MSNBC hinted at growing possibility that Bernie

[tavernier]

might accept VP slot if asked.

P.S. Don't shoot the messenger.

[dlwickham]

1. is Jill Stein going to ask because Hillary isn't

maybe Trump will ask

[Octafish]

2. Divide and Conquer

Making VP acceptable makes Hillary acceptable.

Count me in the "I don't think so" column.

[desmiller]

8. Add me to that column, pal.

[grasswire]

26. I doubt that Bernie has no such inclination.

This is just disinformation.

[silvershadow]

34. I'm not sure he would, but I suppose he might if he thinks it will move the ball back down the field

I will await his instructions before I decide. Absent those, I will await Hillary to woo me over.

[Codeine]

3. Monumentally stupid idea.

The Sanders fans would throw him under his own bus in a hot second.

[morningfog]

49. I agree it is a bad idea. Hillary already gets 80% of Bernie voters

if I remember the most recent poll.

He also doesn't add a state or region which she doesn't already have.

The value would not be the Bernie or bust, but the independent/new voters to whom Bernie's message resonates. Bernie suggested that the ticket would need someone who can get the independents out.

I am thinking the VP should be from a swing state whose focus or strength has been on economic inequities and worker's rights. And a trumpy attack dog.

Hillary doesn't need any gravitas or foreign policy guru and they don't even have to be very experienced. But Bernie meets very few of her needs in a VP.

[KingFlorez]

4. He won't be asked

[agracie]

51. He wouldn't accept anyway.

[Bjorn Against]

5. The pundits hint at all kinds of things that don't happen

I really don't think Bernie has any interest in being VP for a campaign run by big dollar donors and Super PACS.

[benny05]

25. Agreed. CNN tried to imply this too

Guess they'd do anything for headlines.

[Bjornsdotter]

6. No worries!

In my opinion Hillary would never ask.

To me it seems that MSNBC likes to create news rather than report it.

[scscholar]

35. It's the legacy of Microsoft

The truth isn't something that is respected by their kind.

[kentuck]

7. How else would Hillary persuade Bernie supporters to vote for her?

If Bernie was not on the ticket?

Just tell them they have a duty as a Democrat to vote for the Democratic nominee?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Highly doubtful Bernie is interested in the VP slot... he's WAY too principled.

Besides, Bernie is going to win the nomination.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[brewens]

9. I can't imagine what Bernie'd demands would have to be to be her VP. If it were me, I'd

demand veto power over any appointments. No more revolving door. I doubt that would be acceptable to her highness.

It could just be the usual VP gig. Not for giving up his Senate seat and power.

[COLGATE4]

17. Yep. Bernie is known as the most powerful Senator

from Vermont.

[Stallion]

29. Actually Patrick Leahy is Senior Senator From Vermont

Second Place again

[COLGATE4]

45. Yep- you're right. Well, Bernie is still

the 'Amendment King'. Now THAT's power. Those post offices aren't going to name themselves, you know.

[LuvLoogie]

28. Demand veto power over appointments?!

When has any VP had veto power over a President's appointments? Only self-entitled ideologues view Hillary as a queen. They hate that people with different opinions get to make a choice, too.

That's the exact same sentiment that baggers gave toward Barack.

[Lil Missy]

38. It's absurd. BS'ers keep forgetting that HRC won, the loser isn't in any position to make demands.

Especially usurping power from the POTUS. More fantasy.

[brewens]

64. Just sayin' what I'd demand if it was me. She shouldn't pick him and he

shouldn't accept. I wouldn't want him to be just the normal VP if he did.

[JackRiddler]

10. MSNBC making up more nonsense to stir attention and...

evade any coverage of actual issues in this campaign or in politics generally.

There will never be such an offer and almost certainly it would not be accepted.

[NurseJackie]

11. Acceptance and Bargaining.

I guess it's sinking-in that he's not going to be the nominee, and if he can't have what he wants, then he's bargaining for the possibility of having something else instead.

It makes more sense for Hillary to choose someone who's qualified now to accept a position that's "one-heartbeat-away" ... AND who's also going to be young enough in eight years to run and be elected as the 46th president.

[frylock]

24. Nobody that I know who supports Bernie is bargaining or accepting this horse shit.

Maybe it's you guys that are running through those stages, Dr. Frist.

[Joob]

12. Bernie supporters hint they still wouldn't vote Hillary

source - Bernie Supporters all around the United States

[2banon]

19. I really dig your BernieCrat logo design and colours.

is that one available over at the Bernie Forum?

[Joob]

20. To be honest grabbed it from someone else here! :(

and I forgot who. But whoever it was thanks!

[Lil Missy]

39. Then why should she waste any time on them?

[msongs]

13. not in the best interests of the democratic party. a veep should have ability

to succeed the president after the president's term(s) are overe nt

[SoCalMusicLover]

21. Like Biden?

I realize he is qualified to be President, but he did choose not to run, perhaps because of pressure from the Clintons?

[LiberalElite]

48. The need may be sooner than that eom

[Kittycat]

14. Are they running out of Trump videos and closeup shots

Of Clinton "rallies"? Nothing else to talk about, but make up news and float stories.

[Trajan]

15. Laughable ...

The dynamics between them are so different ... It is unimaginable that he would accept that degraded position ....

[6chars]

16. i wonder what statistical models say

There is some strategic value in nailing down the base, getting higher turnout from Democrats, youth. I also think he would help with some independents. Would not really help geographically.

As a pair, I don't think they have any interpersonal chemistry at all though. They really seem to dislike each other.

[pmorlan1]

18. Trying to Keep People

from voting for him.

[JPnoodleman]

23. Hillary will ask her friends, probably CEO of Goldman sachs to be VP n/t

[Kalidurga]

27. If he believes that Hillary is under imminent recommendation to indict

It would be a smart move, just sayin

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

33. Agreed... no doubt Bernie, being the compassionate person he is, would then grant Hillary a pardon.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[cwydro]

31. I don't see that happening.

At all.

[fizzlerynx]

32. I do not think there is any other possible way for Her to get the majority of his supporters

Just him endorsing her will do very little and about 50 percent of the sanders people do not even know who Liz Warren is. She has never run a National campaign and really only well known to the diehards that follow politics day in and day out.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. Talk about an idea that can unite both camps!!!!!

[LiberalElite]

47. ^^^^^THREAD WINNER ^^^^

[Ino]

37. This sounds like a leak from HRC being reported...

trying to woo Sanders supporters to her side. Not going to work!

But it would be a good idea if he knew for sure she would be indicted/convicted.

[Lil Missy]

40. She can do better than that, there are many others that are better qualified.

She's not going to pick Bernie as her VP. More fantasy.

[Lucinda]

41. Not gonna happen.

[Vote2016]

42. Not likely

[aikoaiko]

43. I suspect its faux-unity propoganda from the HRC campaign.

[Demsrule86]

44. Hillary don't ask

He would be the worst for the general.

[LiberalElite]

46. Will this be called the Oil and Water ticket? eom

[TheProgressive]

50. No way Senator Sanders would lower himself to be Clinton's VP

[fun n serious]

54. His campaign hinted before Michigan.

It won't happen tho.

[Renew Deal]

52. You don't have to worry about being asked

[agracie]

53. Doesn't get much more UNreliable than M$NBC

[Trust Buster]

55. A 74 year old Socialist ? Yeah right, great humor thread......LOL

[greiner3]

56. So many bad reasons why not above;

But it would make him a heartbeat away from POTUS

[andym]

57. It could be a good idea

if Bernie decides to concede to Clinton (it's not over yet), and if Bernie demands that he will have a bully pulpit to promote his ideas and push the national dialogue leftwards. There is still much work to be done to create the groundwork for progressive change and it is very important that the movement not stall with the election of Clinton. There are still far too many people in the US who believe the government is incapable of promoting social good, that strong government is a bad thing, that regulations are all bad, that taxes should only be cut etc-- basically the Reagan ideology. A consistent voice for progressive ideals that actually gets heard is really needed.
For a historical perspective, machine politician McKinley chose trust-busting Teddy Roosevelt for VP, and that resulted in ushering in the progressive era.

[donco]

58. JUST maybe

the opposite will happen.

[Mike Nelson]

59. Bernie seemed to be opening VP up...

...for discussion. He said they would get together and talk about issues when the time was right. However, I got the impression Bernie saw this as a later stage - after the nomination vote was over - and was not showing any particular interest in the VP job. MSNBC was suggesting the job more than Bernie (who was on screen) or Hillary (who had not commented that I saw). I don't think it will happen.

[hopemountain]

60. not going to happen. nt

[LiberalFighter]

61. It is just the media wanting to stir it up.

Must be a slow news day.

[BreakfastClub]

62. I'm sure he would, if asked. But he WON'T be asked. nt

[ContinentalOp]

63. She shouldn't go anywhere near him.

The minute she has a private meeting with him the rumor is going to be that she asked him to be VP and he said no because he's so pure and principled. She'd be smart to steer clear of him entirely.

But do you think Bernie would agree to be on a Trump/Sanders ticket? I think he might.

[HereSince1628]

65. They'll drop this as soon as Trump begins to turn his colorful commentary onto HRC.

MSNBC isn't really about news, it's an entertainment outlet specializing in the games of politics.