Clinton wants VP Appealing to Sanders supporters

[book_worm]

“Hillary Clinton is considering a running mate who could make a direct appeal to supporters of Bernie Sanders, bridging a generational and political divide,” USA Today reports.

“Clinton’s chief requirements include a candidate’s resume and a fighter capable of hand-to-hand combat with Trump. The campaign’s vetting also prioritizes demographics over someone from a key swing state as she seeks to unify the Democratic voting base, said the individuals coordinating with the campaign, who were not authorized to speak on the record about early deliberations.”

https://politicalwire.com/2016/05/16/clinton-wants-vp-appealing-to-sanders-supporters/

If this is the criteria who do you think it might be? Sen. Warren hasn't ruled it out, for instance.

[puffy socks]

1. Good thing most of his supporters

are reasonable people.
The fanatics will just lable whomever it is a "corporate sell out"
.....because that is how progress is made.

[Cha]

3. lol.. I hope she chooses the best one for the job and appealing to diversity.. not

trying to get their approval.

[NurseJackie]

8. It makes little sense to chase after voters who ...

... would never vote for her anyway. Best for her to choose a VP that appeals to a greater number of reasonable voters instead of a handful of self-isolating perpetually disgruntled non-voters who are typically unreliable.

[LiberalFighter]

22. I go for that.

The problem with that is there aren't that many that are really to the left of her. So anyone that isn't Sanders will probably not make them happy. Maybe someone from Obama's cabinet. Past or present.

[Walk away]

34. That says it all!

[fleabiscuit]

17. From the republithug site says the republithug voices...

"who were not authorized to speak on the record about early deliberations" and the magic 8-ball.

But I'm a natural born skeptic.

[Cha]

20. I was skeptical when I read it.. doesn't sound true.

[still_one]

35. Exactly. Thank-you Cha

[Cha]

36. I bet she does!

stillone~

[stonecutter357]

2. I would not go anywhere close to that cesspool of a campaign for a VP.

[Cha]

4. That's kinda what I said..lol

[brush]

5. Nina Turner. She can go toe-to-toe with the best of them, and she's from Ohio.

Repugs can never win without Ohio.

And she brings Sanders fans with her.

[Laurian]

7. No. She wasn't able to win a statewide race in Ohio and I

think her rhetoric can be alienating. Once she abandoned Hillary for Bernie, I think she burned all bridges.

[stopbush]

11. Good grief! The worst surrogate EVER, and a person who very publicly

switched her support from Hillary to Sanders.

No, I don't think so.

[Cha]

12. Really. Anyway it would never happen in a million years.

[brush]

23. Susan Sarandon, Rosario Dawson and Cornell West were much worse surrogates

Those 3 alienated everyone

Switching from Hillary to Sanders rubs you the wrong way, I give you that but that doesn't make her a bad surrogate, especially compared to the infamous 3 listed above.

The fact that she would bring Sanders supporters and some Ohio voters should be considered.

[stopbush]

24. They were ALL bad. Turner was the worst because she was put on TV a lot more

than the others, and she often came off as being a cheerleader who was out of touch with reality.

Even Weaver and Devine and Sanders himself knew enough to admit that the road after NY was tough. I saw Turner on MSNBC after Sanders got creamed in NY saying that the primary season was young and that Team Sanders was only at the start of the contest. Delusional on every level.

[brush]

25. That last part was delusional, but what else are they gonna say?

That's all they have left.

[Koinos]

6. I think she is leaning toward Elizabeth Warren.

The campaign’s vetting also prioritizes demographics over someone from a key swing state as she seeks to unify the Democratic voting base

In other words, it's okay if the VP choice is from Massachusetts and not from a swing state. But what is meant by demographics? Hispanics, African-Americans, Women, or progressives? If the aim is to unify the Democratic voting base, Warren is the best choice at this point of division in the primary.

Clinton’s chief requirements include a candidate’s resume and a fighter capable of hand-to-hand combat with Trump.

Doesn't sound like Castro to me. It does look like Elizabeth Warren's resume, however. Warren has the credentials -- lawyer, university professor, senator, beloved by progressives. And Warren would decimate Trump. O'Malley has also hit Trump very hard. He has called Trump a fascist, an "anti-immigrant carnival barker," and a few other choice names. But Warren has been relentless of late.

ETA: This could be a trial balloon to see how Sanders and his supporters react.

ETA2: The campaign does not need to appeal to Hispanics. Trump has already driven that group to the Hillary camp.

[misterhighwasted]

15. Yes. along with AA's, Women, LGBT & every other demographic besides Sanders & Trump's white middle

Hillary should choose whomever aligns with her popular & sound policies & principles.
That is why she's leading the others by millions of votes.

[BlueMTexpat]

19. +1! eom

[stopbush]

9. How sad is it that Hillary has to think in terms of her VP pick

uniting the Party? Shame on Sanders for putting her in such a position!

And what good would it do? The rabid Sanders followers will view anybody Hillary picks as a sell-out.

I'm hoping this is just campaign rhetoric that allows Hillary to pick someone who can help deliver a swing state while paying lip service to the idea of assuaging Sanders zealots.

[Thinkingabout]

10. I trust her to make this very important decision.

[Her Sister]

26. Me too! Me two!

Me 2! lol!

Am excited!

[KittyWampus]

13. I don't think this article is based on reality. It's hot air.

[Fla Dem]

16. It's a posting of a USA article.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/05/15/hillary-clinton-running-mate-democrat-vice-president/84288814/

I don't think it's all that far fetched. I think the phrasing of the story is wrong. Whether it's Liz Warren, Sherrod Brown or any other progressive pick, I think they're just good picks and have nothing to do with Bernie Sanders.

[misterhighwasted]

14. Why? She should choose a VP that supports HER principles.

And the principles of her supporters.
Bernie folk can f off if they dont like it.
Join Hillary or Join Trump or stay home.
The Sanders fans will do what they want & its not going to matter who she chooses. Won't matter if the VP is appealing to them or not.

Hillary should do what is best for her principles & this country. That is her strength & why she is millions of votes ahead of Sanders & Trump.

Bernie should move home.

[TwilightZone]

18. I think it has more to do with the attack dog part than appealing to Sanders supporters.

I still believe that most of them are reasonable and will vote accordingly in November. I think the ones we see are the loud and obnoxious, but very small, minority.

I think it's more important that she have a Joe Biden-like (in personality, not in demographics) VP who can rough it up with Trump and his surrogates during the campaign.

[yallerdawg]

21. From USA Today link:

The biggest divide in the Democratic Party is along generational lines. A significant number of Sanders’ supporters will have voted against Clinton during primaries in 2008 and 20016. “They’re not Democrats, these kids,” said Howard Dean, a 2004 Democratic primary candidate and a Clinton surrogate. “They’re independents and they could vote Republican eventually if we don’t do something to get them into our party,” he said.

A Warren pick would leave unattended a gaping gender gap between her and Trump. But according to one source close to the campaign, officials believe she can build a winning coalition by rallying blacks, Hispanics, older women — who already support her — along with younger women, whom Warren could bring into the fold. The source was not permitted to speak on the record about strategy.

[SharonClark]

27. I doubt Warren has more 'younger women' support than Hillary does.

[yallerdawg]

29. But Bernie does.

And Warren can bring them aboard nationally - if not the 'bros.'

Look what an absolute unknown has done to our Democratic primary.

If Warren had run - or she had endorsed and campaigned for Sanders - I have no doubt Hillary would have been even more vulnerable to an another upset like 2008.

That under-40 demographic is the one Democratic kink in the armor troubling the prognosticators. Warren could fix it.

[Buzz cook]

28. Allen Grayson? nt

nt

[BootinUp]

30. He's got some big problems

investigated by the House Ethics committee, runs a hedge fund.

[Buzz cook]

31. Yes but

Loved by Sanders supporters, attack dog, and in some ways left of Clinton.

[BootinUp]

32. We need a relatively scandal free candidate

That is one of the important qualities for this election.

[texstad79]

33. This election like the past two

will be decided by people of color, who are the growing demographic. I hope she chooses accordingly. There is no appeasing the Bros and any attempt to do so will dampen minority turnout.