2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBoston Globe: Sen. Reid is now "very open" to Elizabeth Warren being Hillary's V.P.
According to the article, Sen. Reid has been exploring legal ways to retain Liz Warren's Senate seat, if she becomes the Vice President -- even though Massachusetts has a Republican governor.
Sen. Reid has been on record that he wouldn't support for V.P. any Senator from a Repub-led state, because of the loss it would mean to the Senate. But it appears they might have found a legal path in Massachusetts!
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/06/03/harry-reid-studies-legal-scenarios-for-filling-senate-seat-elizabeth-warren-gets-vice-presidential-nod/3FSrNJlAhqRoiWt6iQMK7J/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed
WASHINGTON Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has been actively reviewing Massachusetts rules for filling a US Senate vacancy, another indication of the seriousness with which Democrats are gaming out the possibility of Elizabeth Warren joining likely presidential nominee Hillary Clintons ticket.
The upshot of Reids review is that Senate Democrats may have found an avenue to block or at least narrow GOP Governor Charlie Bakers ability to name a temporary replacement and prevent the Senate from flipping to a Democratic majority if Warren were to leave the chamber. That suggests the issue is not as significant an obstacle as Reid previously feared.
Pieces of the legal guidance given to Reid were shared with the Globe by a person close to Reid who is familiar with the guidance.
Reid sees a number of promising paths to making sure that Democrats keep Warrens seat and is very open to her being selected, said this person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
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merrily
(45,251 posts)These stories are nonsense anyway. They are never going to make a ticket of two white women over 65. No balance. And no Bernie supporter is going to buy that Warren's voice will mean anything in a Clinton white house.
polio2
(98 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)No way would Warren run with Hillary.
merrily
(45,251 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)as VP would cut him down to size. Or does that bother you?
merrily
(45,251 posts)Reid did not want to lose a Senator to the ticket if a Republican might replace him or her in the Senate.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)to any Bernie supporters? You couldn't sound more threatened.
merrily
(45,251 posts)I have no clue why. It's as simply my view of how Bernie supporters will feel about it, given the history of the Clintons, of Warren, etc.
This is what I actually posted
"And no Bernie supporter is going to buy that Warren's voice will mean anything in a Clinton white house."
In any case, I don't think it's going to happen anyway. I think the Hillary campaign has been busy trying to make people believe it will happen.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Secretary of Treasury, yes. But I think she is doing an awesome job and right where she belongs...and know that MA people agree.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Project. Says a lot about both FDR and the nature of the office.
And, as Cheney said, the VP has two duties: inquire about the health of the President and preside over the Senate.
If Warren accepts that, more much less power to her.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)into even greater heights of crazed misogyny.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)Geez. I wish he'd make-up his mind.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)in Massachusetts, it appears that there is a way around the Republican governor there.