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JI7

(89,276 posts)
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 12:56 AM Aug 2015

Clinton/Sanders may be the way to go for 2016

people thought O'Malley was playing for VP. but o'malley has gone after clinton much more while SAnders has regularly been complimentary towards clinton and at worst says there is disagreement on some issues.

Sanders knows it will be tough to win the Primary but he seems to be staying in a favorable position with Clinton so he can be considered for vp .

Sanders wont add any additional support in geographic/political terms . but the same was true of Biden.

Howard Dean is a huge supporter of Clinton and being from Vermont he would play a role in all of this.

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Clinton/Sanders may be the way to go for 2016 (Original Post) JI7 Aug 2015 OP
Oh hell no. AtomicKitten Aug 2015 #1
This. PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #21
.... sibelian Aug 2015 #2
please tell me you just thought this up on your own ibegurpard Aug 2015 #3
An epiphany. While staggering from the bar to the restroom? nt Snotcicles Aug 2015 #24
How about ... TheFarS1de Aug 2015 #4
no questionseverything Aug 2015 #26
Bernie/Warren, Bernie/ O"Malley, O'Malley/Bernie, Biden/Anyone....all of those are palatable Joe the Revelator Aug 2015 #5
One of these things is not like the other... n/t winter is coming Aug 2015 #6
What Winter said. nt artislife Aug 2015 #12
Lol, the ultimate whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #7
They aren't going to put 2 people that old on 1 ticket. askew Aug 2015 #8
He's not more popular if murielm99 Aug 2015 #9
yeah im not on board the Bernie Train MFM008 Aug 2015 #10
Sanders and George Clinton ? olddots Aug 2015 #11
Hell yes olddots! lovemydog Aug 2015 #13
Hillary and Roger Clinton? Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #14
Hillary and Deion Sanders? Col Sanders? redstateblues Aug 2015 #28
Richard Sanders wyldwolf Aug 2015 #33
Given the current environment it makes a hell of alot more sense! Number23 Aug 2015 #38
No. Hillary can't ride on Sanders' coattails like she rode on Obama's. delrem Aug 2015 #15
Like someone up-thread said - Oh, HELL, NO! djean111 Aug 2015 #16
"Hillary can never co-opt the enthusiasm for Bernie and use it for her campaign." PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #29
Sorry Fk That LiberalElite Aug 2015 #17
Beat me the hell to it. nt Snotcicles Aug 2015 #23
WTF azmom Aug 2015 #18
Being a Senator from VT is more efficacious than veep. aikoaiko Aug 2015 #19
It will be Clinton/Castro DCBob Aug 2015 #20
Bet money and Texas on it. okasha Aug 2015 #31
i second the "hell, no" restorefreedom Aug 2015 #22
Clinton won't pick him; not should she Godhumor Aug 2015 #25
I would rather see him stay in the Senate. VP has less independence and can you imagine him jwirr Aug 2015 #27
It'll be Sanders/Someone else. magicmama Aug 2015 #30
Take the Clinton part of the ticket out and I'd support it. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2015 #32
: ) peacebird Aug 2015 #36
No. peacebird Aug 2015 #34
No. She needs a young VP. Clinton/Castro lunamagica Aug 2015 #35
Bernie is not getting endorsements in Congress, I doubt Hillary would pick Sanders as VP. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #37
 

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
5. Bernie/Warren, Bernie/ O"Malley, O'Malley/Bernie, Biden/Anyone....all of those are palatable
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:17 AM
Aug 2015

Any ticket with Hillary on the top, is not.

askew

(1,464 posts)
8. They aren't going to put 2 people that old on 1 ticket.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:42 AM
Aug 2015

And Hillary isn't going to allow a VP who is more popular and draws bigger crowds than she can now be her VP. If Hillary unfortunately gets the nod, I expect we'll get some dull candidate like Evan Bayh or someone who clearly won't threaten her in any way.

MFM008

(19,821 posts)
10. yeah im not on board the Bernie Train
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:59 AM
Aug 2015

I really want to see a woman president in my lifetime, Now Ill go for the two together, we shall see.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
15. No. Hillary can't ride on Sanders' coattails like she rode on Obama's.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 03:50 AM
Aug 2015

She didn't do all that much good for Obama's administration.
I really do load a lot on her and the "third-way" machine that came with her.
His second term is qualitatively superior to his first.

This is it for her.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
16. Like someone up-thread said - Oh, HELL, NO!
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 06:20 AM
Aug 2015

Hillary can never co-opt the enthusiasm for Bernie and use it for her campaign.
That would just be a very obvious and ham-handed attempt to diminish Bernie, diminish the issues, yet try to capitalize on his popularity. Won't happen. What a waste of Bernie that would be!

No, Hillary's VP will be dispassionately chosen to appeal to a demographic and then stay out of the way. Besides, I understand this thing is a lock for her - so the VP is just window dressing. Bernie is not window dressing.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
29. "Hillary can never co-opt the enthusiasm for Bernie and use it for her campaign."
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 09:19 PM
Aug 2015

What happens if Sanders loses the primary to Clinton and enthusiastically endorses her
for President?

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
22. i second the "hell, no"
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 08:43 PM
Aug 2015

first of all, sanders does not go after clinton except on policy because that's who he is and who he's always been, he never makes it personal. Second, if he were to lose the nomination, he would be much more effective as a senator than as a veep in an administration he doesn't agree with. And third, it's moot because he's going to win the nomination.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
25. Clinton won't pick him; not should she
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 09:05 PM
Aug 2015

A total Northeastern ticket, among other issues, has no chance.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
27. I would rather see him stay in the Senate. VP has less independence and can you imagine him
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 09:09 PM
Aug 2015

and Elizabeth Warren working together for what they believe in?

 

magicmama

(50 posts)
30. It'll be Sanders/Someone else.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 09:22 PM
Aug 2015

I'm at Sanders with O'Malley as my second. End of discussion. It would take a frigging miracle for me to /even/ consider Clinton.

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