Who would be the strongest VP pick for Hillary Clinton?
I ran a series of polls on this a year or two ago, and the final result was Sherrod Brown, and Mark Warner had a lot of support too. I'm wondering how different it will be now.
Well, I think it would be one of these:
1) Julian Castro
2) Bernie Sanders
3) Elizabeth Warren
4) Gavin Newsom
5) Claire McCaskill
Number 6 would either be Mark Warner or Kirsten Gillibrand, though Kirsten would be like Jeb chosing Marco as his running mate, it would be very complicated, although totally and entirely legal. I used to think Warner would be one of the strongest, yet I've soured a little bit on him (don't have any particular reason, besides his age at least, I guess it might be as simple as his very disappointing reelection result against a total nobody, and now I'm being really nice against that prick of his opponent lol). Likewise, and now much, much more positive on both Newsom (just extremely intelligent, my God!) and McCaskill (one of the most personable, relatable politicians you have around). Agreed. Newsom makes his genius boss look like a fool, and McCaskill is a female, younger, and gaffeless version of Joe Biden. Hmm... Newsom/McCaskill 2020?
Seriously though, I like all your suggestions. I think O'Malley, Deval Patrick, and maybe De Blasio would do the same as Sanders or Warren as rallying the base while raising turnout of:
- "Efficient Independenrs"(O'Malley)(Young & College students)
- "Schweitzer Democrats"(Patrick)(African-Americans)
- "Progressive Politicos"(De Blasio)(Italian-Americans, City People)
