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And gosh darn it, people like

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:04:19 +0000

In reply to Warren's two years younger

And gosh darn it, people like him.

Warren's two years younger

acanuck — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:15:14 +0000

In reply to It's not identical case, but

Warren's two years younger than Hillary. Franken is the young pup of the Dems at 65. All three are younger, smarter and readier for the Oval Office than Trump. Age won't be an issue. I'd like to see more youth getting politically engaged, but it takes time to season a presidential candidate.

It's not identical case, but

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:53:23 +0000

In reply to Ten or twenty years ago I

It's not identical case, but deaths of Bowie, Rickman, Ali, Lemmy from Motorhead give an idea how uncertain a 69-year-old's life is, though women have greater longevity. Bill Clinton, W. Bush and Obama were a safer early middle age.

Ten or twenty years ago I

Flavius — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 08:53:20 +0000

In reply to I'm less concerned with

Ten or twenty years ago I would have had exactly the same position.But , to speak plainly, the danger of the President being killed seems to me ( I hope I ´m wrong )to have become so much higher that I now feel it´s the candidate´s duty to the country to choose a VP who is as nearly ready to take over as possible.

That wasn t always the case of course.FDR ´s first two Veeps :Garner and Wallace fit the old pattern of being someone primarily or even exclusively chosen to help get the candidate elected by ¨balancing the ticket¨.

I'm less concerned with

ocean-kat — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 03:10:01 +0000

In reply to Franken would be great in the

I'm less concerned with experience in a vp than a president. Intellect, character, and policy positions matter much more. If the two respect each other and get along the vp can get the experience she or he needs with the job. She can learn from the, hopefully, more experienced president.

Franken would be great in the

Flavius — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:45:07 +0000

In reply to Kaine and Castro do zip to

Franken would be great in the campaign.

But to be boringly responsible , he ´d be just a successful assassination away from actually holding the office. I don´t think he´s actually run anything.

You learn to be good at anything by doing it. Teaching teaches you to be a teacher. Hours in the operating room makes you a surgeon.I love Obama. He was an inspirational leader. But ,juset among ourselves ,maybe not that good as a manager. According to Brad Delong (and others) Hillary was in over her brilliant head in Hillarycare.

But she does have the sine qua non :smarts. But I´d be much more comfortable the morning the election if her/our number two who ,along with a laundry list of other qualities, was someone who had actually run a large organization like the Red Cross. No one will have enough knowledge or skill to be the country´s leading expert in any one of the areas run by any particular cabinet member. We don´t select the President to do that but to ¨manage¨ the person who has that job . And all the others . Which is the role the Vice President has to be ready to assume.

Pretty big!

Kaine and Castro do zip to

acanuck — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:00:17 +0000

In reply to Warren vs. Kaine Smackdown

Kaine and Castro do zip to bolster the ticket. Nice guys, perhaps, but they are wallpaper. Warren comes closest to echoing Bernie's passion and progressive credibility, and she'd be a great surrogate -- shoring up Hillary's appeal to both Sanders supporters and women. And she'd give left/right balance to the ticket; Hillary is already doing a fine job sopping up soft Republicans and hawks (Robert Kagan, sweet Jesus!), and the VP nominee isn't going to damage her appeal to GOP deserters.

If an all-female ticket is considered too bold a move, Sen. Al Franken would slot right in. Minnesotans have embraced him as one of their own. He's progressive enough, he's smart enough, and gosh-darn it people like him. He's authentic in a Sanders way, he can bring the passion a la Warren, but he can also bring some levity and humour that Clinton-Warren might lack. He'd be an asset in locking up Florida,too. I'd be disappointed if it's not Warren or Franken.

Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 04:57:01 +0000

In reply to Well I for Kaine too.

Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek?

I thought it was hilarious

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:53:00 +0000

In reply to I disagree with the idea that

I thought it was hilarious when Trump used Hillary's very words, criticizing his temperament, to describe her.

Trump's M.O. is "I know you are but what am I?" He just called Warren a fraud and a racist. I don't think it works, but he seems to.

Sherrod is awesome on paper.

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:08:20 +0000

In reply to PS VP home state advantage

Sherrod is awesome on paper. I just find him a little uninspiring. Losing his Senate seat is also a problem, much bigger than the temporary loss of Warren's

Part of my enthusiasm for Warren is that I see her political style as representing the potential future for the party. Hillary is lucky that she chose not to run for president this year.