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If Bernie Sanders wins the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination and defeats Trump in the November General Election, He will be 79 years old when he gets inaugurated. He will be 83 when he completes his first term and 87 when he completes his final term. Sanders needs an highly competent Vice Presidential Runningmate in 2020 and 2024 to suceed him assuming Sanders is unable to serve out his full term. Who should be that runningMate?
Sherrod Brown?
Kamala Harris?
Al Franken?
Amy Klobuchar?
Tammy Duckworth?
Tulsi Gabbard?
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I like Bernie, but I don't want to see him run again.
We need someone new, fresh, and younger.
QC
(26,371 posts)nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)Kamala Harris/Tammy Duckworth
noel1237
(25 posts)gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I think Bernie's time has passed.
still_one
(91,968 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,211 posts)Good one.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)ANY DEMOCRAT!
NBachers
(17,007 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)For fuck's sake, no pre-ordained "inevitable" marquee candidates sucking all the air out of the room and bullying the rest of the party into staying out of the race.
I want a huge field, preferably including a whole bunch of people under 50 and from West of the Rockies.
Newsom. Harris. Franken. Warren. Buttigeig. Inslee. Booker. Duckworth.
To name a few.
Wednesdays
(17,250 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Not exclusive to.
I realize that Franken is MN, Warren is MA, Booker is NJ, etc.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Please, enough of this. We need to stop recycling the old candidates and inject some new energy into the party.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)nm
LibraLiz1973
(8,197 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)Can we possibly choose a standardbearer that would be older than Trump on his inauguration day?
Try some of these names:
New York AG Eric Schneiderman: 67 years old on Inauguration Day
Montana Governor Steve Bullock: 54 on Inauguration Day
California Senator Kamala Harris: 56 on Inauguration Day
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy: 47 on Inauguration Day
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz: 48 on Inauguration Day
Retired Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr.: 50 on Inauguration Day
Retired HUD Secretary Julian Castro: 46 on Inauguration Day
LibraLiz1973
(8,197 posts)Bernie Sanders will never be President, ever.
Let it go.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)StevieM
(10,499 posts)I will have to vote for him.
I like Elizabeth Warren and the governor of Washington, Jay Inslee.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Senate ...... I think Warren would be better to stay in Senate also .
Do not see Sharrod Brown accepting or wanting Vice President position
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I don't think they are going to be successful presidential candidates ever.
4now
(1,596 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)For myself, I will vote for a current member of the Democratic party.
Stinky The Clown
(67,697 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,906 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Bernie Sanders will never run as a Democratic Presidential candidate again. Pretty sure his days of being propped up by the Democrats are over for good.
StevieM
(10,499 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)But it's not going to be on the Democratic ticket.
Fool us once....
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Bernie needs to stand down in 2020 and new faces need to run in that Primary.
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)mopinko
(69,812 posts)problems in his thinking. i know he is a thoughtful and articulate man, but what i saw as the campaign wore on was that he didnt seem able to present any nuance. he couldnt get off "millionaires and billionaires" and "wall street, wall street, wall street" no matter the context.
this is what cost him the black vote. he couldnt envision the difference between racial justice and economic justice. he insisted they were the same thing. this disturbed me on many levels, but one of them was wondering is he had the mental chops for the job.
no bernie. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
retire to vermont, and enjoy your old age, dude.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)mvd
(65,148 posts)just about anyone in politics. That said, I think his political revolution needs to be about more than him. There are many Bernie supporters who could take up the cause and run. We also need unity badly, and perhaps Hillary or Bernie running would hurt that.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Would still prefer a Democrat in '20, if one can be found with the guts to turn down the Big Money per Bernie's example.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Thanks for the laugh!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I don't think he'd want to look that parasitic.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Really, now. You've heard it all upthread. Consider deleting.