Has Bernie speculated who he'd choose as a potential VP candidate if he wins?

[Drunken Irishman]

We know Biden is focused on a woman and maybe even a woman of color - but what about Bernie?

Does he go the conventional route and pick someone to balance the ticket or does he go full-on far-left and choose someone like Nina Turner?

Trump picked the conservative Pence, not just because it helped reassure nervous Evangelicals but also because Pence brought some, believe it or not, experience and seriousness to the ticket.

Bernie doesn't necessarily need the experience but I feel if he picks an ideologue like Nina, it becomes increasingly more difficult to win in November.

I know the VP shouldn't matter but I actually think it's mattering more and more.

Biden would be wise to pick someone like Harris or Abrams.

I think Bernie would be wise to pick someone who's not known as too left.

Mayor Pete would probably have to go the Obama route and pick someone with Washington experience - maybe even Amy.

What do you guys think?

[msongs]

1. tulsi gabbard, jill stein? nt

[still_one]

2. +++

[leftieNanner]

7. Dang it! You beat me to it!!

[Codeine]

14. Bite your tongue. nt

[polichick]

3. Warren would work for me.

[TheBlackAdder]

26. Warren is mandatory for Biden, Just like a centrist is mandatory for Sanders or Warren.

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The Democratic Primary winner cannot make the same mistake of the past.

In 1980, Ronald Reagan & GHWB hated each other. I mean they fucking hated each other to the point where the Republican party was more fractured than the Democratic groups of 2016. Yet, Reagan chose GHWB as the VP pick which coalesced the party and resulted in 12-years of Republican presidential leadership. The 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee MUST pick a leading contender as their VP pick to rejoin the fissures of the primary run. This way, they would be able to overcome any GOP and Russian fuckery. If a centrist doesn't pick a leftist, or a leftist doesn't pick a centrist, the hopes of surmounting Republican cheating, vote suppression, and Russian/foreign fuckery will be extremely difficult.

Note: This is not rehashing 2016. This is applied Poli-Sci strategy from University Honors courses.

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[polichick]

28. If Bernie agrees with that, he could pick Amy...

But times they are a-changing, so who knows what he’d do - we’re way overdue for a paradigm shift.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Nina Turner is too polarizing and condescending....

If Bernie chooses a woman of color, Stacey Abrams would be an excellent choice. She is Liberal minded, but eloquent in her messaging. She oozes compassion, intelligence, knowledge, without rubbing people the wrong way.

Just my 2 cents here.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I think Abrams would be a pragmatic pick for Sanders.

He needs someone who isn't polarizing because, unfortunately, whether people agree or not, Bernie is polarizing.

[TwilightZone]

5. If Tulsi Gabbard is a possibility, he would be best off not bringing it up.

As unpopular as she is, it might sink his campaign.

Personally, I don't seem him picking someone who isn't ideologically similar. That's a problem if it's Gabbard or someone like Nina Turner. The last thing his campaign needs is more controversial, confrontational figures in high positions.

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Agreed. This is my biggest concern with Sanders.

I could absolutely see him picking Gabbard or Turner and blowing any chance he has of winning because of it.

[TwilightZone]

9. Buttigieg/Klobuchar would be an interesting combination for swing states.

Or the reverse, though I'm not sure how likely either of them would be at this point. Depends on how much of a bump Pete gets (or doesn't) from Iowa.

Not sure how it would work elsewhere, but it's kind of compelling for the states we absolutely need in the midwest.

[Skya Rhen]

10. In this hypothetical scenario, Bernie would pick someone in his campaign staff. He isolates himself

from all other public figures, by choice.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

11. If if if go for Tulsi

May as well double the crushing defeat

[McKim]

12. Warren Would Be an Excellent Choice

I think Warren would make an excellent choice and they would be an unbeatable combination. She is younger, a woman and her broad knowledge of the inner workings of economics and her down home personality, practicle ideas for helping working families make her a winner as president or Vice President!

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Nope.

Too similar, both from the northeast. One or the other, but not both.

A sure defeat.

[polichick]

18. Geography doesn't matter like it used to...

Sanders-Warren would be a powerful ticket that makes sense from both a policy standpoint and a numbers standpoint. Plus, the U.S. is way overdue for a paradigm shift.

[UniteFightBack]

22. It's like you live in a different country or something. nt

[polichick]

24. The country is divided geographically, but...

people don’t choose their ticket based on geography - if they did, the dictator from NYC wouldn’t be so popular in the red states.

Dems and indies in Iowa and Florida will vote for a Dem ticket from the Northeast, Cali, etc.

[UniteFightBack]

25. What are you talking about? We have to win the swing states and Sanders/Warren would be a

death blow.

[polichick]

27. Bernie is big in Florida - aren't we still a swing state?

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Dont know but I think it is going to be Warren

[delisen]

16. He would choose someone who has endorsed him or has voted for Jill Stein

He has consistently criticized the Democratic Party and identifies strongly as someone who does not compromise. He will decide that most Democrats will have to vote for him anyway and will double down on his self-image.

[whistler162]

17. I doubt he can chose himself!

[lunasun]

19. I think if he gets that far, it will be Warren, but if she gets that far she will not pick him

[ripcord]

20. He has to ask who is going to help me in the south

Sanders/Biden would be hilarious.

[Piratedog]

21. Susan sarandon

[David__77]

23. How about Barbara Lee.

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I think she would bring important foreign policy strength. I say that, knowing fully that some might scorn the idea.

[krissey]

29. What Democrat would say yes to working with Sanders? I really do not think there are many.

[Mike Nelson]

30. Good question...

...I would love a Pete/Amy ticket.... but, mainly, the post is about Bernie. Most candidates would pick someone to "balance" themselves and widen their appeal. I hope Bernie considers this, but I suspect he won't... by that I mean pick a "moderate" - I do think he will want to pick a female. Of the people running, I think Tulsi is possible. I hear Warren mentioned, but I don't think we're going to get to a point where he would pick her and she would accept. We don't know, usually, those who decline. They send out a "don't ask me" message. I can't see Elizabeth as his VP. AOC is campaigning and I think she would be possible, but she may be too young (technically)... maybe Rashida Tlaib, then, they would be an interesting team.

[Rybak187]

31. He said in 2019

This website says that in an interview with the young turks that he would pick some one who met these three criteria:
1. A woman
2. Younger than Bernie
3. Who’s progressive

https://www.ccn.com/5-women-bernie-sanders-might-pick-for-vp-if-nominated-2020/