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Warren - Franken 2016 (Original Post) hootinholler Jan 2013 OP
I'd prefer Warren- Sanders or vice versa. mucifer Jan 2013 #1
Bernie would be a good choice, hootinholler Jan 2013 #3
I'm halfway there rocktivity Jan 2013 #2
or Warren-Frank 2016 MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #4
you mean the state that gave us Mitt? cali Jan 2013 #35
Mitt ran for senator to the LEFT of Ted Kennedy: MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #49
I'd say yah to that! Whisp Jan 2013 #5
If only Hillary and Joe Biden would step out of the way... customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #6
I think Joe is likely to run hootinholler Jan 2013 #8
He's certainly kept a high profile lately customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #13
I'm in. byronius Jan 2013 #7
"They" will never let Warren be President. Never. Last Stand Jan 2013 #9
Frankly, I thought the same thing about her chances of being Senator customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #14
Warren and anybody . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2013 #10
lol funny. n/t okieinpain Jan 2013 #11
Nay. They would do a good job, but that team would not win. MADem Jan 2013 #12
+1 Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #26
I vote yea but I think Brown delivers. Multi-term Senator from a big rust belt state. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #15
Oh fer fuck sakes. Give it up. madinmaryland Jan 2013 #16
HUH? hootinholler Jan 2013 #18
Warren for President. I think she will make a great senator, but I just don't see madinmaryland Jan 2013 #25
I would like to see an all female ticket Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #17
Rice/Coulter. nt Romulox Jan 2013 #22
Way to early in the cycle for this, IMO. MineralMan Jan 2013 #19
I believe Franken when he says he is there to serve the people of MN. JCMach1 Jan 2013 #20
ANYBODY but Hillary. nt Romulox Jan 2013 #21
Really? Why do you Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #24
Tierra_y_Libertad said it better than I could. nt Romulox Jan 2013 #37
+1 No more Clintons, Triangulators, DLC, 3rd Way Centrists. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #30
Why not let Warren be US Senator from MA and see what she does there? WI_DEM Jan 2013 #23
Warren needs more time where she is. So far I like her though. Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #27
nah obnoxiousdrunk Jan 2013 #28
I'd rather have Kurovski and WetzellBill Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #29
Warren, sure. No thanks on Franken. I like a Biden/Warrren ticket, though. nt OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #31
I could get with Biden/Warren. Myrina Jan 2013 #48
Obama 3rd term srican69 Jan 2013 #32
Me too! I like actually winning for a change! nt Walk away Jan 2013 #51
I passed because I once wanted Ted Kennedy to run for president and now realize just exactly how jwirr Jan 2013 #33
sure, if you want to lose in a really big way cali Jan 2013 #34
Sherrod Brown -- Elizabeth Warren. broiles Jan 2013 #36
Vilsack 2016 UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #38
I think Al Franken should be at the top of the ticket... SidDithers Jan 2013 #39
Is Jill Stein a D? hootinholler Jan 2013 #41
She should switch... SidDithers Jan 2013 #42
I was surprised that you were adocating a 3rd party. hootinholler Jan 2013 #44
I had hoped the explanation wasn't needed... SidDithers Jan 2013 #46
I like Warren, but she would need a VP with some foreign policy or defense TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #40
Nobody loves Warren more than I do... Bigmack Jan 2013 #43
What we need is an advocate for the people hootinholler Jan 2013 #45
I agree... but Bigmack Jan 2013 #50
Christie would slaughter Warren. Judging by DU, Democrats make up half his base! Walk away Jan 2013 #55
No. Warren and Franken Serve Progressive Causes Better by Staying Right Where They're At Yavin4 Jan 2013 #47
Warren and Kitzhaber..or vice-versa. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #52
I listened to Franken on Air America. He's not Liberal. Glad he's a Democrat, but I'm looking for patrice Jan 2013 #53
How Liberal is Ron Reagan, Jr.? patrice Jan 2013 #54
Way too early. Could we have our senator do some work for us before asking her to go Mass Jan 2013 #56
+1 We should stop under-rating how important Congress is, especially the Senate. nt patrice Jan 2013 #57

mucifer

(23,558 posts)
1. I'd prefer Warren- Sanders or vice versa.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:02 PM
Jan 2013

But, I guess Bernie isn't a dem so that might not work. Yeah I'd vote for Warren Franken

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
3. Bernie would be a good choice,
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:06 PM
Jan 2013

But I think Warren Franken would lock up 16 years, plus Franken would be a fun VP.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
49. Mitt ran for senator to the LEFT of Ted Kennedy:
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:15 PM
Jan 2013


We figured he was a Weld Republican, i.e., would be called a flaming Liberal in most any other part of the country. Once elected Senator, he rocketed to the right (like a lot of pols do these days).

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
6. If only Hillary and Joe Biden would step out of the way...
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:13 PM
Jan 2013

But the chances of both of them saying, "Naw" to the brass ring? Almost impossible.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
13. He's certainly kept a high profile lately
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:24 PM
Jan 2013

That last minute fiscal cliff deal was all his, and the gun stuff tells me he's trying hard, too. I suppose that the President owes him more than he owes Hillary, who can manage all on her own to create headlines, even if its for just taking a few sick days.

Last Stand

(472 posts)
9. "They" will never let Warren be President. Never.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:54 PM
Jan 2013

The Establishment won't allow it. She's too much of a threat in the Senate already.

Sorry for my cynicism, but the genuine real deal politicians get stomped...even by their own party sometimes.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
14. Frankly, I thought the same thing about her chances of being Senator
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:26 PM
Jan 2013

I really believed that the reich wing banksters would absolutely defeat her, but they didn't reckon on the massive vote against the Repukes a couple of months ago. I have to take comfort in the fact that you still can't buy everything in this country.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
10. Warren and anybody . . .
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:05 PM
Jan 2013

I wouldn't care if she chose a box of rocks as her running mate, I'd still vote for her!

TheKentuckian

(25,029 posts)
15. I vote yea but I think Brown delivers. Multi-term Senator from a big rust belt state.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:44 PM
Jan 2013

None of the usual not viable malarkey.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
17. I would like to see an all female ticket
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:40 PM
Jan 2013

just because I think it makes the statement more clearly


Low information voters may not be able to wrap their heads around the man being on the bottom, of the ticket that is.


I was thinking Warren - Napolitano


MineralMan

(146,324 posts)
19. Way to early in the cycle for this, IMO.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:09 PM
Jan 2013

Too much can happen in four years. Revisiting this sometime in 2014 would make sense. Right now, it doesn't.

JCMach1

(27,566 posts)
20. I believe Franken when he says he is there to serve the people of MN.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:27 PM
Jan 2013

He has done everything to that end... not to build any kind of national following at this time.

One of my favorite Senators, but I don't think it will be 2016.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
33. I passed because I once wanted Ted Kennedy to run for president and now realize just exactly how
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:21 PM
Jan 2013

much he got done in the Senate than he probably would have as president.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
44. I was surprised that you were adocating a 3rd party.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:49 PM
Jan 2013

BTW, that was a long way to go for a very small punchline.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
40. I like Warren, but she would need a VP with some foreign policy or defense
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:27 PM
Jan 2013

chops. She's got domestic issues covered (at least I'm assuming that will be the case during her Senate years).

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
43. Nobody loves Warren more than I do...
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:39 PM
Jan 2013

... any more would be stalking. I'd bear her children.

But...

Clinton will massacre any opposition.

We don't need a contest in 2016. We need a total rout to put the Repubs in their place. They got nobody.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
45. What we need is an advocate for the people
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:50 PM
Jan 2013

That is not what Hillary is. Nor is Biden for that matter.

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
50. I agree... but
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:28 PM
Jan 2013

Considering all the vote supression, the electronic voting, the gerrymandering, the total lunacy and lack of reality based thinking in large parts of this country, I think half a loaf is better than none.

What happens if Warren loses to... let's say... Rubio or Christie?

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
55. Christie would slaughter Warren. Judging by DU, Democrats make up half his base!
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:36 PM
Jan 2013

Every Independent in the country will vote for him against her. I had to block several long time Democrats here because they couldn't shut the fuck up about what a great Governor he is and how much they like him!

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
47. No. Warren and Franken Serve Progressive Causes Better by Staying Right Where They're At
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:11 PM
Jan 2013

Look at the career of Hubert Humphrey. Look at all of the tremendous progressive legislation that he has helped get passed in the senate.

A long, tenured senator has more power than you know. In fact, I hope that President Obama returns to the Senate after his second term.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
53. I listened to Franken on Air America. He's not Liberal. Glad he's a Democrat, but I'm looking for
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:32 PM
Jan 2013

someone YOUNGER and Liberal.

Mass

(27,315 posts)
56. Way too early. Could we have our senator do some work for us before asking her to go
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:36 PM
Jan 2013

on another campaign. I hope she runs for reelection in 6 years.

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