A Prediction: Elizabeth Warren will be elected President in 2016, not Hillary!

[imagine2015]

If the Democratic convention is deadlocked or if Hillary is forced to withdraw her name from consideration due to legal/personal issues.

And if most Democratic Party leaders who are super delegates refuse to vote for Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee if he's just short of getting a majority of delegates on the first ballot.

In that scenario delegates could decide to nominate a compromise Warren/Sanders ticket.

[72DejaVu]

1. If Ifs and buts were candy and nuts

we'd all have a merry Christmas.

[salinsky]

13. No need for candy ...

... that's just nutz.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. LOL

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Dream on...

[cwydro]

36. You stole my post!

[livetohike]

4. LOL at deadlocked convention. I think you over estimate

Warren's importance as well.

[leveymg]

33. Who else do they have to offer?

[1StrongBlackMan]

38. Biden.

[leveymg]

40. Liked that album once a long time ago

But Brain Salad Surgery is unlikely to go gold again. RIP Keith Emerson.

[1StrongBlackMan]

48. Huh?

[leveymg]

56. He has health problems.

Won't run again. Not for real, anyway.

[1StrongBlackMan]

59. Oh? Is that so?

[leveymg]

62. You haven't noticed?

If I'm wrong, tell me. But Joe won't be the one. I think Elizabeth is the only one who can pull the warring tribes back together.

[1StrongBlackMan]

63. No. I hadn't noticed and Warren has already said no.

[leveymg]

64. I think she's saying, Draft me, and I'll think about it.

We'll see. My spouse thinks she's the one. I've learned to trust that opinion.

[1StrongBlackMan]

70. I don't think so; but/and, it is unlikely that we will see.

[Takket]

5. if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wagon.

[imagine2015]

11. And if she "got on the wagon" that would mean she's trying to beat her booze problem!

[CoffeeCat]

6. That's interesting and quite the scenario

I hadn't though of that, but I tell you--I am wondering if something off-the-charts isn't going to happen?

I know that sounds strange. And I concede that this might be my own emotion (and possibly denial) getting in the way.

But something feels...off. I sense that there are fireworks a coming. Again...no proof. No empirical data. No nothing.

I've heard others throw out scenarios such as yours. Maybe we're all picking up on something--that things are not as they seem.

[imagine2015]

15. Exactly.

[GoneFishin]

47. Could be right about the fireworks.

[Squinch]

7. Absolutely. Assuming the Mighty Mouse and Superman ticket doesn't win.

[giftedgirl77]

8. If a horse had a horn it would be a unicorn.

[Pathwalker]

42. And if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their

ass when they landed.

[giftedgirl77]

43. ....

Sometimes humor is all you need to stay sane.

[Tarheel_Dem]

57. ^^^^ THIS RIGHT HERE ^^^^

[still_one]

9. your trying to be funny, right?

[Impedimentus]

10. The establishment would pick Old Joe. Warren scares them as much as Bernie does. Brokered means ...

bought.

[Initech]

12. Sanders / Warren would be the best thing ever!

[imagine2015]

17. Preferable and if Bernie wins the nomination he may select her.

And I think she would agree.

[Brother Buzz]

14. You just keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at.

[giftedgirl77]

44. Lol, don't give them a false sense of security.

It only hurts in the long run. Mainly my brain for trying to unpretzle their logic, but it still hurts.

[Brother Buzz]

51. I was going to ask who the Republican Governor of Massachusetts would appoint as interim Senator...

if Warren vacated her seat, but I started thinking about Bolivia.

Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's GO someplace like Bolivia.

[giftedgirl77]

52. Lulz.

[Trust Buster]

16. Yes, let us imitate the Republican train wreck. Clairvoyance is not your strong suit. LOL

[imagine2015]

19. Who would cause a train wreck? Elizabeth Warren or Hillary?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. in the same way that i predict, if everyone else died, i would inherit the earth

lol

[imagine2015]

24. That would be a stupid prediction based uponthe total destruction of all human life on Earth ....

except for you.

The chance of that actually happening is zero.

[giftedgirl77]

45. Good job spanky.

Now take the first sentence of your reply & apply it to your OP.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. The chances of your scenario occurring and mine

Have equal probability

[72DejaVu]

20. I may have to reconsider

that whole legalized pot thing.

[onecaliberal]

21. If I was standing in my garage I'd be a car.

[leftofcool]

22. And I am the Queen of Sheba

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. you def are not, because clearly I am

[leftofcool]

28. LMAO

[imagine2015]

27. So where is Sheba and who is the King of Sheba?

[leftofcool]

30. Sheba is anywhere you want it to be

I am not sure about the king but my husband thinks he is God, does that count?

[Land of Enchantment]

25. Apparently you were not around for all the fun in 1968. It was a wild year. They murdered Martin

Luther King and then months later they murdered Robert Kennedy moments after he won California. The convention was FUBAR beyond belief.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention

Hubert Humphrey was Lyndon Johnson's VP and never campaigned in a primary yet the Debbie Wasserman Schultzes of the time chose Humphrey behind closed doors and the Party splintered. Humphrey lost to Richard Nixon (but we had our Alabama Governor, George Wallace (think Trump-squared) who got over 10% and that didn't help either. Dog forbid they try to pull the same stunt it because will likely end up badly for everyone and I doubt Senator Warren would have any part of it. BAD IDEA.

[Bleacher Creature]

26. I still have a feeling it's going to be "the rent is too damn high" guy.

I can totally envision the chain of events that leads to his election this fall.

[leveymg]

29. I think you're onto something there.

The bottom of the ticket may not be who you mention, though he has certainly done a great job. Far better than expected.

[brush]

31. There will be no brokered convention. We are not the repugs. No exaggeration please.

[Person 2713]

32. Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy

[pnwmom]

35. A kid'll eat ivy, too. Wouldn't you?

(We're dating ourselves.)

[Person 2713]

37. That my prediction- a kid'll eat ivy too!!

[pnwmom]

39. Or . . .

smoke it.

[Turborama]

46. How does that work?

Dating oneself, that is.

[Johnyawl]

34. I want what the OP's been smoking...

...I haven't had drugs that good in decades.

[yellowcanine]

41. If we close our eyes tightly and wish a pony might show up in the living room.

Really!

[onenote]

49. I'm not sure which is worse. Your math skills or your understanding of the process.

Exactly how does a contest between two candidates get "deadlocked"? One or the other will have a majority.

[lovemydog]

50. I predict it will be Meisha Tate

and we'll both be equally wrong.

Actually, Meisha might want to be President. Elizabeth has made it clear she doesn't.

[redstateblues]

53. Welcome to DU. Feeling the Bern of Desperation I see

[Renew Deal]

54. Happy St. Patricks Day

[DemocracyDirect]

55. Frankly I think Joe Biden would be a less toxic choice nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

58. Yup. And then you woke up.....

[OhioBlue]

60. If Hillary continues to win the pledged delegates at the rate she has been

and if for some reason she cannot continue as the nominee due to health or legal reasons, I would expect the party's choice to be between Sanders and Biden for the top of the ticket.

[1939]

68. I would tend to agree

IF Hillary face plants due to legal or health problems, the establishment would turn to Biden and not to the second place finisher (Sanders).

[zappaman]

65. No doubt!

[anamnua]

66. ''The wish is the father of the thought.'' NT

[Lil Missy]

67. Don't quit your day job. n/t

[VOX]

69. Prediction: a reanimated bionic FDR will be elected Prez...

But barring that miracle, I'll vote for the Democratic candidate, whoever that will be...