Martin O'Malley looks good also!!

[Playinghardball]

I love Elizabeth Warren but I think she can accomplish more by remaining as a senator for the time being...

[stage left]

1. I think Martin O'Malley

Would be an excellent choice for VP and then Pres in 2024.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. I agree

As much as I love Elizabeth Warren, she's 66. If age is an issue now for Bernie, and it is for some people, it would be for Warren in 2024.

[Pharaoh]

2. I think Bernie

would give Warren much more to do as VP, she could still lobby congress if I'm not mistaken?

[HereSince1628]

4. Meh. He's a New Dem at heart, co-authoring papers with last DLC chairman

[Jim Lane]

5. His record as Governor is definitely progressive, as are his campaign positions.

I haven't seen anything outrageous from him -- just one op-ed in which he said in general terms that Democrats should be open to new ideas. To take one of this year's hot-button issues, for example, he came out forcefully against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the fast-track trade authority bill that greased the way for it. The DLC types can't be very happy about that.

The DLC veterans have their candidate in this race, and it's not Martin O'Malley.

[HereSince1628]

6. The DLC has had a lot of horses in its stable

I don't think his being in this race necessarily means anything about his abandonment of core positions and his commitment to the necessity of centrism as he wrote about it.

All the campaigning on progressive themes may be no more than evidence that he's capable of identifying where the running room and the possibilites for candidacy are, and that he can spin a message.

That's my distrustful opinion and having been too often burned I'm sticking with it.

[Jim Lane]

7. Well, we've all been burned too often, but I think you're overweighting one op-ed.

He spent eight years as Governor. No politician is perfect, but my praise is based on O'Malley's record in office.

You're presumably thinking of sleazebags like Romney, who governed as a centrist but then did a hard pivot to where he saw running room in the Presidential race. O'Malley hasn't done that.

I love Elizabeth Warren but, in terms of a ticket, she, like Sanders, is a New England Senator with no significant executive experience. O'Malley comes from a different part of the country (though admittedly not a swing state) and has experience as a mayor (of a big city) and governor that complements Sanders's bio well. Furthermore, in an election where some swing voters may be concerned about the age issue, O'Malley is more than 13 years younger than Warren.

Yet another possibility is that Sanders, if nominated, should try to unify the party by picking someone who's currently a Clinton supporter (i.e., neither Warren nor O'Malley).