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I'm curious about Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. (Original Post) Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 OP
I think you'll hear a lot of "We need her in the Senate" responses demwing Dec 2015 #1
Because of Elizabeth Warren's popularity with the base Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #2
As she should be ... Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #3
He may want to tazkcmo Dec 2015 #4
You do know they're from Vermont and Massachusetts, right? elleng Dec 2015 #5
I'm not so sure ... Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #6
The Dukakis-Bentsen ticket was about VP contrast and it lost. Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #7
As long as Bernie stands firm on his apathy toward gun control it will not hurt them.... pipoman Dec 2015 #9
My early theory was pipoman Dec 2015 #8
Either way, it would be a great ticket. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2016 #10
 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
1. I think you'll hear a lot of "We need her in the Senate" responses
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 09:50 PM
Dec 2015

Or "They're both from the liberal NE, so she doesn't balance the ticket"

I think she'd make a great VP

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
2. Because of Elizabeth Warren's popularity with the base
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 09:57 PM
Dec 2015

...she's going to be on the short-list for VP, whoever gets the nomination.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
4. He may want to
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:00 PM
Dec 2015

but she may not want to. She's in a pretty good spot right now. I'll bet there's a quiet offer and a polite refusal.

on edit: I would love that ticket

elleng

(130,865 posts)
5. You do know they're from Vermont and Massachusetts, right?
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:00 PM
Dec 2015

Not a very practical ticket for that reason, imo.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
6. I'm not so sure ...
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:13 PM
Dec 2015

I mean big cities across the nation would still vote for them.

Demographics have changed, and a political paradigm shift is under way. What you say may have been true 10 or 15 years ago, but I think it's quite possible now. And talk about getting motivated to vote for those two. Turn out, as they say, is also important.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
7. The Dukakis-Bentsen ticket was about VP contrast and it lost.
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:16 PM
Dec 2015

Four years later, the Clinton-Gore ticket was about VP reinforcement, and it won.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
8. My early theory was
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:40 PM
Dec 2015

That she would jump in late, scoop the Dem nomination and take Bernie as her VP (my sig line)....pretty unlikely now...I think it would be a winning team for real change.

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