Bernie may pick Elizabeth Warren for Vice-President or appoint her Treasury Secretary

[imagine2015]

If Warren is the Vice-President that would set her up to run for President in 2020.

She would become the first woman President of the United States and one progressive women and men could be proud of.

I'm not predicting but either move makes sense.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Source?

Or is that just your own speculation?

[Politicalboi]

2. We know Hillary won't

I like Warren or Turner for VP. It would be great for Bernie to pick a woman for VP. There's so many to choose from. I'm sure of one he would never choose.

[northernsouthern]

4. Yeah he already said no to that one certain one.

In TYT, the interview that they took one excerpt on and ran with both the Bernie is quitting, and Bernie is blackmailing story...well asked about HRC on the ticket and it was a no.

[JackRiddler]

6. Come on!

That's about as likely as vice-versa.

And she won't be his secretary of state, either.

[northernsouthern]

8. Yeah this one is a bit hard to see them together.

I frankly did not want to see her on Obama's list after I realized she was pulling those subtle race tricks. When this one started I thought they could make a good ticket. I was still happy with how she performed in the hearings...but after the sexism and racist cards were played on me the 4th month in a row I am very happy that he said no. Nothing heals the nation faster than questioning the very core of a person's morality.

[MADem]

3. No, he won't. Why would she take 2nd banana, when she refused to run for the top slot?

I don't think he'll ever get to the point where he's contemplating those sorts of choices.

Elizabeth Warren is on track to hold great sway in the Senate--and not just theoretical sway, actual power. Harry Reid set her up to have a lot of clout.

Hillary Clinton will be our first female POTUS.

[thesquanderer]

10. re: "Why would she take 2nd banana, when she refused to run for the top slot?"

Well, she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency (with a somewhat aged president), and would have a leg up on being the next Democratic nominee... all without having gone through the whole grueling primary process. Maybe not a bad deal.

[brooklynite]

25. What part of "she doesn't want to be President" is unclear?

[thesquanderer]

29. I don't remember any quote saying that she does not want to be president.

There are plenty of quotes saying she is not running, and she didn't. I don't remember her ever saying that she had no interest in ever becoming president. Link?

[JackRiddler]

5. I like Tulsi Gabbard.

Warren is great for Treasury - or Fed chair!

[JudyM]

14. +1 except for experience level...

[JackRiddler]

16. I disagree.

Veteran, some foreign policy chops, and has immediate experience at something that's really missing everywhere in these presidential campaigns: being young!

[JudyM]

17. ... No experience governing...

[JackRiddler]

18. As opposed to whom?

Same is true of Warren and I think everyone else mentioned here. None of them have ever been in an executive function.

[JudyM]

19. Just my own opinion that more legislative or executive experience would be more helpful than youth

... for someone a heartbeat away from the presidency.

I hope Bernie appoints her to his cabinet, though!! She's a rising star.

[Ash20]

21. Tulsi Gabbard has more legislative and political experience than people think

3+ years as a US Rep,
3+ years as Vice-chair at DNC
2 years on Honolulu City Council, which is one of the most powerful City Councils in the country
3 years as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka
2 years as State House rep

[JudyM]

22. Yes, most people don't know that much of her background. Welcome to DU, Ash20!

[lagomorph777]

28. She might have some trouble with LGBT voters (and their families)

She's come around recently, but her past position is not great.

[reddread]

20. have you had a good experience being governed?

[imagine2015]

15. Tulsi would also be a good choice.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Bernie can "pick" ...

... the Tooth Fairy for his VP, and Batman for Treasury Secretary. Being as he won't be the Dem nominee OR president, he can "pick" whoever he chooses for his never-gonna-happen administration.

[Recursion]

9. Yeah, two populist New Englanders... that's electoral magic

Do people even think about these things?

First off, and just most basically, you don't put two New Englanders on a ticket if you're a Democrat (Republicans could conceivably, just like Democrats could put two southerners on).

Secondly, should he manage to win the nomination, it's going to be through getting establishment support in time for the convention, which means he'll also need some ideological breadth to the ticket, and not just the geographical breadth that is a given nowadays. So look for a moderate or conservative governor or senator from the west or midwest or south; somebody like McCaskill, Landrieu, or Sebelius.

[thesquanderer]

11. re "So look for a moderate or conservative governor or senator "

I seriously doubt that. His credibility rests largely on an idealogical consistency, a rep for avoiding doing things against his philosophies for purely political reasons. A cynical move like putting a moderate/conservative on the ticket completely undermines his message and the persona that has gotten him this far. Also, quite honestly, I think having someone just as liberal as his vp may provide a bit of extra "life insurance" shall we say.

[Recursion]

12. His credibility among the portion of Democrats who currently support him rests on that

His viability in the general election depends on reaching past that group, and in particular in being seen reaching past that group.

[thesquanderer]

13. OTOH, even with his current platform, he polls better in the general than any Republican opponent.

And even that is, I think, due in part to people's perception of him as authentic. If he messes that up, he loses one of his biggest strengths. So no, I'd double down... pick a VP who's pretty much in sync with him. Warren would be good. Sherrod Brown would be a possibility, even though he's endorsed Hillary.

[RiverLover]

23. VP!!

[brooklynite]

24. Not a chance...

...first, she didn't want to be President, she DEFINITELY won't want to be VP.

...second, TWO northeastern liberals would make the Sanders base happy but be terrible as a national GE ticket

[FSogol]

26. As explained by Scott Adams, analysis comes from the root word ANAL and the greek word YSIS, meaning

"to pull numbers or facts from."

[DebDoo]

27. ...and she would consider saying yes - that's the best part!

[imagine2015]

30. Like I was saying on April 12th