Boston Globe: Sen. Reid is now "very open" to Elizabeth Warren being Hillary's V.P.

[pnwmom]

According to the article, Sen. Reid has been exploring legal ways to retain Liz Warren's Senate seat, if she becomes the Vice President -- even though Massachusetts has a Republican governor.

Sen. Reid has been on record that he wouldn't support for V.P. any Senator from a Repub-led state, because of the loss it would mean to the Senate. But it appears they might have found a legal path in Massachusetts!

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/06/03/harry-reid-studies-legal-scenarios-for-filling-senate-seat-elizabeth-warren-gets-vice-presidential-nod/3FSrNJlAhqRoiWt6iQMK7J/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed

WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has been actively reviewing Massachusetts rules for filling a US Senate vacancy, another indication of the seriousness with which Democrats are gaming out the possibility of Elizabeth Warren joining likely presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s ticket.

The upshot of Reid’s review is that Senate Democrats may have found an avenue to block or at least narrow GOP Governor Charlie Baker’s ability to name a temporary replacement and prevent the Senate from flipping to a Democratic majority if Warren were to leave the chamber. That suggests the issue is not as significant an obstacle as Reid previously feared.

Pieces of the legal guidance given to Reid were shared with the Globe by a person close to Reid who is familiar with the guidance.

“Reid sees a number of promising paths to making sure that Democrats keep Warren’s seat and is very open to her being selected,” said this person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

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[merrily]

1. Because Scott Brown's filling Ted's seat proved it could never happen in Massachusetts?

These stories are nonsense anyway. They are never going to make a ticket of two white women over 65. No balance. And no Bernie supporter is going to buy that Warren's voice will mean anything in a Clinton white house.

[polio2]

2. because they're planning for Biden/Warren after she's indicted. N/T

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. That's a likely scenario.

No way would Warren run with Hillary.

[merrily]

6. That will be fun.

[geek tragedy]

20. 12 more days nt

[BeyondGeography]

5. Because Bernie might be a pain in the ass and Warren

as VP would cut him down to size. Or does that bother you?

[merrily]

8. Sorry, I have no idea what you're on about. I replied to the OP's concept that

Reid did not want to lose a Senator to the ticket if a Republican might replace him or her in the Senate.

[BeyondGeography]

12. "Warren's voice won't mean anything"

to any Bernie supporters? You couldn't sound more threatened.

[merrily]

13. Not really what I posted and if what I actually did post sounds "threatened" to you,

I have no clue why. It's as simply my view of how Bernie supporters will feel about it, given the history of the Clintons, of Warren, etc.


This is what I actually posted

"And no Bernie supporter is going to buy that Warren's voice will mean anything in a Clinton white house."

In any case, I don't think it's going to happen anyway. I think the Hillary campaign has been busy trying to make people believe it will happen.

[libdem4life]

16. This is my take, as well. Warren as a Potted Plant? Not likely.

Secretary of Treasury, yes. But I think she is doing an awesome job and right where she belongs...and know that MA people agree.

[merrily]

19. With FDR dying and the nation at war, Vice President Truman didn't know about the Manhattan

Project. Says a lot about both FDR and the nature of the office.

And, as Cheney said, the VP has two duties: inquire about the health of the President and preside over the Senate.

If Warren accepts that, more much less power to her.

[MFM008]

4. 12 days to work out the sour apples

[pnwmom]

7. I think that would be a very exciting ticket for Dems . . . and would drive Trump

into even greater heights of crazed misogyny.

[seabeyond]

9. Omg, it will kill Trump. No way would he shut up about it. Nt

[scscholar]

10. But he already said clearly before that he wasn't

Geez. I wish he'd make-up his mind.

[pnwmom]

14. That was because he didn't want to lose a Senate seat. But after investigating the laws

in Massachusetts, it appears that there is a way around the Republican governor there.

[reformist2]

11. Harry Reid has always creeped me out.

[pnwmom]

15. He's a strategic thinker and has been a great leader. n/t

[seabeyond]

17. Well, as long as we are dissing another Democrat.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. Sanders/Warren is my dream ticket