Why are our guys not doing the same thing Daffy Donald is doing? Saying who his VP Nominations

[patricia92243]

might be, who he might nominate to the Supreme Court, and other things of this nature. His wife has gone into detail how she will handle the job of First Lady. It gives the impression that he is the sure-thing for President and the other contenders don't even count.

It is a brilliant and workable scheme to groom the public to the idea that he has already won.

My question is why are Hillary and Bernie each not doing this?

[mikehiggins]

1. Sanders is the show. Anyone who will vote for him will do so no matter what. Anyone who will vote

against him will do so no matter what. There is no one on the political scene who would actually change that dynamic so why jump the gun?

As to HRC, she already has Bill, right?

[patricia92243]

8. Independent voters who have not made up their minds must be taken into account. We must have them

on our side.

I am talking about the presidency - not the primaries. That is what Trump is projecting - that he is already it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Because Daffy Donald doesn't have a Republican opponent.

[patricia92243]

3. I wondered if this might not be part of the answer - that he is the presumed nominee and we have not

quite reached that point yet.

Do you know if it is a legal thing - that we cannot do the VP, etc. list until we have a presumed nominee or is it just a tradition.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. The candidates can presumably say anything they want.

All of Daffy Donald's opponent have conceded and he is now consolidating his base.

[Jitter65]

5. They don't have to. But if Hillary did it you would accuse her of being presumptuous. nt

[patricia92243]

11. I wish Hillary AND Bernie would do it. I think it is the most brillient political move made by a

candidate that I have seen lately. Be afraid of Daffy Don - be very afraid.

[auntpurl]

6. Because traditionally you don't announce VP picks etc until you've clinched

to avoid how stupid Ted Cruz looked when he announced Carly as his VP and then withdrew like a day later.

[patricia92243]

10. lol - ol' Teddy did look foolish. n/t

[JRLeft]

7. Donald is trying to earn the support of the GOP establishment.

[patricia92243]

9. Good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. He is killing two birds with one stone - the GOP and

the undecided public.