Predict the 2 tickets.

[I support Sanders]

Kasich/Rubio

vs.

Sanders/Chafee

[I support Sanders]

What is with all the Kasich predictions? Kasich will not be on the ticket! He maybe had a chance until this past debate, when he completely blew any chance he had away. All he came across was in the debate was a complete grouch. He underwent a complete personality change (or maybe he just finally settled into his real personality). He said the moderators did a fine job. He's too moderate, or at least he's presenting himself that way. He's out.

Rubio/Haley and Clinton/somebody

Kasich is considered to be a real contender due to him being the popular, two-term governor of the important swing state of Ohio. He has real results as a result of his governorship, has proven that he can win Democratic and independent votes, and is a reasonable conservative. He is betting his campaign on winning New Hampshire, and right now, he has the best campaign in that state. He would at least make a decent VP.

[I support Sanders]

What is with all the Kasich predictions? Kasich will not be on the ticket! He maybe had a chance until this past debate, when he completely blew any chance he had away. All he came across was in the debate was a complete grouch. He underwent a complete personality change (or maybe he just finally settled into his real personality). He said the moderators did a fine job. He's too moderate, or at least he's presenting himself that way. He's out.

Rubio/Haley and Clinton/somebody

Kasich is considered to be a real contender due to him being the popular, two-term governor of the important swing state of Ohio. He has real results as a result of his governorship, has proven that he can win Democratic and independent votes, and is a reasonable conservative. Kasich may be too moderate, but he definitely has a real shot. He is betting his campaign on winning New Hampshire, and right now, he has the best campaign in that state. He would at least make a decent VP.

Kasich has a shot, but he's really underperformed, and it has a lot to do with his persona.  In addition, he has so much more experience than Rubio to where it sets up a situation to where, in the eyes of the critical undecided voters, the waiter may appear to be a better cook than the chef.

My pick for Rubio's VP is Rick Snyder.  He's a guy that thought of jumping in, but thought better of it, which turned out to be a good move.  He could potentially expand the map, and his record in Michigan, while controversial, is the stuff the national GOP loves. 

Snyder can't keep the water running in Detroit. No thanks.

[I support Sanders]

What is with all the Kasich predictions? Kasich will not be on the ticket! He maybe had a chance until this past debate, when he completely blew any chance he had away. All he came across was in the debate was a complete grouch. He underwent a complete personality change (or maybe he just finally settled into his real personality). He said the moderators did a fine job. He's too moderate, or at least he's presenting himself that way. He's out.

Rubio/Haley and Clinton/somebody

Kasich is considered to be a real contender due to him being the popular, two-term governor of the important swing state of Ohio. He has real results as a result of his governorship, has proven that he can win Democratic and independent votes, and is a reasonable conservative. Kasich may be too moderate, but he definitely has a real shot. He is betting his campaign on winning New Hampshire, and right now, he has the best campaign in that state. He would at least make a decent VP.

Kasich has a shot, but he's really underperformed, and it has a lot to do with his persona.  In addition, he has so much more experience than Rubio to where it sets up a situation to where, in the eyes of the critical undecided voters, the waiter may appear to be a better cook than the chef.

My pick for Rubio's VP is Rick Snyder.  He's a guy that thought of jumping in, but thought better of it, which turned out to be a good move.  He could potentially expand the map, and his record in Michigan, while controversial, is the stuff the national GOP loves. 

Snyder can't keep the water running in Detroit. No thanks.

Never underestimate the GOP's ability to play Dog Whistle politics.  Snyder appointed Emergency Managers to seven (7) of Michigan's cities and two (2) school districts that went bankrupt.  Four (4) of the seven cities (Detroit, Highland Park, Flint, and Benton Harbor) had significant black majorities, while both of the school districts (Detroit and Highland Park) were black majority school districts.

There are reasons why the cities of Detroit, Flint, Highland Park, and Benton Harbor went bankrupt, and why the Detroit and Highland Park school districts went bankrupt.  A certain amount of this is the circumstances these cities were put in with the decline of the auto industry and other manufacturing in Michigan, but much of it is blamed on the political establishments of these cities, which are predominantly black, and this is not lost on Republican voters.  The law was repealed at the ballot box in 2012, but that was a Democratic year in MI; it was favorably viewed in Republican areas. 

For this "fiscally responsible" posture, and for jamming through a right-to-work law in Michigan, Snyder is a hero amongst the business Republicans AND much of the anti-union hard right.  This is a guy who got conservative (or, at least, anti-Democrat) things done.  Most folks care more about the appearance of fiscal responsibility than the drinking water in a municipality they don't live in.  Sad, but true; that's the way of the world.

That was a great post, and I agree. The only problem with Snyder might be his lack of support among social conservative voters.