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closeupready

(29,503 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:33 PM Jul 2015

Has this ? been posted before? HRC/Bernie ticket?

How would you feel about that? Setting aside the unlikelihood of it happening.

As for myself, I have stated elsewhere I absolutely will not vote for Hillary.

However, having just today considered the idea of this ticket, I think I'd actually be enthusiastic about it.

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Has this ? been posted before? HRC/Bernie ticket? (Original Post) closeupready Jul 2015 OP

Bernie's about as likely to pick Hillary for the VP spot as Squat Wanker is to pick Noam Chomsky. Scuba Jul 2015 #1

So let's look at this upside down - if HRC won the primary, and closeupready Jul 2015 #2

I'd be sad. VP is a waste of his talents. I'd rather have him back in the Senate n/t arcane1 Jul 2015 #3

Excited? No, I'd be depressed that I'd have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary while seeing ... Scuba Jul 2015 #4

Oh yeah, I get it. Who knows, maybe closeupready Jul 2015 #5

She'd never, ever do that. DLC-types go out of their way to give the left the finger-- especially Marr Jul 2015 #10

Ford and Reagan once ( unsuccessfully) negotiated a co-presidency thing. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #6

Hillary won't be picking a northeast liberal for her running mate... SidDithers Jul 2015 #7

Nah bigwillq Jul 2015 #8

interesting concept olddots Jul 2015 #9

Nope. Not even as a VP pick will she get my vote. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #11

Hillary needs a young VP lunamagica Jul 2015 #12

other.. up to them. Motown_Johnny Jul 2015 #13

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Bernie's about as likely to pick Hillary for the VP spot as Squat Wanker is to pick Noam Chomsky.

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:38 PM

Jul 2015

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

2. So let's look at this upside down - if HRC won the primary, and

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:41 PM

Jul 2015

she offered the VP spot to him, and he accepted, how excited would you be?

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

3. I'd be sad. VP is a waste of his talents. I'd rather have him back in the Senate n/t

Reply to closeupready (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:42 PM

Jul 2015

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Excited? No, I'd be depressed that I'd have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary while seeing ...

Reply to closeupready (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:44 PM

Jul 2015

.... the better candidate out of the race.

Hillary and Bernie are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Do you not understand that?

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

5. Oh yeah, I get it. Who knows, maybe

Reply to Scuba (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:46 PM

Jul 2015

Friday has made me manic...? lol

Marr

(20,317 posts)

10. She'd never, ever do that. DLC-types go out of their way to give the left the finger-- especially

Reply to closeupready (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:47 PM

Jul 2015

AFTER the primaries. They seem to regard it as a kind of sacred duty.

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

6. Ford and Reagan once ( unsuccessfully) negotiated a co-presidency thing.

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:20 PM

Jul 2015

I forget if it was 76 or 80. Probably 76.

So the idea is not without precedent.

Unless Sanders makes a very close contest out of it... and feelings are strained such that much of the Sanders wing will NOT turn out for nominee Clinton... I see Clinton picking a young ambitious professional political type like O'Malley.

He's a lawyer, has some liberal creds, has dreams of glory dancing in his head, and is thus infinitely more controllable than a VP Sanders would be.

A Sanders Vice Presidency ( i.e. w. Clinton) could only occur if the understanding that it would be a de facto "co-presidency".

(It ain't gonna happen.)