If Clinton wins she needs Bernie Sanders as her VP

[UCmeNdc]

Bernie Sanders will have a heavy influence on the party platform as the VP candidate. Clinton and her people will not like it but Bernie Sanders has to be her VP pick.

[VulgarPoet]

1. Hell. No. eom

[Trust Buster]

2. A 69 year old nominee picking a 74 year old V.P gave me quite a chuckle this morning. Thanks.

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[farleftlib]

3. No. Not ever.

He would have no influence whatsoever. Bill is going to be her vice-president if
she gets elected. Just as she was his. Al Gore got shut out almost completely.

Just no.

[dragonfly301]

5. +1

[desmiller]

4. Allow me to repeat my response from another thread.....

.....Hell No.

[oldandhappy]

6. ha ha ha

[Little Star]

7. Nope!

[Cobalt Violet]

8. she will pick another rightwing corporatist dem.

[CoffeeCat]

21. I truly think that she will pick an Independent or a "reasonable" Republican

I wonder if she won't pick Michael Bloomberg.

Your VP choice is primarily serves to balance out your ticket and to appeal to a swath of voters that you need/want.

She polls terribly with Independents and worse with Republicans. I think she'll abandon the left (with her GE campaigning and her VP choice) and pick someone like Bloomberg, in an attempt to appeal to Independents and Republicans who won't vote for Trump.

I also think Castro is out. If you're running against Trump, you've all ready got the Hispanic vote, by default. Latinos will be lining up to vote for whoever isn't Donald Trump.

[arcane1]

32. Is she still pretending to be a New Yorker?

If so, she'll have to choose someone from another state, or pull a Cheney.

[Herman4747]

9. That may not work out (2 much animosity), however...

one of the steps she could do to mend relationships with the Bernie folks would be to take a prominent Bernie endorser like Senator Jeff Merkley or Representative Raul Grijalva for VP.

And she would have to insist that some of Bernie's plans get placed into the Democratic platform.

[MoonRiver]

10. That would be insane.

[KingFlorez]

11. You can't have two people of advanced age on a ticket

One has to be younger. Besides, with all that been exchanged between them, it's doubtful either would want to be on the same ticket. I'm pretty sure they don't like each other.

[Bleacher Creature]

12. Not after all the credibility he's lost this primary season.

[Ash_F]

13. It would give her impeachment insurance against the R's

[JaneyVee]

14. Nah.

[uponit7771]

15. nnnno, no she doesn't. Castro would be a better choice and seal the fate of the GOP

[KittyWampus]

16. No. Sanders will be largely irrelevant very soon.

[dlwickham]

39. From your keyboard to gods' ears

[bigwillq]

17. No, she doesn't.

And it will likely never happen.

[BootinUp]

18. I think it would be unlikely. Bernie is SO focused on a narrow range of issues that

I am not sure even he would want the position. The VP needs to be ready to protect the nominee on everything that comes up in the GE. Perhaps the Clinton camp can find someone who will do a good job of carrying on Sanders message. Thats what I want to see.

[seabeyond]

19. Nope. He will walk in and think he is the boss, not be respectful to HIS boss. Nope,

Sanders cannot handle it and would be a fail.

[CoffeeCat]

20. No one wants this

I'm a Sanders supporter. The thought of him has her VP is nauseating.

She's 100 percent corrupt and untrustworthy. He would have no power. Horrible combination.

I would think that situation would be Bernie Sander's nightmare.

What would he do and say while she's starting war with Iran? Or appointing Goldman Sachs VPs into important government positions?

[Meldread]

22. This is nuts. It would be an awful choice for Sanders.

If Sanders wanted to use his leverage, he should encourage Clinton to back him for Senate Majority leader or something if the Democrats win the Senate. This is a better compromise for him, and it keeps Chuck Schumer out of the seat, who we know is going to heavily favor Wall Street.

If I were Bernie Sanders, I would lean on Hillary to call in some favors to help him become Senate Majority Leader, and I would work with her in outlining an agenda that they could both agree on and fight for--building a strong, working, governing coalition. The goal of them both should be to increase their numbers in the Senate, and in the House.

[Turin_C3PO]

23. I'd rather him stay in the Senate. nt.

[Lizzie Poppet]

24. Oh, hell no.

I can barely express how disappointed I'd be in Bernie if he even considered such a thing.

[demwing]

25. Do you even read DU?

This has been proposed here multiple times, and each time it is summarily shot down by both sides.

What makes anything different now?

[onecaliberal]

26. NO FUCKING WAY!

There is no chance.

[bkkyosemite]

27. Hell no! Apples and Oranges!

[merrily]

28. Nope.

[arcane1]

29. No thanks. He'll be more effective as a Senator. Maybe she can be HIS VP.

[question everything]

30. No. It is not about Sanders it is about.... generation

Either one would have to select VP who is younger, who is the next generation.

Nothing against AARP membership; I am there too. But one thing that was obvious was that we, Democrats, do not have obvious younger leaders - in their 40s and 50s - who can take over.

[MuseRider]

31. Not ever.

Why on earth would he even consider a position where he would have to do what she said? He is nothing like her. No f'ing way. It would be like, well never mind. He would lose me forever if he even deigned to be a part of her administration.

[tularetom]

33. This is a joke, right?

You could not have been paying attention and stii seriously post something like this.

[stonecutter357]

34. nope

[Maedhros]

35. The only purpose to a move like this would be to stifle and neutralize Sanders,

while cynically trying to steal his thunder.

[asuhornets]

36. NO.....n/t

[HooptieWagon]

37. I don't think he'd accept.

However, he would be in a great position when the indictment drops. Might be why the party establishment isn't pushing for him as VP. And Hillary probably doesn't want a VP that upstages her in popularity.

[dlwickham]

38. You're funny

[Hiraeth]

40. Bernie needs to be top of the ticket, sorry. Not even sure, at this point, Hillary should be on the

ticket. Too heavy geographically, is the NE represented with this ticket.

[pdsimdars]

41. Worst Idea Ever!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

42. Why would an activist like Bernie even consider a do-nothing spot as VP?