who should Hillary's running mate be?

[Chan790]

23. You've missed one thing.

To placate the growing liberal base of the party and distance from her previous "New Democrat" positions (which are becoming an increasing inside-the-tent albatross and represents a shrinking portion of the base...even cross-over moderates and New England Republicans are increasingly not-supportive of those economic positions...and they're the core of the "New Democrat" strategy.), she's going to have to take someone perceived as more fiscally-liberal than herself to placate the "No Hillary Ever" crowd. That's what's driving the Warren support more even than who Libby Warren is...the fact that she represents the repudiation of Clintonian economics.

Otherwise Hillary risks losing votes from the left in the GE. There's a certain fatigue sense that we may need to let the Democrats take their lumps if they won't run candidates that reflect our economic values. In that sense, you don't need someone who walks the talk on working-class issues and populism in a way she can't. You need someone who walks the talk on working-class issues and populism in a way she can't, while being perceived as more fiscally-liberal. That's the added conditionality on #3 and it takes Schweitzer out of the mix...he's as fiscally conservative as she is but doesn't have the personality and intellect to overcome it.

Beshear works. Tester does not. Cuomo does not. O'Malley might if she can get over the hump that his economics may be insufficiently far from her own for those Democrats...but at the same time he has a certain rock-star appeal that sells him as a candidate. She might do well to choose someone who brings another aspect to the ticket (Hispanic? Liberal? Asian? Disabled?) and whose economics are a blank slate but is perceived as more liberal...that's in some large part how Obama beat her in 2008.