Hillary Clinton should contact Bernie Sanders now and announce that he is her running mate.
Despite the nature of this campaign where many things have already been said that could divide the Democrats in the Fall, there have been relatively few such wedges so far compared to many presidential years. How many more times must the country hear Bernie say, “She gave a speech to Goldman-Sachs and was paid $225,000. That must have been a huuugely interesteing speech!” etc.
No, instead, unite the party NOW to really get the Republicans on the run and keep them there until November. Berrnie (my candidate) should make up for his heretofore questionable loyalty to the Democratic Party by giving the Dems a gift: the gift of the unquestionable ‘street cred’ of Bernie as a fighter against the establishment in this odd year.
Instead of the average disinterested Fall voter hearing Bernie’s tough anti-Hillary message 35 more times, let’s take it to the Republicans NOW.
Terry McGinty
behind an unbeatable CLINTON / SANDERS ticket.
Now this is how pragmatic progressives will WIN in November.
Please make the call, Hillary, to bring us all together NOW !
Fred Rich LaRiccia
Wait until Trump wins and gets a hold of the actual transcript. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Why should progressives amplify Republican attacks ? Let THEM do their own dirty work. Make THEM spend THEIR money and their RESOURCES.
Fred Rich LaRiccia
It would be a powerful ticket but I cannot imagine that Sanders would accept the post. Hillary will move to the right as soon as the nomination is locked and Sanders would not be part of that. Look at the history of FDR’s Vice-President John Nance Garner, who described the VP post as “not worth a bucket of warm piss.”
She would be better served by choosing a person, maybe a union leader, who has fought against Wall Street or off-shoring of jobs.
Let’s hope Bernie stays in the Senate for a long time, no VP and no BS job as Chair of the DNC, a party he is not even a member of.
Furthermore, one value to the VP slot is that it can position one for a Presidential run (at least it used to), but given Bernie’s age that doesn’t seem realistic in his case.
It’s a rarity around here.
EOM
either way.
I think piss is his original and people changed it to spit for delicate ears.
Amenable to the Sanders/Warren wing, a solid lunch bucket Dem on labor and trade who outperformed Obama in 2012 in his swing state. He would carry OH which Trump has a serious shot at stealing back for Team Red. Yeah we allow Kasich to appoint himself or Rob Portman back to the Senate after he loses this fall, so what if it is the best way to secure the presidency from Trump?
Was anyone paying attention in 2008? The Clinton/Obama contest was closer than this one, and somewhere in late March things got quite nasty and stayed that way for awhile. Clinton should drop out, she is putting herself before the party, she is trying to sink Obama for November so she can run in 2012, maybe it is racial animus, etc.
There were similar suggestions then. They were a poor idea, and they still are. The November race is still taking shape, and there is no need to make a decision based on a guess of how it will shape up, rather than just wait and see.
There is no reason Sanders shouldn’t stay on as a message candidate. The likely nominee will doubtless never suggest otherwise.
It is, arithmetically speaking, over now, more so on the Democratic side than the Republican side. So, chill out a bit.
He knows that as well. He played a very different role in the primary. It would be interesting to see the potential VP candidates.
Much better to keep a contested primary as long as possible to keep voters engaged.
Given how vicious the election has become on the Republican side, I think that alone will keep voters on both sides engaged. Do you really think that if either Bernie or Hillary were to lock up the nomination that voters would lose interest and not show up in the Fall?
Still the ongoing debates and campaigning will draw media coverage. I just wish that the Democrats could try to tone down their criticism of each other and spend more time attacking Republicans.
In any case, this is all academic. I really would be surprised if Bernie were to drop out before Hillary getting enough pledge delegates to win unless he stops getting a significant chunk of the vote. I doubt he actually thought he could be the nominee when first decided to run and the fact that he has a shot at it is just gravy. I am sure he wanted to push his ideas and have a significant voice at the convention. To that end, I am sure that he is going to want to keep accumulating delegates as long as he has the money and energy to do so.
Once Sanders drops out or Clinton tops the necessary delegate number, the Dems get no media coverage, especially if the R circus continues along its current path.
It might save some money and allow for taking a deep breath (I’d appreciate that if I were working on the campaign), but there would be little to no press until the convention.
In 2008 I insisted that HRC should not be pressured to withdraw until Obama actually had a majority of the delegates. Likewise Sanders has every right to continue until that threshold is met this time.
I’ll be happy to eat my hat if Bernie hangs in and pulls this out! Very happy.