I have decided I want Elizabeth Warren as Hillary's VP

[obamanut2012]

I think she is probably better used in the Senate or a Cabinet post, and the Dems probably should have someone younger like Castro or Kaine, but what a ticket that would be! The more I think of it, the more I want it. She was also an earlier Hillary supporter, asking her in 2014 to run for President this year, so she isn't a coattail-rider. She is sincere.

And, to quote my BFF:

Two women, rolling like fucking Jedi. It gives me tingles. Warren has so much star power, they have to do something with her. I am falling in love with this election.

[loyalsister]

1. It would muzzle one of the strongest truth-to-power Democrats we have

It would completely temper her greatest strengths by turning her into a yes-woman. No thanks!

[obamanut2012]

2. I really doubt that -- I have more confidence in Hillay and Warren

Warren would never dilute her convictions -- there would be no reason to.

[loyalsister]

7. Rigght

You really think she would go against her POTUS boss? I don't see Warren becoming a cheerleader for wasting Tax dollars that could be spent on infrastructure, etc. on more military action. I don't see it happening.

[obamanut2012]

8. Wow

[Orsino]

16. I would love to believe in a Clinton...

...who would join Warren's crusade against Wall Street and the banksters. We really, really need a president like that.

What seems more likely is that the Vice President would nearly vanish from the political discourse.

[Starry Messenger]

3. Well, you already know what I think.

[obamanut2012]

4. ROLLING LIKE TEH EFFING JEDI!

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. And while Massachusetts has a GOP governor

who would surely appoint a Republican senator as a temporary replacement, they have to have a special election for the permanent replacement. The temp could only serve 6 months. NJ and OH are just gubenatorial appointments, so Cory Booker or Sherrod Brown would definitely cost us a seat.

[obamanut2012]

6. Yeah, as much as I like Brown, that was a worry for me

I'm not too worried about MA IF it is Warren. As Is aid, I love her in the Senate, and she would be great in the Cabinet, but if she was used right as VP, she could really change the office of Veep, and be a real help to an HRC Administration. I think about this every day when I go running! It's more interesting that thinking about how humid it is.

[loyalsister]

9. "used right" says it all

I don't think her style is to serve as window dressing to shore up progressive support. To waste her expertise going to funerals and speaking engagements would be a travesty.

[Lil Missy]

10. I think she could do more for the liberal cause as an outspoken Senator.

[MFM008]

11. Did picking Joe Biden

Stop him from saying stuff???

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Not. A. Chance.

Move along now.

[SheilaT]

13. You want her in a weaker position?

Why?

It's bad enough that from here it looks as if Hillary, her minions, and the DNC don't really give a flying fuck about electing more Dems outside the White House, but to want to take an incredibly effective Senator and put her in the totally ineffectual office of Vice President?

Yeah, it might be rather thrilling during the campaign, but after January 20, 2017, Elizabeth Warren will accomplish nothing at all. Hopefully, she's too smart to take the job if offered.

Although, I suspect that Hillary would not have enough self confidence to want a genuinely strong VP candidate by her side, let along as strong a woman as Elizabeth Warren.

[randome]

14. Josh Marshall at TPM thinks so, too. So do I.

Look at her remarks today: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/elizabeth-warren-trump-racist-bully

"Are you scared Donald? Well, you should be! We're coming," she said, according to NBC.

Jesus, she's brilliant! #ImWithHERandHER!

Marshall's take is that Warren would amplify Clinton's liberal tendencies. Now say anything derogatory that you want about Clinton but she IS a liberal, maybe not as pure as some would like but with Warren to 'balance her out'...I get chills, too, just thinking about the two of them. They would complement one another. Warren is no dupe, she would not be sidelined.

Harry Reid is in favor of this, too.

Sanders puts me asleep. Warren electrifies me. Do the revolutionaries among us REALLY want a revolution or do they only want Sanders? Warren can help us get what we need.

I say LET'S GO FOR IT!

[HereSince1628]

15. What group does Clinton really want to reach for support?

It seems as if the plan is to move right and pick up disaffected R's who are in many ways philosophically more like New Dems than Warren and the progressive left.

The move right also can have lasting strategic impact as it organizes the disarray on the right to create a stronger moderate-right bloc. That could permanently cripple the christian right and tea-party factions in an attempt to go forward as the repubilcan party. Yes, it would also probably promote even stronger moves to discard/abandon the progressive left from the democratic party. But hey, a win is a win and winning is everything for a candidate seeking elected office.

[NorthCarolina]

17. I would be surprised if she accepted. -nt-