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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
Fri May 23, 2014, 02:41 AM May 2014

Schweitzer & Warren ...Hmmmmm

That would be something else..

He speaks Arabic..has lived in the Middle East (Libya)..He's a plain-spoken guy..and he's very tall (yes, it's silly, but height matters)

Warren's senate seat would be safe in 2016, and if he chose another, she would be an excellent choice for Sec of Treas..

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Schweitzer & Warren ...Hmmmmm (Original Post) SoCalDem May 2014 OP
Warren isn't running even for vice president jmowreader May 2014 #1
As long as it's not... SoapBox May 2014 #2
Sorry, bad idea. Enthusiast May 2014 #3
That would be my favorite as well. SoCalDem May 2014 #5
I like Schweitzer, but I don't see him getting the nomination Lurks Often May 2014 #4

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
1. Warren isn't running even for vice president
Fri May 23, 2014, 03:08 AM
May 2014

How about Schweitzer and Kentucky governor Steve Beshear, Schweitzer and Mass governor Deval Patrick, or Schweitzer and New York governor Andrew Cuomo? I kinda like the Beshear-Schweitzer ticket; one huge attack the GOP lays at our feet is "the Democrats don't understand Real America." (Real America being the rural parts of America and not the big cities that are full of Democrats.) Beshear understands the farmer, the factory worker and the urbanite, and Schweitzer certainly understands the concerns of the American farmer, being he is one. And Beshear has done wonders with Obamacare - even if the GOP ever managed to repeal the federal law I think the Kentucky citizenry would like to keep Kynect.

Better idea: Steve Beshear for president, Brian Schweitzer for VP.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
2. As long as it's not...
Fri May 23, 2014, 05:18 AM
May 2014

Hillary. Unfortunately, too much past baggage and the PukeBaggers will have a field day.

And as much as I personally would love it in my lifetime, a woman can't win in either position (I hope I get proven wrong.)

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
5. That would be my favorite as well.
Fri May 23, 2014, 10:14 AM
May 2014

but if Hillary runs, Elizabeth will stay put, and Hillary would never choose her as a running mate.. The Clintons will want a Hispanic younger man

 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
4. I like Schweitzer, but I don't see him getting the nomination
Fri May 23, 2014, 08:36 AM
May 2014

A Catholic, pro-gun former governor in favor of coal mining to convert coal to fuel isn't going to get the support of a number of small, but very vocal and influential groups on the left.

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