who would you like to see as Bernie's VP choice?

[grasswire]

...aside from E. Warren?

I think naming a VP choice early on would be really exciting.

[Kalidurga]

1. Nina Turner

she is a very energetic and passionate about important issues. I would love to see her as the first woman president.

[Samantha]

2. Martin O'Malley (n/t)

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Jim Sinegal

Former Costco CEO.

[WillyT]

4. Raúl Grijalva...

[enid602]

54. funny

But wouldn't it look funny if he picks his only congressional endorsement as his runningmate?

[WillyT]

56. I Dunno... The Latino Vote And Immigration Reform Vote Are Pretty Big AND Important...

Hillary is said to be considering Julian Castro for the same reason.

[mythology]

60. I legitimately don't mean this to be snarky, but you forgot Keith Ellison

I have a lot of respect for Ellison given how hard it must be to be an elected Muslim in this country.

But as noted by another poster, it would possibly help with the Latino vote. I don't know if Grijalva has enough name recognition to make a significant difference.

An additional potential is Cory Booker, who would help with the black vote. I would say it would in theory help in a potential general election against Christie, but given that nobody in New Jersey thinks Christie would make a good president, that's probably not a significant consideration.

I also think that Kristen Gillibrand would be a good choice. She is a good fundraiser and is popular within the party and so has the connections that Sanders doesn't.

A long shot candidate would be somebody like Brian Schweitzer who has a similar appeal to Sanders. The downside is that he's also from a small state.

That said, other than maybe Schweitzer, none of them would sign on to be named as a VP candidate unless Sanders is the presumptive nominee.

[Juicy_Bellows]

5. Jill Stein - nt.

[LWolf]

13. Yes. nt

[SidDithers]

17. He should announce that right now...

"If I win the Democratic Primary, I will choose Jill Stein to be my running mate".

It's a winning strategy, for sure.

Sid

[Reter]

25. Two firsts don't work together

Two Jews unfortunately would fail.

[Live and Learn]

33. Seriously?? nt

[Reter]

42. Yep

I'd vote for them in a heartbeat, but two firsts don't work, such as if it were Obama and another African American in 2008 or if it were Clinton/Warren next year.

[NCTraveler]

6. I think Paul is the only choice he could make...

That would increase his base.

[kristopher]

7. Yep

That would unquestionably lock in the spliff-smoking, bald green guy vote.

[Reter]

24. Paul who?

Rand? Ron?

[Live and Learn]

34. McCartney? nt

[Paka]

8. I want to see whomever Bernie picks.

It has to be his choice, not mine. I cannot imagine him having a bad pick. Like Gore in 2000 picking f****ing Liberman for his choice. I was newly back in the US from Africa and needed to re-register to vote, but I couldn't imagine checking a box that included that slimy Dino, so I chose not to vote that year! I was leaving soon anyway.

I trust Bernie to pick a good Veep. He has the core values I respect.

GO BERNIE!!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

9. Barbara Lee, but Raul Grijalva would also be good. nt

[demwing]

10. Jessie Jackson

natural allies

[SmittynMo]

11. Robert Reich

He's almost identical in his policy stance.

[valerief]

27. Same with me. nt

[left-of-center2012]

12. One of the Castro brothers

And I don't mean Fidel and Raul.

[libdem4life]

22. Julian...he's already in DC being groomed.

But I like MOM, too.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. They are overrated

they are boring

[merrily]

28. And they are very much New Democrats.

[Hepburn]

14. I trust him to do the right thing!

And I am sure I will be happy with his choice.

[Darb]

15. How about.......

a unicorn.

[workinclasszero]

16. LOL

[demwing]

20. You gave yourself accolades?

[Live and Learn]

18. O'Malley. They look great together and they mesh well on the issues. nt

[TBF]

52. He looks like the best candidate currently.

I'd rather have someone from a purple state (which Texas is not at this point in time), but he's a good age, has governing experience, and at least he's progressive.

[Live and Learn]

58. Yeah, but I heard him tonight and he is not playing very nicely. Took some hits at both Bernie

and Hillary.

I wish he and Bernie could work together on the issues.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Cornel West./nt

[workinclasszero]

21. Top pick for sure!

Go for it Bernie!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. Fifty state strategy./nt

[workinclasszero]

45. You betcha!

[pinebox]

23. Jill Stein

Because it's time for someone different! Her and Bernie would be a great ticket. They align very nicely on the issues. O'Malley would be another choice.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Jill_Stein.htm

[Juicy_Bellows]

29. Yeah, I got some static up thread about two jews being two too many etc.

This place sometimes....

[pinebox]

30. wtf seriously?

[Juicy_Bellows]

32. See #25 -nt

[jeepers]

35. Van Jones

still looking for that black radical/activist many thought Obama would be and that the minority communites in this country need to represent them

[MrMickeysMom]

84. That may not be a bad strategy...

Van Jones is a genuine environmentalist and the only special interest he's beholden to is poor people. He was the kind of person they hoped Obama would bring to DC. Unfortunately, that didn't work out and Obama gifted us with Larry Summers.

[Cheese Sandwich]

36. Keith Ellison, Liz Warren ...

[Ken Burch]

62. A Sanders/Ellison ticket would be great on the merits alone.

It would be even more worth it just to see Trump's and Huckabee's heads exploding.

[cascadiance]

77. I wonder how a Netanyahu visit would work out then too...

I'd be loving to see how Netanyahu would meet with a presidential team of a Jew and a Muslim! Would make for a lot of interesting conversations!

Though perhaps not a realistic team, I think that team would be great to help us try to have a vivid demonstration of how the many religious, cultural, racial, and other barriers should be brought down in our society and that our focus as human beings is on us all as HUMAN BEINGS!!!

[randome]

37. Batman.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

[KingCharlemagne]

38. Julian Castro, to take the fight to the Repuke geographic base AND lock

down the Latino vote.

[okasha]

39. Julian Castro isn't going to join a sure-fire losing ticket

on his first run for national office. That would be an incredibly stupid career move. I don't think O'Malley would go over the cliff with Sanders, either.

[Fawke Em]

44. But they'd be willing to risk it with Clinton, who is MORE of a sure-fire loser

in the general election?

Sanders polls better against Republicans than she does.

Maybe Darb upthread should give YOU the unicorn.

[okasha]

46. The Republicans are actively

supporting Sanders for the Democratic nomination because they know they can beat him. I think we would be extremely foolish to fall into that trap.

Clinton, on the other hand, has weathered every attempt they've made to derail her, most recently the Benghazi fiasco. Bernie's never had to face anything similar, and I don't believe his candidacy could survive it. Outside of liberal, highly educated enclaves, "socialist" is a poison pill. The irony that Sanders isn't really a socialist at all will go over most people's heads at light speed.

[TBF]

47. Clinton was derailed pretty quickly by Obama -

and she is vulnerable again for the same reasons she was in 2008.

[okasha]

49. Apples and shoelaces.

Barack Obama was young, handsome, charismatic and eloquent. Still is, come to that.

He started out with substantial backing within the Democratic organization and won the African American vote by a largemargin.

Sanders isn't, hasn't and won't.

[TBF]

51. He had no backing - Hillary was the establishment

candidate that time as well. He did have the African American vote. I don't know if Bernie can beat her due to age but he certainly is way ahead on the issues and relating to the American public. The question is whether she can win a general election in this country. I still don't think she's electable.

[okasha]

80. Of course he had backing.

Obama comes straight out of the Daley organization in Chicago. He married into it, ffs. Michelle's father was a member. Nor was Ted Kennedy exactly negligible.

Obama did not run as a lone wolf, and he has been a better president for the support he has had.

Sanders can't even get a fellow Senator to back him. There's no comparison.

[TBF]

86. Michelle Obama's father was a precinct captain - hell I've done that

and so have thousands of other folks all over the country. Volunteer work. That is not being part of an organization that propels you to anything. Good lord.

Read his books if you don't understand how he ran - he went around, visited rich folks like Buffett, and got their blessing (and their donations).

Sanders is not part of the establishment - of course they're not backing him.

[redstateblues]

69. Obama was inspirational. Bernie is angry

[okasha]

81. Bernie is boring.

[KingCharlemagne]

50. FYI: In head-to-head matchups, Sanders defeats ANY Repuke

candidate, at least according to recent polling.

So why the defeatism?

Are you implying that Castro is not a loyal Dem?

[okasha]

73. It's not defeatism.

It's reality.

Hillary also defeats any Republican candidate and has withstood everything they and their collaborators can throw at her.

Bernie hasn't. Don't kid yourself that "socialist" isn't a poison pill. Raising taxes on the middle class is another. So is "draft dodger.* Right wing publications are already asking whether Jane Sanders will go to jail for securities fraud. And it will get much, much worse from there.

Of course Castro is a loyal Dem. That doesn't mean he's going to accrpt a suicide mission.

[Fawke Em]

43. He's Third Way.

We have enough of them already.

[KingCharlemagne]

53. Castro on the ticket would force Repukes to shift

resources to defend heretofore safely red districts. And his presence on the ticket will deliver Latinos to the Dems for at least a generation.

[okasha]

82. I think it's highly probable he! ll be Hillary's VP.

The Hispanic vote is already overwhelmingly Democratic. Hillary herself has long standing ties to the community, going back to the heyday of La Raza Unida and the UFW strikes.

[Empowerer]

67. Julian Castro has endorsed Hillary Clinton

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/15/448949248/juli-n-castro-endorses-hillary-clinton

[TBF]

87. It has lowered my opinion of him substantially. nt

[KMOD]

40. Killer Mike

[Zorra]

41. Cynthia McKinney maybe. Jesse jackson, Barbara Lee, and Raul Grijalva

would be great VPs but they are getting up there in years, but I would trust any of them to take over for Bernie if need be. There just aren't a whole lot of great choices for VP besides a few older Dem legislators.

New Dems are out of the question.

Kshama Sawant is awesome but is lacking in experience.

[oasis]

48. Killer Mike. Who else?

[enid602]

55. roseanne

Roseanne Barr.

[Drunken Irishman]

57. Dennis Kucinich. No way could that ticket lose.

[Ken Burch]

59. Nina Turner or one of the Castro twins. n/t.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

61. No Castros

[fredamae]

79. Yep...Third Way/New Dem Coalition affiliation n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

63. Barbara Mikulski!

Now that Barb is retiring from the Senate? Sanders/Mikulski the dynamic duo!

Other people - Tammy Baldwin, Heather Mizeur, Donna Edwards Martin O'Mallley

[KMOD]

64. Mikulski is strongly supporting HRC.

Tammy Baldwin, and Heather Mizeur, too. Donna Edwards has not officially endorsed HRC, but has been very vocally supportive.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

65. but even so

when Bernie is the nominee it won't matter if they have endorsed Hills.

[KMOD]

66. lol

ok.

[moobu2]

68. It doeant matter becasue he's never going to win the primary and

he's too old to run again. Hell, he's too old to run now.

[CoffeeCat]

72. You know what's even older than Bernie Sanders?

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The sad fact that our democracy has been purchased by corporations who have bought themselves a government that no longer represents, "We The People."

That's fucking old. And it's disgusting.

I could care less if Bernie was 35, or 75.

Bernie is a once-in-a-lifetime candidate because he intends to put an end to this hijacking of our democracy and destruction of our middle class--as most other politicians take corporate handouts and continue to act as slaves for these greedy interests.

Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is serious about returning this nation to its rightful owners, "We The People."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

83. He's only 6 years older than Hillary!!!

spring chickens

[MrMickeysMom]

85. It "doeant"?

[JI7]

70. Hillary Clinton

[jwirr]

71. Without looking at the other posters: someone young who

agrees with him on the issues. Preferably someone Hispanic and a western state. Used the old way of selecting a running mate.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

75. Someone more progressive than he is.

Susan Sarandon, Tom Hayden, Jerry Brown, Noam Chomsky, Cecile Richards, Jill Stein.

[Phlem]

76. NOT Hillary Clinton.

[fredamae]

78. CA Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom n/t