Most Hillary supporters want Elizabeth Warren for VP

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Sahil Kapur ?@sahilkapur 18h18 hours ago
Clinton supporters want Elizabeth Warren for VP
http://bloom.bg/1UzO80P



Talking Points Memo ?@TPM 3h3 hours ago
Hillary Clinton is actively vetting Elizabeth Warren as potential running mate http://bit.ly/2658DKB

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Of course they do,

but it's not very likely for a host of valid reasons.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Including that Chuck Schumer apparently doesn't want her to be VP? n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Could be. There are other reasons, too.

[Sheepshank]

3. Warren is very high profile

some of the others have yet to presented very publically.

I personally was not one of those that favors Warren...and apparently I'm in the minority. That feels weird lol

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. she's not my first choice, but i certainly wouldn't mind her.

[auntpurl]

7. Agreed. nt

[Lucinda]

16. +1

[yallerdawg]

5. Clinton/Warren 2016!

OMG!!!

[PoliticAverse]

9. Clinton/Warren vs Trump/(name witheld by request) !

[CorkySt.Clair]

8. Why doesn't Juan Castro get any love?

He's in congress FPS.

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14. if he's going to be a serious contender

...he's going to need to increase his public profile fast.

I'd wager that there's only a smattering of Americans who even know who he is.

[Proud Public Servant]

24. It's Julian, and he's not in Congress

That's his brother Joaquin.

As for why he gets no love, I hope it's because being (1) the powerless part-time mayor of a city run by a city manager, and then (2) the head of a cabinet department who's accomplishments no one can name does not qualify you to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. He's nowhere near ready yet, and so picking him would look like tokenism and simply reinforce the perception that Hillary is a pandering, focus-group-driven political operator who puts her own ambitions ahead of the nation.

[CorkySt.Clair]

25. Which is precisely why I asked why Joaquin doesn't get any attention.

Though I did butcher his name, unfortunately.

He's in Congress, which is a bigger deal than being Mayor of San Antonio IMO.

[Proud Public Servant]

29. Sorry, I misunderstood

I thought you were asking about why Julian's numbers were so low. As for Joaquin, isn't he just finishing up his first term -- in a Congress that literally did nothing? That's a pretty tough sell. A long-standing congressman like Luis Gutiérrez or Xavier Becerra would be a more plausible pick.

[democrattotheend]

10. I want her as VP if Hillary actually wants her as VP

But if it's just to make Bernie supporters happier about voting for Hillary I am not for it, because if Hillary doesn't intend to make her an important part of the administration I'd rather have her in the Senate. If she were to play a big role like Biden I would be very happy about it.

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18. I don't think Elizabeth Warren is anyone's chump or potted plant.

Clinton's reasons for wanting her should seem pretty obvious--she's smart, she knows how to speak forcefully, and she's been kicking the crap out of Donald Trump lately.

[democrattotheend]

19. Agreed

I don't think Warren would take the job just to be window dressing. I am just saying that Hillary should follow Obama's model of picking someone she wants to govern with, not someone chosen based on electoral calculations. If Warren is the person she wants that would be great.

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21. I think a lot of people (not counting you in their numbers) can't process

the idea that Clinton would choose Warren because she views Warren as an asset to have in an administration, that she would want a liberal ass-kicker helping move legislation and lobby for policy.

[democrattotheend]

22. I think she might

I just remember reading an article a month or so ago about how Hillary didn't really want to pick Warren and would only do so if she felt she had to to unite the party after the primary. But I know they have talked a lot more since, so if Hillary has decided she genuinely wants Warren on her team that's great.

[geek tragedy]

23. lots of articles speculate about Hillary's state of mind.

it's kind of a cottage industry.

I think Clinton learned a lot of lessons from 2008--lessons she needed to learn. First, hire advisors who are the polar opposite of Mark Penn.

[GummyBearz]

11. Worst idea ever

Making one of the biggest establishment leaders the boss of one of the biggest opposition leaders to the establishment is stupid. We need Warren in the senate in order to filibuster all of the shitty things HRC wants passed.

[bunnies]

12. Yep.

Its a great way to pander to the left and silence one of our strongest voices simultaneously. Screw that.

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13. well yeah

...if any of that nonsense was true.

Sanders folks are still arguing with the caricature of Hillary they invented. I've never seen a campaign so divorced from reality; so intent on remaining in the bubble.

The ENTIRE congressional progressive caucus is supporting Hillary, including its chairman who just switched from Bernie to Hillary today. Nattering on and on about 'establishment' is some ridiculous delusion, having just spent the primary trying to elect a decades-long politician to the highest political office in the land.

[Ilsa]

28. I agree. She's our watchdog.

I'd like male, southern, hispanic Castro.

[Florencenj2point0]

15. too old too white

we need to get out of the baby boomer generation. Obama whether he likes it or not is a boomer. It is better if the VP can run for President in, EW will be really really old then. Why not a Latino or Asian VP?

[democrattotheend]

20. Obama's not a boomer

I am pretty sure he is younger than my aunt, who was the last year of the baby boom.

[Proud Public Servant]

26. Nope, he is

Born in '61. Boom ended in '64.

[JonLeibowitz]

31. 'too white' ? So we're back to discriminating based on race?

[Ash_F]

17. Would have rather had her as President.

[Ilsa]

27. I want Castro. He might swing Texas.

I think broadening the demographics on the ticket is important. Male, experienced, from the south, hispanic.

[Exilednight]

30. I live I. Texas, and this state isn't being swung anywhere but further to the

Right. Voter demographics say that Texas is a 2028, maybe 2024, swing state.

I've looked at this every which way from Sunday, and Texas is not in play.