41. I have more faith in Berners than you. I think they'll come around.

[Baobab]

42. Why can't they do the right thing.

just once.

I suspect that if Hillary is nominated, it will be the end of the democratic party.

Its just a name and its past of being a place fof sanity is fading dimly into the distance pretty quickly.

[YouDig]

43. I think they will, and vote for HIllary. Did you see what Trump said today?

All but the craziest Bernie or Busters will get with the program.

[scscholar]

37. Good? No, it hurts her chances

Reid hasn't exactly been with progressives on nearly any issue.

[Feathery Scout]

2. LOVE the idea of Warren as VP.

[notadmblnd]

30. VP would be a waste of her talents

And she should not have to take a back seat to Hillary Clinton.

[chillfactor]

3. I would love to see Warren on the ticket....

but it is a good point....we may not be able to get the control back of the Senate w/o Warren there.

[LuvLoogie]

5. He must think that Bernie is gonna cause a shit show rather than back the nominee.

[Gomez163]

6. They dont want another 1968.

[geek tragedy]

33. as long as the Philly police behave themselves this will be nothing like 1968

some immature Sanders supporters may throw a temper tantrum inside the convention hall, but quite honestly that's going to be a dog-bites-man type of story, especially after Nevada.

[obamanut2012]

9. Agreed

[PoliticAverse]

11. It's not about Sanders, it's about the votes of Sanders' supporters. n/t

[LuvLoogie]

21. Yes. The bulk of his supporters were originally hoping for Warren to run.

And if he is going to continue to openly trash Democrats and our soon to be nominee, Warren negates that.

I say Bernie can have at it and Democrats continue to play for the Senate and House. His rallies outside the convention? Let them devolve into a hangover of ginned-up discontent.

[geek tragedy]

34. he can give his speech out there in the spot that's reserved

for people supporting the nominee

[Baobab]

40. People arent that stupid.

And neither is Elizabeth Warren.

[geek tragedy]

17. I think that's been the presumption for a while now, despite

public protestations to the contrary.

Reid made comments about how sometimes a losing candidate just has to give up earlier this week. He wouldn't be saying that in public if Sanders were giving indications he was a team player in private.

[LuvLoogie]

23. Yeah, that was surprising so soon after Harry asked Democrats to lay off Bernie.

[geek tragedy]

24. 9 months ago I would say this surprised me.

But during times of adversity, people show you who they really are.

It's regrettable in the short-term harm he's doing to the party, but on the upside we get to see two unprincipled demagogues crash and burn.

[LuvLoogie]

28. I mean it was surprising that Harry then turned arround and publicly told Bernie to "let it go."

[geek tragedy]

29. I was a bit surprised by it, but I figured Reid was desperately trying to help talk Bernie

down with the "lay off" comments.

but, the High Sparrow has decided to lead the Faith Militant into battle

[LuvLoogie]

32. Yeah. That is likely true.

[bunnies]

7. No thanks.

She has more power where she is.

[obamanut2012]

8. I prefer her in the Senate or Cabinet

But, an all-women ticket? It makes me kinda teary imagining that!

[KingFlorez]

10. A good choice, but would be problematic because of the Senate

Assuming that the ticket won the Presidency, that would cause Warren's Senate seat to become vacant and the Governor of Massachusetts is a Republican and would probably appoint Scott Brown. If Democrats managed to take back the Senate narrowly, that would be a big problem.

[2banon]

12. I don't buy it.

This is being floated as a carrot to soften Bernie supporters and perhaps influence June 7th voters.

"Oh yay Warren will be on the ticket! guess I'll switch my vote for Hillary"

I've seen this floated over the past couple of months and I didn't buy it then, and I don't buy it now.

[B Calm]

13. She would have more influence in the senate. Chances are party leaders would select a third way

corrupt candidate for her senate seat.

[Gomez163]

14. This is a way to maybe have her replace Hillary after one term.

She is a little younger than Hillary but if she had to wait eight years it may be prohibitive.

[B Calm]

18. I think they are looking at a way of giving her senate seat to a third wayer and have one less

liberal in the senate. She don't want VP anyways.

[geek tragedy]

16. Depending on how quickly she'd be replaced, I'm more and more favoring her.

That would be one formidable team.

[Exilednight]

19. Three reasons it will never happen.

1. Hillary will want a male on the ticket. Polling shows that Hillary lags behind Trump in two demographics; white men and white women.

2. Massachusettes has a Republican governor and will appoint a Republican to take her seat.

3. Democrats need six seats to take the Senate, and that's with defending the seats they already have - see #2 - nobody in their right mind would give one up voluntarily.

[Kelvin Mace]

20. Actually, I believe Mass would hold a special election

Rather than an appointment.

[Exilednight]

25. Why, the governor gets to decide if there is a special election or an appointment. The only

Exception is AZ.

If I were a Republican I had an open seat to fill that was held by a Democrat, why would I hold an election in a state that is traditionally Democratic?

[StevieM]

35. I believe that Massachusetts operates a little differently than you are thinking.

The governor appoints a replacement but then an election is immediately held. It doesn't take 2 years like most other states. More like 2 months.

[Kelvin Mace]

22. Politico is not reliable

A shame. This would be the only way I could vote for HRC.

[JonLeibowitz]

36. This would have to be a start only, not enough for me.

You could even see it as a deliberate attempt to weaken the left by removing the second-most popular leftist senator.

I would need some clear policy assurances. And with the way she is tacking on foreign policy I know that will not happen.

[CanadaexPat]

26. Please, no. As Hillary's VP she'd have to tone it down.

[CharlotteVale]

31. I'm sure Wall St. would LOVE to get her out of the Senate.

[Baobab]

38. Vice President is not going to change Hillary, plus we need EW in the Senate.

I wouldn't vote for a ticket where Hillary was VP either.