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Running Mate for Bernie: Martin O'Malley (Original Post) Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 OP
OH Yes! I could definitely support that ticket! Raster Mar 2016 #1
Nina Turner SamKnause Mar 2016 #2
Yessss!!!!! eom Cleita Mar 2016 #4
I like her but is she a state senator? ALBliberal Mar 2016 #10
She is a former State Senator for Ohio. SamKnause Mar 2016 #13
I agree, I like her very much and she has a powerful and moving voice - passionate even Dragonfli Mar 2016 #18
Nina would be great. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #26
O'Malley would be great! ALBliberal Mar 2016 #3
Someone from large swing state might be strategic ... TheDormouse Mar 2016 #5
No thanks Lorien Mar 2016 #6
Picking a VP is Bernie's job. Our job is donating and volunteering in this primary. merrily Mar 2016 #7
Tulsi please deepestblue Mar 2016 #8
Absolutely, I miss him already. nt retrowire Mar 2016 #9
I'd prefer a person of color... Nyan Mar 2016 #11
I like O'Malley, especially on immigration and the death penalty RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #12
Claire Underwood. ; ) DeGreg Mar 2016 #14
We already have one of those running for President, one with even less character and honestly but... Dragonfli Mar 2016 #19
yep, but you know it was just a joke right? Hence the ; ) DeGreg Mar 2016 #28
I was just jokin' with ya' man Dragonfli Mar 2016 #29
We're good DeGreg Mar 2016 #35
I do like her wardrobe dana_b Mar 2016 #31
Donald Trump for VP? Gwhittey Mar 2016 #15
O'M for head of the EPA. I really liked his ideas on the environment. jillan Mar 2016 #16
I second that. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #22
I wouldn't object. Duppers Mar 2016 #17
I would be pleased with MOM but Aquavit Mar 2016 #20
Another pol from a small state on the east coast? TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #21
Never liked O'Malley so no thanks dreamnightwind Mar 2016 #23
VP needs to bring in votes and be like Bernie NOT FOR SALE! fourcents Mar 2016 #24
Tulsi Gabbard please Optimism Mar 2016 #25
she would be a nice choice dana_b Mar 2016 #32
My VP choices... Nina Turner, Keith Ellison (A Jew and A Muslim...could you imagine?!), Tulsi in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #27
A fantastic message indeed! Optimism Mar 2016 #34
Like MOM SheenaR Mar 2016 #30
My guess: it would not be O'Malley. Mufaddal Mar 2016 #33

ALBliberal

(2,334 posts)
10. I like her but is she a state senator?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:06 AM
Mar 2016

Maybe a governor or someone who holds office at a national level would be a better choice? I do think she would be a great cabinet choice. She's super! Love how she defies the party machine!!

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
18. I agree, I like her very much and she has a powerful and moving voice - passionate even
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:20 AM
Mar 2016

I would like Warren as well, but, I believe she is EXTREMELY valuable where she is; nonetheless, I would take that loss if she decided, and was chosen to run as VP.

I like MOM, but I worry too much about his DLC past ties (not to mention his broken window tough on crime curse from the past) and fear a reversal of stated positions if he were to become POTUS.

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
5. Someone from large swing state might be strategic ...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:02 AM
Mar 2016

Florida, Ohio

Nina Turner's from Ohio, but hasn't had enough experience to sit in the Oval.

Or from a large state more generally
Texas - too bad Castro supporting Clinton
Cali ?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
7. Picking a VP is Bernie's job. Our job is donating and volunteering in this primary.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:02 AM
Mar 2016

When the time comes, I am sure the campaign will do just fine. It's doing great in this primary, especially considering everything that has been stacked against it.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
11. I'd prefer a person of color...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:07 AM
Mar 2016

preferably someone with insight on foreign policy, like Barbara Lee.
I like O'Malley just fine, but he's a white man, which doesn't necessarily help Bernie demographically. And his answer on Snowden I didn't like. Also, he did endorse Clinton over Obama knowing that she voted for IRW while Obama did not.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
12. I like O'Malley, especially on immigration and the death penalty
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:07 AM
Mar 2016

But I'm somewhat wary of his DLC past.

Also, I'm not sure America needs two East Coast white guys. How about Nina Turner or Kamala Harris (although that would mess up the Senate race) or Keith Ellison?

I'd love to see Warren as his running mate, but the regional thing concerns me with her, too.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
19. We already have one of those running for President, one with even less character and honestly but...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:23 AM
Mar 2016

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
31. I do like her wardrobe
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:56 PM
Mar 2016

she's got some fantastic taste.

She would be a good VP for Hillary though.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,142 posts)
21. Another pol from a small state on the east coast?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:59 AM
Mar 2016

I don't really see what he brings to the ticket other than his youth.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
23. Never liked O'Malley so no thanks
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:21 AM
Mar 2016

He talks a good game, slick and well presented, has a history with Harold Ford/DLC positions, and I have always (mostly) privately considered him to be another phony corporatist.

Plenty of better options.

Warren, if she would do it. A woman would be great, we've never had a female VP and we need Hillary's supporters. I don't know if Warren would want VP.

If not, how about Raul Grijalva? He co-founded the progressive caucus with Bernie, and being latino would be a positive, good on the issues too.

Keith Ellison? A muslim and a jew, that would be interesting to say the least. Keith is excellent.

Nina Turner?

If I were Bernie I would worry about assassination, and would pick a VP who the establishment is even more distrustful of. For what it's worth.

Optimism

(142 posts)
25. Tulsi Gabbard please
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 04:52 AM
Mar 2016

A mixed-race woman ... a veteran ... telegenic and articulate (already a favorite on the talking heads shows) ... and another Hawaiian in the White House for eight more years!

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
27. My VP choices... Nina Turner, Keith Ellison (A Jew and A Muslim...could you imagine?!), Tulsi
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 08:42 AM
Mar 2016

Gabbard, Barbara Lee, Elizabeth Warren.

BERNIE won Dearborn, MI last night, which has a huge Muslim population! Isn't that incredible? What a message to send to the MIDDLE EAST and TRUMP VOTERS.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Optimism

(142 posts)
34. A fantastic message indeed!
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:15 AM
Mar 2016

Followed up by refusing to meet with that warmonger Netanyahu. (Switching the tables on him would feel so fine.)

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
30. Like MOM
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:53 PM
Mar 2016

but want Bernie to pick someone devoted to the ideas he espouses. A Nina, a Keith, a Tulsi. They know the message. I don't think it serves the cause to bring someone who was late to the party on board.

Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
33. My guess: it would not be O'Malley.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:59 PM
Mar 2016

This would be a disaster. I get that a lot of people like MO'M, but many don't, and find him to be really inauthentic, overly-scripted/actor-like, and even irritating. Also, his polling and results were pretty bad in the primary.

He will want, I suspect, a woman on the ticket. It's possible that it won't be (maybe someone like Ellison instead), but I think there is good reason to imagine that his running mate would be a woman. Gabbard makes a lot of sense right now, even if I'm not wild about that. Maybe Turner. Probably not Warren. LaDuke is a very distant, outside possibility, but still something I'd welcome.

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