Elizabeth Warren for VEEP

[tiredtoo]

This lady has all the right ideas but has to cut her teeth a bit before becoming President.

[MADem]

1. Chairman of the Federal Reserve. I think she's the perfect fit.

Not now, though. She promised to finish her term.

[Beacool]

8. That or Treasury Secretary.

She would be good at both jobs.

[Little Star]

23. Nope. We need her right where she is, imho.

[Beacool]

31. Oh, I don't disagree.

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But if she were to go for another position, those two would be a good fit for her.

[Little Star]

35. She would be great in most any position but we need her..

in the senate for the time being. Plus I'm being a teeny bit selfish, she's my senator and I want to keep her for a while.

I do love her but not as quite as much as I love Hillary.

[Beacool]

36. Me too.

I have admired Hillary since she came into the national scene. I was quite young and had never seen another first lady like her. I like ballsy women who are as smart as any man and who take no crap from anyone. I think that she would make a fine president, although I'll respect and support whatever she chooses to do.

[Little Star]

38. I'm with ya 100%.

[madokie]

2. I support Senator Warren in whatever she decides to do

I like her where she is just fine, btw

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Yeah, it's not like a one-term senator would ever be a credible President, or anything.

[Beacool]

9. He had been in politics for a lot longer than 10 months.

[MADem]

16. People also forget he was a state legislator in IL before he ran for the US Senate.

He served three terms in the IL state senate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama

[Beacool]

30. Yep, that's what I was referring to.....

[HappyMe]

4. She has promised that she will finish her term.

[DonViejo]

5. Big important election coming up in 2014 but,...

let's focus on 2016 and get our candidates lined up right now!

[Proud Public Servant]

6. HELL NO!

Why on earth would you want the single most effective progressive in the country relegated to the most powerless job in the U.S. government? Horrible, horrible, idea.

[tiredtoo]

7. Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and many others

Were vice president before becoming president. I like Elizabeth where she is, she is making a difference in the conversation. If she ran for President it would be detrimental for all. She would not win if nominated and may end up losing her voice, not literally but figuratively.

[Proud Public Servant]

12. Only two people

Have ever been elected to the presidency straight from the vice presidency: George H.W. Bush and Martin van Buren. (Sure, count Gore too if you like; that's still only 3). A powerful Senate seat is far, far better preparation and positioning for a run than is the vice presidency, unless you expect Hillary to die in office.

And speaking of the heir apparent, let's be clear about something else: a Hillary presidency is almost certain to be a carnival of anti-progressive Third-Wayism. Putting Warren inside that administration would tar her with that brush and take away her most important asset: the ability to credibly oppose the corporate wing of the party.

Again: horrible, horrible idea -- unless what you really want is to neutralize Warren.

[Beacool]

10. You just went and hurt Joe's feelings!!!

[Proud Public Servant]

13. Joe's a splendid veep

In the sense that he's a decent mouthpiece for the administration and amusing public figure. But look at Joe's position on Afghanistan, then look at what the administration has actually done, and tell me whether he's had an impact in his job.

[Beacool]

29. Being VP is a mixed bag and it's not for everyone.

I think that Joe likes the role, Hillary would have chafed under its constrictions. Ditto for Warren.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. Either President or Senator.

She would be utterly wasted as a V.P.

[HappyMe]

14. Exactly.

[Wilms]

15. The Hillarians are trying to cut deals hoping Warren won't upstage the candidate fron Goldman Sachs.

I'm loving it.

[MADem]

19. Cut what deals? No one has put a gun to Warren's head and forced her to say

"I'm not running, I am not interested, I don't want the job, no, no, no, no, no!" Not sure what you're loving, there.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/12/08/keller-large-sen-elizabeth-warren/

http://www.wcvb.com/news/politics/sen-warren-not-running-for-president/-/9848766/22988412/-/u506vvz/-/index.html

http://www.necn.com/12/04/13/Warren-I-am-not-running-for-president/landing_politics.html?blockID=859169&tagID=63181

http://www.nowthisnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-not-running-president/

http://www.wcvb.com/news/politics/warren-again-stresses-no-2014-presidential-run/-/9848766/23307438/-/aw54jm/-/index.html

[Little Star]

24. .

[Le Taz Hot]

26. "The Hillarians"

I'm SO going to steal that.

[Wilms]

27. No, you can not STEAL it!

I just gave it to you.

[Le Taz Hot]

28. Well then, thank you very much.

[Beacool]

39. I think that you are in the wrong site, this is not Free Republic.

The Hillarians?????

Maybe it chafes your backside, but Hillary is extremely popular within the party and around the world too. If she runs she has a very good chance of becoming the nominee, and no, this won't be like 2008.

Of all the bullshit one reads around here.........

[Wilms]

41. "Free Republic"?

Anything else??

[Egalitarian Thug]

17. So why would you want to take her out of politics and stick her in a closet where

she will never be heard from again? VPOTUS: a heartbeat away from having a heartbeat.

[SidDithers]

18. I made this, just to see the exploding heads...

Sid

[polichick]

22. Warren would lose all credibility with that decision.

[MADem]

37. What's gonna happen when Senator Warren lines up with the "Hillarians" and starts stumping for HRC?

Will she then become "hated" in this little corner of the universe, I wonder?

[polichick]

40. Not hated, but she'll lose her populist cred.

[L0oniX]

25. Which one are you going to vote for?

[MADem]

34. Heh, heh.... nt

[polichick]

20. Veep on what ticket - who's at the top?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Sanders/Warren? OK, by me.

[truebluegreen]

32. No.

I love Joe Biden and hated Darth Cheney, but the office of VP is still the proverbial bucket of warm spit in terms of actual power. Elizabeth Warren can be of far more use in the Senate than potentially muzzled by her running mate. I'd tend to think the same about an appointment to Secretary of the Treasury, although head of the SEC might be well worth it.

Edited to add: Sanders/Warren would blow my skirt up...but just about anyone else would be a mismatch re policy.

[MannyGoldstein]

33. Serve out Biden's term?

She'd probably get thrown out of the White House again.