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In reply to the discussion: Is America ready for a female/female ticket in 2020? [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,827 posts)78. Flaw In Your Premise
The Repubs DID select a female for VP. She was a dunce and a quitter, but she was a SHE. So, they've got enough women in office that they could pick one of the crazies to be a VP pick.
Now, if we're talking about them nominating a woman as prez candidate, then we agree fully.
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Yes, same with Bernie... but, Hillary was not going to pick a true progressive (end of story).
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#107
Yes, you're right... both Hillary and Kaine the true progressives... what was I thinkin?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#138
The governor of OH picks Brown's replacement if he wins re-election in 2018 and runs for President
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#23
Kasich will have to leave the OH Governorship in 2018/2019 due to term limits.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#68
Sen Brown is the only statewide Dem in Ohio (except for a state supreme ct justice I am blanking on)
irisblue
Feb 2017
#36
I would like to include Warren but the problem with her is her age,and the fact she is from MA a
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#8
Would be ideal, but, you have to consider Bernie for 2020, who's young at heart and doesn't look a day over 60.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#108
Given that Johnson and Johnson is in NJ, you would expect more contributions than that
grantcart
Feb 2017
#130
We should not worry about Republican selecting a female candidate for President or Vice President.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#21
I support the idea of Caroline Kennedy replacing Gillibrand as US Senator from NY.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#44
You fail to provide support for your statement. It does not necessarily follow.
LanternWaste
Feb 2017
#93
Maybe we should win the electoral college with one woman on the ticket first?
jmowreader
Feb 2017
#32
I have my hopes on Tammy Duckworth to be the first woman, but it won't be 2020.
Squinch
Feb 2017
#29
We need to stop overthinking these things and listening to the conventional wisdom.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#51
Like I said, I think the secret sauce is inspirational leadership. That, and a willingness to take
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#63
Nope. America would like to think it is, and maybe even really believes it is, but
Squinch
Feb 2017
#28
A double female ticket on the Democratic side would force Conservative Democratic men from the South
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#31
What could Democrats do to convince the Olympia Snowes or the Christine Todd Whitmans to come
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#47
The soft centrist Republicans vote Republican due to the anti abortion issue or the tax cut issue?
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#60
the one time centrist Republicans have been Democrats for a very long time
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2017
#97
That ticket would play beautifully on the coasts but not so much in the middle
Jake Stern
Feb 2017
#38
the wealthy out of touch liberal thing is just an attack by bigots . their support for Trump
JI7
Feb 2017
#40
Indeed but the image is one of "He's rich enough to be liberal. He don't care about losing his job"
Jake Stern
Feb 2017
#89
This post is kind of a synopsis of my thoughts, here, not to dis the premise of your thread:
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#54
We should nominate a female prosecutor-Klobuchar-MN and a female veteran-Gabbard-HI
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#55
What if we nominate a female candidate from the Midwest-Klobuchar-MN for President?
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#62
The most important thing for Democrats to do is to pick a candidate with charisma
NewJeffCT
Feb 2017
#75
No. America is now set to implode as planned...once the for profits have taken everything of use...
Freethinker65
Feb 2017
#103
and if so, will so many registrations have been purged, machines hacked that it's pointless?
MrPurple
Feb 2017
#123
And you just know they'd love to purge the opposition from getting the chance to vote.
Initech
Feb 2017
#124