One Democratic strategist even floated Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine as a long-shot pick — as a way to appeal to suburban GOP women, particularly if Clinton faces Trump in the general election.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/04/20/women-will-clinton-list-what-about-elizabeth-warren/OkjhdprEAehh8y2wTW70tL/story.html

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)

5. The other name I remember being floated as a VP choice was associated with Bain Capital

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Fri May 6, 2016, 03:52 PM

May 2016

Sorry if I've forgotten the name; senior moment.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

6. I was going to say that she would never shill for Trump and then realized

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri May 6, 2016, 03:58 PM

May 2016

That you were talking VP for Clinton.

Never gonna happen. Two words: Republican and woman.

Getting one woman has been hard enough, they would never go for two. Also, they need someone from a different area of the country.

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

7. That she is being floated though tells us much about her thinking. Yikes. nt

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Fri May 6, 2016, 03:59 PM

May 2016

deepestblue

(349 posts)

8. More proof of the need for a viable liberal alternative in the election if Sanders isn't the Dem nom

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Fri May 6, 2016, 04:45 PM

May 2016

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)

9. A republican... seriously, a republican...

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Fri May 6, 2016, 09:57 PM

May 2016

This can't be true. If she's the nominee, isn't she supposed to be reaching out to Bernie supporters? The left wing of the party?

This is more like a slap in the face. I really can't believe she would go there.

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