Bernie's VP

[Skink]

Interestingly there are not any people running for anticipated cabinet posts.

Obama chose a vp and Secratary of State from the primary challengers.

Who should it be?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. If Hillary wanted to go that route, I imagine

Chafee, Webb or O'Malley would be happy to be asked to be VP.

I can't see Sanders picking a VP from among his contenders. I always suggest Barbara Lee from the House.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Barbara Lee eould be great!

Elizabeth Warren or O'Malley would be good. It definitely needs to be another Progressive with the same vision for the country as Bernie has.

NO MORE DLC/DNC/THIRD WAY/BLUE DOGS/YELLOW DOGS anywhere near the White House! Enough is enough of their failed policies.

[LWolf]

3. Barbara Lee!

I would love to see this.

[immoderate]

8. Barbara Lee!

--imm

[daredtowork]

40. I fourth the emotion for Barbara Lee! nt

[NorthCarolina]

4. Gavin Newsome

would be my choice. Bucked the system on gay marriage and affirmed San Fran as a sanctuary city for imigrants.

[MisterP]

12. alas he's a weathervane as much as Clinton: neither of those things is bucking the system even in

the most aristo-Dem yuppified SF circles

[daredtowork]

41. Yep, leans Third Way. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

44. I disagree. My original take on the guy was blow dried Marina yuppie, but it is undeniable

that he's been a strong voice ahead of the game on things like marriage equality and now pot legalization.

I wouldn't write him off, nor would I automatically assume, say, his haircut qualifies him as "third way". Not anymore.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. And then proceeded to sell out the City -

to the Tech industry -- which has begun an economic/ethnic/cultural cleansing of my once great town. I wouldn't piss on Newsom if he were on fire.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. Come on. You really think Newsom was responsible for that?

Did you honestly think that all the Google people were going to want to move to Gilroy?

[zazen]

5. Rep. Donna Edwards, D (Maryland)?

[appalachiablue]

10. Donna Edwards

[Bjorn Against]

6. I would like him to pick an unknown

I think it would really underscore his message of running to help ordinary people to select a relatively ordinary person for the job. I think a high school teacher or college professor who has a broad understanding of American government as well as international affairs, has been involved in their community, and has strong public speaking skills would be great for the ticket. I think the reason Bernie is getting so much public support is that people are sick of politics as usual and selecting a common middle class citizen with exceptional qualities would be a bold move that could really inspire people.

[valerief]

7. Robert Reich!!!! nt

[PADemD]

9. Bill DeBlasio

[demwing]

11. Jessie Jackson

Bernie and Jessie go way back, and some of Jessie's Rainbow Coalition Platform looks very familiar:

• Rebuild America's infrastructure and provide jobs to all Americans,
• Reversing Reaganomics-inspired tax cuts for the richest ten percent of Americans
• Cutting the budget of the Department of Defense by as much as fifteen percent over the course of his administration
• Supporting family farmers by reviving many of Roosevelt's New Deal–era farm programs
• Creating a single-payer system of universal health care
• Ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
• Increasing federal funding for lower-level public education and providing free community college to all
• Applying stricter enforcement of the Voting Rights Act

good fit, and an excellent balance for Bernie

[NorthCarolina]

15. I think ^^^THIS^^^ may prove to be

the correct answer.

[demwing]

20. Also, Jackson has been building a rep as a diplomat

and was responsible for securing the release of US hostages on several occasions:

International activism

Jackson's influence extended to international matters in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1983, Jackson traveled to Syria to secure the release of a captured American pilot, Navy Lt. Robert Goodman who was being held by the Syrian government...After a dramatic personal appeal that Jackson made to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Goodman was released...

In June 1984, Jackson negotiated the release of twenty-two Americans being held in Cuba after an invitation by Cuban president Fidel Castro...

On the eve of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Jackson made a trip to Iraq, to plead to Saddam Hussein for the release of foreign nationals held there as the "human shield", securing the release of several British and twenty American individuals...

In April 1999, during the Kosovo War, Jackson traveled to Belgrade to negotiate the release of three U.S. POWs captured on the Macedonian border while patrolling with a UN peacekeeping unit. He met with the then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, who later agreed to release the three men...

So he successfully negotiated with al-Assad, Castro, Saddam, and Milošević? That should even impress TRump.

[pangaia]

27. I campaigned for Jesse in Cincinnati in 1984.

He WON the county, thank you very much. :&gt )

"I'd rather have Roosevelt in a wheelchair than reagan on a horse."
Wasn't that from that year??

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. I think this would be great if Rev. Jackson is feeling up to it.

[Reter]

19. I think he would need someone younger

Both are 73.

[classof56]

13. Probably won't score me any points here, but I'm thinking, how about a Clinton/Sanders ticket?

Just crossed my mind. Give me a minute--I'll get my sanity back!

Cheers.

[ancianita]

14. I'm gonna have to recommend a Latino -- Joaquin Castro, representing TX in the House.

[demwing]

16. In Hillary's camp

and he's a little green

[ancianita]

18. Yes, I heard he's being groomed. Yet, if Bernie were to get the nomination, I think he'd consider.

[TheKentuckian]

21. When you are 73 and unaligned with the establishment you need good insurance

and someone "being groomed" is a junk policy that also acts as a "whack me" sign.

[ancianita]

22. Who else could be progressive, yet experienced at state and DC levels enough, to qualify, then?

[TheKentuckian]

25. I'd look to the house and pull maybe a Barbara Lee as we can't afford to pull Brown or Warren from

the Senate to be funeral goer in chief/head health inquirer/Senate tie breaker.

There are also Mayors to comb through. Maybe locate a comparatively progressive police chief and task them with getting the cops under control and winding down the stupid and failed drug war.
Maybe there are anti war and smart former military folks that might be younger and useful.

Maybe place some calls to Dr Maddow and get her off the sinking MSNBC ship.

[ancianita]

33. I'd prefer someone black or Hispanic who knows Congress and who could be presidential.

Someone with legal credentials and knowledge of broader national political issues.

[artislife]

42. A woman PoC would be the charm

I like Barbara Lee but would faint at the thought of a Latina!. Still, I am don't know of any on the horizon, do you?

[ancianita]

47. I found these two. I like their promise.

State Rep. Ana Hernandez Luna, 34, Texas

The young Texas state representative from Houston became the face of the illegal immigration issue last year when, in a dramatic speech on the floor of the Texas House, she revealed how she her parents brought her, as an infant, from Reynosa, Mexico, and how they lived, without proper documentation, in a shared brick duplex on Houston’s Alamo Street for eight years. With one five-minute speech, Hernandez Luna transformed herself from a local lawmaker to a national symbol.

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, 54, California, seems to be a great fit for a President Sanders

Solis became the first Hispanic woman to serve in a U.S. president’s Cabinet when she was sworn in as President Obama’s Labor Secretary in 2009. The daughter of immigrant parents from Nicaragua and Mexico who met in U.S. citizenship class, Solis won a seat in Congress in 2000 by ousting a 9-term incumbent in the Democratic primary. During her time in elective office – which also included stints in the California Assembly and Senate – she made a name for herself by pushing for comprehensive immigration reform and environmental justice initiatives.

Women leaders for America are a tonic for a country sick at heart.

[artislife]

55. These are great.

I think Hilda would be the better choice because of her age and length in politics. ..thanks for bringing this information.

[ancianita]

57. Welcome!

[demwing]

29. Jessie Jackson

International diplomat, DC politician, outspoken Civil Rights activist

[ancianita]

34. I hear you. But he lacks executive and the legislative experience to work with the Senate.

[demwing]

35. Well FWIW, he was the Shadow Senator to DC from 91-97...

but there's no denying his credentials as a progressive, and as someone who has successfully worked on behalf of America on the international stage.

[animalvet]

39. Sorry, this man has now been removed from Bernie's consideration

Thanks to his idiotic comment about Bernie not campaigning in Texas, when he did so, drawing large crowds in both Dallas and Houston.

[ancianita]

48. Bernie's not like that. He paid attention, those comments to heart, and could bring about a change

of heart with both Castros.

It was not Sanders' first visit to Texas since presidential buzz began surrounding him. In a comparatively low-key trip, he dropped in on Austin in April to meet with union workers and headline a fundraiser for the Travis County Democratic Party.

Andrew Andrews, a mail courier from Hurst who came to see Sanders in Dallas, welcomed the senator's emphasis on stumping across the "entire country and not just the strongholds" for Democrats.

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/19/sanders-rallies-thousands-tough-talk-democrats/

[WI_DEM]

23. Whoever it is should be younger and probably a latino or African-American

and we shouldn't rule out somebody who has endorsed HRC. Most Democratic office holders have.

[arcane1]

26. I like Lee and Warren, but I don't want to lose 2 good people in congress.

I have no idea.

[NightWatcher]

28. Thom Hartmann for Sec of Ed or Interior

[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. Barbara Boxer?

Elizabeth Warren?

[demwing]

36. Warren as the next SC Justice

and tap Hillary to drive the battle against Citizens United, the way Roosevelt tapped Joe Kennedy to clean up Wall Street,

[Motown_Johnny]

31. I'm a Janet Napolitano fan

Her being in charge of Homeland Security brings the national defense heft that Sen. Sanders could use. She was also a Governor of a western state which brings executive experience and helps with a western strategy.

Being a Latina helps with a couple different demographics which are important to winning in 2016.

She was born in 1957, so she will be 67 in 2024.

[daredtowork]

43. You might want to look at what Napolitano is doing to the UC system

The master plan of the University of California was about providing a free public education to all qualified California students.

Under Napolitano's watch tuition has risen to private school levels, students don't get housed because the University is busy building stadiums and leasing out facilities for profit (so many Berkeley students had to resort to food banks that they now have their own dedicated campus food bank), and the University has padded its classes with so many foreign students that they now have a difficult time making a case with the Governor for ongoing State funding. UC Berkeley struggles to attract a 2-3% African American students.

As President of the UC system, Napolitano had the opportunity to lead change and make UC Berkeley a great public institution again. Instead she chose quasi-privatization, backing over-priced online classes, and expanding enrollment far beyond the community's capacity to absorb them during a regional housing crisis. This will probably be the year of homeless students at UC Berkeley.

Napolitano's priorities were wrong for the UC system, and they would be wrong as President of the United States.

[rug]

32. Richard Trumka.

Break the cycle and take someone directly from the labor movement.

[NYCButterfinger]

37. Janet Napolitano, Kathleen Sebelius. Red state appeal. Could put AZ in play.

Barbara Lee, Gavin Newsom, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. I think Bernie will pick someone younger, someone ready to be president on day one.

[Metric System]

38. Santa Claus.

[demwing]

50. Hillary

Santa may carry a bag, but he has less baggage

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Since someone already said Gavin Newsom, I'm gonna say Jeff Merkeley.

[olddots]

49. Jesse Jackson

[longship]

51. Well, let's begin with a presidential nominee.

That seems to me to be a good starting point on cabinet assignments.

In the meantime, it all seems like a lot of bullshit.

Pshaw!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

52. Patty Murray would be a good pick.

[Scruffy1]

53. The only purpose of the vice presidency is to sideline someone.

Making someone like Warren, or Barbara Lee vice president would just take them out of the game.



James Nance Garner: "The Vice Presidency isn't worth a warm bucket of piss."

Hubert Humphrey: "Their was a woman who had two sons. One went out to sea and the other became Vice President of the United
States. Neither was ever heard from again."

Every presidential election cycle, I've heard the same nonsense about selecting the VP. In truth, if it made any difference do you think anyone would have put Palin up as a candidate?

[longship]

54. Ummm! Maybe that is because we are months before there are nominees.

It is really simple.

First, there is this really long campaign for the nomination. Some folks like it to be a never, ever ending campaign that goes on perpertually. But no matter.

Once the interminably long campaign goes on for a while there comes a time when there are elections or caucuses to select folks who will nominate the candidate. Now, since a lot of money is made promoting the candidates it is the best interest of those who get wealthy by such promotions to extend them as long as possible. And of course, the competition to be the first pushes these contests earlier and earlier.

Thus, Wolf Blitzer starts blabbing about the 2016 election well before the 2012 election has been decided.

And the same thing happens here on DU.

All idiotic useless blabber. Even going on now.

[pinebox]

56. Dr Jill Stein

She would have my vote for VP if Warren isn't available.

[Reter]

58. Cynthia McKinney would be my first chioce

Always loved her.