2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders/ O'Malley ticket?
Wondering what you think, My ideal would be Sanders/Warren, but if not , I was wondering where you all stood?
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Need more diverse
4139
(1,893 posts)elleng
(130,153 posts)Good combo, imo; emotional & historical connection from Sanders, executive experience (and PLANS) from O'Malley.
monmouth4
(9,664 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Nor the Clintonians.
(Is there a difference? I'm not sure.)
I've been assuming... perhaps incorrectly... that Mr. O'M's ambition was limited to being Clinton's veep.
If Sanders gets the nom., it could go anywhere. Warren won't be asked. They're ideological twins.
We need more info... dare I say it? *DATA*. Which is not available yet.
If Sanders strikes any kind of chord in red states primaries, that fact will have to be figured into the veep choice.
We just don't know yet.
elleng
(130,153 posts)has clearly not paid ANY ATTENTION to his positions, as they differ from hers significantly.
Wall Street/Environment/Dodd-Frank-Glass-Steagall, to name just a few.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)It's called "balancing the ticket".
If Clinton makes it to the nom. via the usual (and expected) triangulation... she might very well look to O'M as a sop to the party base.
Will O'Malley go for it?
WE'LL SEE.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)elleng
(130,153 posts)askew
(1,464 posts)I don't think Castro has enough experience to be VP. I'd say Klobuchar would be an ideal choice. She is insanely popular in Minnesota and Iowa. She'd likely help in Wisconsin as well. She's great on the stump, funny as hell and has some DC experience. Plus, we'd get a ticket with a woman on it.
Castro is only being talked about because he's Latino. We'd be better off with Hilda Solis.
DavidDvorkin
(19,406 posts)But I'm not wedded to it.
I do like what I've seen of Castro, though. He's appealing.
A few months ago, my wife took a call from an O'Malley campaign fundraiser. She told the person that we like Castro for veep, and the person calling laughed and said, "So do we." For what that's worth.
askew
(1,464 posts)to balance the ticket. I am surprised I haven't gotten calls from them. I've been donating money to them. Not a lot but a good size amount.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Sanders/Barbara Lee. Both coasts, baby!
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)and don't say you did. Warren isn't running. I'm tired of this good old boys political world.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Spirochete
(5,264 posts)for Sanders vp. i like Gillibrand, too, but dunno about two New Englanders on the same ticket.
TheKentuckian
(24,949 posts)Bernie Sanders/Kshama Sawant