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book_worm

(15,951 posts)
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:26 AM May 2016

Biden would have selected Warren his VP--thinks HRC should, too

Joe Biden took months to decide he wouldn’t run for president — but he was sold on Elizabeth Warren as his running mate from the start, people familiar with the situation told POLITICO.

And he still thinks the Massachusetts firebrand would be Hillary Clinton’s best choice to replace him as the nation’s No. 2 in January 2017.

And Warren hasn’t entirely resisted the suggestion — in part, because it gives her leverage to influence Clinton’s potential staffing decisions in the Treasury Department and financial oversight boards.

On Wednesday, the 66-year-old former Harvard Law professor refused to rule out accepting an offer to join Clinton on the 2016 ticket, employing the kind of non-answer answer she’s used throughout much of the campaign to stay above the fray.

“We've got to get all of our nominations settled on the Democratic side,” she told the website Mic when asked the veep question. “For me, I’m going to keep doing my job every single day and I’m not thinking about another job.”

Warren — to the delight of Clinton’s staff — has recently trained her fire on Donald Trump, a move that many Clintonites interpret as evidence that the darling of the Democrats’ anti-establishment wing might be willing to accept Clinton, despite the front-runner’s deep and lucrative connections to the New York financial services sector.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-223104#ixzz48RoJ3XXP
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Biden would have selected Warren his VP--thinks HRC should, too (Original Post) book_worm May 2016 OP
Warren needs to stay in the Senate SciFiRK May 2016 #1
If she allows herself to be totally sidelined for the next 4 - 8 years, she is not my "Darling" djean111 May 2016 #2
Spot on analysis. I think Warren wouldn't want to be LibDemAlways May 2016 #4
You cannot force someone to be a veep! MoonRiver May 2016 #3
Can't help but wonder why so much "Joe Biden" as of late. Hmmmmm....??? eom Purveyor May 2016 #5
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
2. If she allows herself to be totally sidelined for the next 4 - 8 years, she is not my "Darling"
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:43 AM
May 2016

any more. I understand, in a way, but this would be a grievous loss to the Senate, and, of course, would delight the Third Way (remember? In the WSJ they felt compelled to write an entire article/opinion wad on how Warren "is getting out of hand"?) immeasurably.

Hillary would not change any of her pro-Wall Street, hawk, Third Way stances, and Warren would be attending dinners and funerals, after having served her purpose as, basically, live bait for Bernie's supporters.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
4. Spot on analysis. I think Warren wouldn't want to be
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:27 AM
May 2016

saddled with having to play second fiddle to a candidate significantly to the right of her and to have to defend Hillary's ties to the big banks out on the campaign trail. Won't happen.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
3. You cannot force someone to be a veep!
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:50 AM
May 2016

Elizabeth didn't even want to run for president. WHY would she then turn around accept the vice presidency, and be virtually powerless for the next 4 to 8 years???

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