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« on: January 14, 2017, 08:44:13 PM »

In my opinion:

Democratic: Ron Wyden/Elizabeth Warren. It obviously unites the various branches of the Democratic Party while attracting swing voters.
Republican: Paul Ryan/Nikki Haley. This is assuming Ryan resigns the Speakership in October of 2017 and resigns his House seat. Haley's newfound ties to Trump would keep his supporters willing to vote for the ticket.

-Neither of these are the best tickets. Both Ryan and Haley are horrible general election candidates. Wyden/Warren is OK, but a tad too far-left. And it's important to have an energetic Black guy at the top of the Dem ticket to keep Black youth turnout at 2012 levels.
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017, 10:13:46 PM »

In my opinion:

Democratic: Ron Wyden/Elizabeth Warren. It obviously unites the various branches of the Democratic Party while attracting swing voters.
Republican: Paul Ryan/Nikki Haley. This is assuming Ryan resigns the Speakership in October of 2017 and resigns his House seat. Haley's newfound ties to Trump would keep his supporters willing to vote for the ticket.

-Neither of these are the best tickets. Both Ryan and Haley are horrible general election candidates. Wyden/Warren is OK, but a tad too far-left. And it's important to have an energetic Black guy at the top of the Dem ticket to keep Black youth turnout at 2012 levels.

Neither Wyden nor Warren are anywhere near "far-left".

Wyden is pretty centrist at best on economic issues. It's only social issues that would make anyone think he's left of center.

-Guys; I never denied Wyden was pretty centrist; I said the Wyden/Warren ticket was "a tad too far-left" [for it to be the most electable Democratic ticket]. For all we know, Tom Carper may be the most electable Democratic nominee in terms of ideology.
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 12:50:00 AM »

In a general election I think Bullock/Booker or Booker/Bullock would be formidable. Bridging the urban/rural divide imo is more important than bridging the progressive/liberal divide. You could replace Booker with Kamala Harris on either of those tickets as well to get the same outcome (while winning more progressives).

As of right now... This is the correct answer.  Bullock could maybe interchanged with Sherrod Brown.

Elizabeth Warren on a ticket is less electable than Hillary IMO.

-Not less electable than Hillary. But I don't think she's in the top decile of electability.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 02:02:22 AM »

Only on Atlas do they say Elizabeth Warren is not far left.

Elizabeth Warren is a centre-left liberal by any objective measure.

http://voteview.com/SENATE_SORT113.HTM
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2017, 07:17:33 PM »

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