Should Bernie Sanders pull a Joe and become a defacto Vice President?

[Armstead]

By threatening to take his ball home, Big Joe gets to be vice president after all.

I'm kinda thinking that the other "Independent" Senator who caucuses with the Democrats ought to be looking at the outsized power Joe wields because of his position.

"I will vote to block consideration of any health care bill that does not include some form of robust public option or medicare buy in."

Think Bernie ought to get out the Big Stick?

[Craftsman]

1. If this happens it is as dead as Marley's ghost

[tritsofme]

2. Joe only has power because he is indifferent to failure.

What would someone like Sanders gain from actually folowing through and killing the bill?

[Armstead]

4. Itr's the threat that seems to count...Not the actual vote

I was being semi facetious in my OP -- but only semi.If Bernie were able to steer things in the way Joe is doing with the threat, then maybe he ought to at least make them sweat and do some reconsideration to the side of real reform.

[kenny blankenship]

5. he has power because he has a committee chairmanship

which means he has the power to stop legislation from proceeding in his committee, the Senate Committee for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

[LovinLife]

3. No way Bernie is voting Yes on this crap and I can't blame him. He shouldn't vote for a

Lieberman bill. I hope Burris keeps his word as well. Its not like he's trying to get re-elected.

[WI_DEM]

6. There is a big difference between Joe and Bernie--Bernie will handle it like a man of true

conscience while Joe handles it like a man in bed with the insurance companies.

[Faryn Balyncd]

7. Yes

[asdjrocky]

8. Problem with that is Bernie is one of the handful of decent men in the Senate.

Joe has no shame.

[JVS]

9. Sure, why not?