IF Joe Biden was unable to run with President Obama who would you like to see on the ticket as VP?

[Tx4obama]

Poll question: IF Joe Biden was unable to run with President Obama who would you like to see on the ticket as VP?

IF for some reason Joe Biden was unable to run with President Obama who you like on the ticket as VP?

I can't remember previously seeing a poll regarding this hypothetical situation, so here goes.

[DFW]

1. Barbara Mikulski

With Biden, I liked the idea of having a Senate-wise working class smart-alecky type as VP.

[MADem]

2. I've met her--she can be MEAN when she's tired!!!!

She's a good Senator, though.

And that's the thing--we need every good Senator in the Senate!

[ashling]

3. I said Warren, but I really think she needs

to hold down Teddy's seat. She will probably be able to do more as a Senator than tied to the administration.

But damn! I like her style.

[Tx4obama]

4. That's kinda how I feel about Grayson. We need Grayson in the Congress.

I would like to see him eventually in the Senate.
With Teddy Kennedy gone we need someone with a spine that can get things done over there! ;)

[MADem]

5. I think EW can do more good in the Senate at this stage in her life.

She can get on some key committees and work for some substantive change.

Anyone taking the VP job can act as a Super Leader and help herd cats, but the influence is not as hands-on. EW will be a wonderful policy-crafter and lawmaker, and that's what we need.

[DFW]

20. I've met her too

She's tough as nails, although you're right that we need every Democratic Senator we can keep that matches that description.

[Tx4obama]

6. WOW !!! I am really happy to see that there's such a diversity of opinion in the poll results :) n/t

[whirlygigspin]

7. Bank of America

because he's a good corporate person

[Vanje]

9. +1

[rpannier]

14. Not only that

But he's got billions to spend on getting elected.

[Enrique]

57. the 2012 DNC Convention is in Charlotte

BOA would be a favorite son there. :thumbsup:

[harun]

8. Goldman Sachs

[Jakes Progress]

10. Obama would pick rahm or timmy

or some other wall street clone.

[Tx4obama]

21. But the question was ...

IF for some reason Joe Biden was unable to run with President Obama who would YOU like to see on the ticket as VP?

[Jakes Progress]

41. But the answer is ...

what difference does it make? Besides Cheney (and we see how chilling that was), who was the last VP to really have an effect on an administration?

I certainly wouldn't take anyone from the senate or house. Obama did too much of that with hit early appointments. We lost seats and influence. Maybe a nice old Lieutenant Governor. Someone that wouldn't be able to carry the state for Democrats at the next election.

[rpannier]

11. Hicklenlooper (Gov of Colorado)

Hicklenlooper has been a mayor and is now a governor.
So he's held/holding 2 major offices and unlike 'shall go nameless' mayor turned 1/2 term governor, turned full-time grifter. He was Mayor of a large city and has yet to quit his post as Governor (granted it took the Grifter a little over two years to quit).
Another plus, he knows it's the Attorney General, not the Secretary of Law.

Schweitzer would be good, too.
Not Cuomo. He seems to be close to too many questionable money interests.

I haven't seen Hicklenlooper tied to any Koch or ALEC groups -- maybe I missed the stories

[bluethruandthru]

12. Bernie Sanders!

But Obama would never choose anyone who wasn't a republican.

[polmaven]

13. Well, first...

Bernie isn't a Democrat, soooooo...hmmm!

Second - You consider VP Biden to be a Republican as well as the President Obama?

[bluethruandthru]

16. You're right. Bernie should run for President on his party's ticket.

As for the current president. I'm not really sure what he is. It takes more than a (D) after someone's name to make them a Democrat.

[polmaven]

17. And there are good Democrats

who are not, perhaps, as far to the left as some here would like. I believe if you asked Bernie Sanders, he would not arree that President Obama is a Republicn in any way!

[Mr Deltoid]

19. He doesn't have to be a Democrat

He just has to be right.

[Gman]

15. Bernie Sanders

[Mr Deltoid]

18. Bernie Sanders

[craigmatic]

22. Hillary is the obvious choice just because she'd be next in line in 2016.

[rury]

27. Hillary has said repeatedly that SOS is the last public office she'll

hold. She's retiring at the end of President Obama's first term and has no intention of seeking the presidency at all.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=212551&R=R1

[Beacool]

31. Everyone can change their minds.

:shrug:

[Skip Intro]

37. And Obama said he wouldn't run in 2008. nt

[MADem]

38. No, she will be too old. She's done after this administration.

About the only thing she'd take at this stage is a VP appointment if anything happened to Biden.

Other than that, she's wrapping up a fine career.

[Beacool]

40. Reagan was a year older and he completed 2 terms..

;)

[MADem]

42. And we see where that got us--he was non compos mentis for most of 'em!

I'm quoting her--she's done. I don't blame her. She takes way too much undeserved crap from the wingnuts. She doesn't need that crap anymore, she can play the elder statesman and weigh in as she pleases if she moves to academic or private life.

[mkultra]

45. women maintain mental acuity longer than men

So its plausible that she could function just as well as a somewhat younger male. I don't think i would like the decisions she would make though.

[MADem]

49. They do--but she's had enough, at least that's what she's said.

I have no doubt, assuming good health, that she could go for another twenty years, sharp as a tack, at least.

The question is of DESIRE, though--and I think she's had enough. Her job, in many ways, is harder than that of the President. It's like being an XO or Chief of Staff at a major command--you're run ragged and never have time to even sit down. She's logged way more miles than he has, and he hasn't been sitting on his ass by a long shot.

[Beacool]

46. Just from the wingnuts?

She takes a lot of crap from the left too.

x(

[MADem]

48. I know--and unfairly, too. NT

[bigwillq]

23. Howard Dean (nt)

[Number23]

24. Susan Rice!

I have no doubt she'll be president at some point anyway. This would kick start the process.

[Number23]

25. Wow. Apparently, you have to clarify what DEMOCRAT you'd like to see run with

President Obama.

LORD have mercy, this place is a mess! :crazy:

[rury]

26. Massachusetts Gov. DeVaul Patrick.....

yeah....a black president and a black vice-president.
I have voted all my adult life for two white men on the Democratic ticket (and one white woman, Geraldine Ferraro in 1984) so I am sure most people will have NO qualms about this!!!!!!!

[AtomicKitten]

28. It'll be Joe.

Joe Biden. Wingman extraordinaire.

[Tx4obama]

33. Of course it will be Joe, but that has nothing to do with the question. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

35. I went rogue on your question.

:P

[jenmito]

59. ...

:rofl:

[Beacool]

29. To the chagrin of many people here, there's only one person on that list

who would bring excitement to the ticket. The person who has been the most popular politician in the country for some time now: Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, she's not interested in the job.

:shrug:

[treestar]

30. It's time for this subject's weekly introduction

Never going to happen, and the speculation remains the same.

[ClaireF]

32. Kirsten Gillibrand nt

[TheWraith]

53. Seconded: Gillibrand for the win. nt

[Brother Buzz]

34. Jackie Speier

I'm a selfish West Coaster and demands fair representation in the Executive branch.

That being said, I'd be just as happy with Elizabeth Warren.

[Tx4obama]

36. A question for the folks that voted for Elizabeth Warren

Question is here ---> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2088452

[Douglas Carpenter]

39. OBVIOUSLY Elizabeth Warren would not be considered for the VP nomination for one single second -

if for no other reason - than because she has never held elected public office. Give her a few years in the Senate - then it might very well be plausible. Until then you might as well be suggesting Johnny Depp. Except most Americans have heard of Johnny Depp - Outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and certain progressive circles and perhaps some political-news junkies - very few people have ever even heard of Elizabeth Warren. If one wanted to suggest a progressive star - then Bernie Sanders of course. Although I doubt very much he would be offered and he would quite likely not be willing to accept it.

[Safetykitten]

43. I actually would like Obama to be Vice-President and Biden President.

[NorthCarolina]

44. Hillary with 21% of the vote...REALLY?

Boggles the mind.

:puke:

Fuck the DLC and their cronies.

[Beacool]

47. Hillary's is polling at 69%.

She's the most popular politician in the nation. The party would be lucky if she accepted the job, but she likes Biden too much to try to elbow him out.

Don't choke on that vomit.......

:eyes:

[PragmaticLiberal]

50. "Secretary of State" Clinton is very popular....

I have my doubts if "politician" Clinton would be nearly as popular.


And I'm speaking as someone who respects SOS Clinton.

[workinclasszero]

51. Elizabeth Warren is awesome! nt

[WI_DEM]

52. Russ Feingold

[DisabledDem]

55. .

[Myrina]

56. Indeed!

n/t

[Phx_Dem]

54. None of the above. And Alan Grayson? That's a joke, right?

[Enrique]

58. Rick Warren

it would be "brilliant". :sarcasm: