Matt Taibbi: Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie

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92. antigop—Well…

If Hillary Clinton has a very reputable progressive as her vice-presidential running mate here in 2016; wins election to become the nation’s 45th president; and wins re-election in 2020 … this Rolling Stone column, by Matt Taibbi, will end up being wrong.

Bernie Sanders has his support—especially from the Democratic Party’s voting-age base group of 18–29 voters—because of his platform.

The perceived strengths between Hillary and Bernie are with foreign (Hillary) vs. domestic (Bernie) policies.

Most winning presidential/vice-presidential tickets will be a pair where one is better than the other on one of those two fronts (and the v.p. is better with the opposite).

If Bernie was going to be the presidential nominee, he would need someone better on foreign for his v.p.

Since this presidential nomination will go to Hillary, she is going to need someone better on domestic.

It is understandable why Elizabeth Warren is on the radar. As Bernie’s running mate, it may not be enough contrast. (They are aligned on domestic without sufficient experience on foreign.) As a running mate for Hillary, an argument could be made that Hillary would be selecting the fellow Democrat who is more in touch than all established Democrats with domestic issues. (This is on the premise that Hillary and Bernie would not have been right for each other to run on the same ticket. Maybe. Maybe not.)