Inevitable Question: Best runningmate for Biden?

[Thunderbird is the word]

I'm thinking Castro to balance the ticket out agewise though Hillary supporters might insist on his picking a women.

[Famous Mortimer]

Donna Edwards.

[The Other Castro]

Barack Obama.

[Mister Mets]

Probably Kirsten Gilibrand or Amy Klobuchar.

Both are women familiar with the national spotlight, who pass the qualifications threshold.

Hilda Solis looks great on paper. She's a Hispanic woman who served ten years in Congress, and four in the Obama administration as Secretary of Labor.

[Famous Mortimer]

Probably Kirsten Gilibrand or Amy Klobuchar.

Both are women familiar with the national spotlight, who pass the qualifications threshold.

Hilda Solis looks great on paper. She's a Hispanic woman who served ten years in Congress, and four in the Obama administration as Secretary of Labor.

Amy Klobuchar is maybe the least charismatic Democrat in the Senate. She has no qualities that a dozen other Democrats don't also have, except a vagina, which a lot of other Democrats have too just not as many.

She would be a good VP candidate for no one.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Probably Kirsten Gilibrand or Amy Klobuchar.

Both are women familiar with the national spotlight, who pass the qualifications threshold.

Hilda Solis looks great on paper. She's a Hispanic woman who served ten years in Congress, and four in the Obama administration as Secretary of Labor.

Klobuchar, without question.

[C r a b c a k e]

Omg Biden with a young attractive women as his running mate? there may be a slight problem with that lol.

Ideal running mate: Neil Kinnock.

[Donald Trump 2016 !]

Why not Elizabeth Warren?

[Lincoln Republican]

Heidi Heitkamp

Martin Heinrich

[Dwarven Dragon]

Barack Obama.

This, for the sole purpose of creating drama at the supreme court.

[Kingpoleon]

Heidi Heitkamp

Martin Heinrich

Vice President Hunk/Senator Dreamboat!

Seriously, Heinrich is a young Hispanic from a good state. Ellison to appeal to the base, or Claire McCaskill to appeal to Clinton's PUMAs.

[Famous Mortimer]

Is that a joke? Martin Heinrich isn't Hispanic and if he claims to be, people should laugh in his face.

Martin Heinrich is a White dude and the Democratic party will never nominate an all White dude ticket for president ever again.

[ViaActiva]

Given the hopes of Hillary supporters for a woman President, he would have to appoint female running mate. Not doing so would be really bad politics.

Kirsten Gillibrand and Hilda Solis both sound like good choices. I've heard Wendy Davis being touted as a wildcard but the inexperience card would really work against her.

Biden/Warren is too unbalanced in terms of age - would be madness if the Republicans are running someone like Rubio.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Seriously, Heinrich is a young Hispanic from a good state.

Heinrich is as much Hispanic as I am Pacific Islander.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

Heinrich will ensure a GOP senate; as Martinez will pick his successor, a GOPer. Castro is my choice.

[Kingpoleon]

Seriously, Heinrich is a young Hispanic from a good state.

Heinrich is as much Hispanic as I am Pacific Islander.

... In retrospect, that looks odd. My apologies.

[Progressive]

Top Choices:

Hilda Solis, Mazie Hirono, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan, Maria Cantwell, Tammy Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Antonio Villaraigosa, Julian Castro, Brian Schatz, Martin Heinrich, Chris Murphy

Wildcard
Linda Sanchez, Judy Chu, Gary Locke, Muriel Bowser, Kasim Reed, Annise Parker

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Ideal running mate: Neil Kinnock.

I laughed.

[Dwarven Dragon]

Top Choices:

Hilda Solis, Mazie Hirono, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan, Maria Cantwell, Tammy Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Antonio Villaraigosa, Julian Castro, Brian Schatz, Martin Heinrich, Chris Murphy

Wildcard
Linda Sanchez, Judy Chu, Gary Locke, Muriel Bowser, Kasim Reed, Annise Parker

Why would Locke be a good choice?

[dudeabides]

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson
Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio
U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand of New York

[Mister Mets]

Why not Elizabeth Warren?

Massachusetts isn't in play, and it would be a very old ticket. Warren underperformed Obama in her one election, and is likely to overshadow the top of the ticket.

[Mister Mets]

Given the hopes of Hillary supporters for a woman President, he would have to appoint female running mate. Not doing so would be really bad politics.

Kirsten Gillibrand and Hilda Solis both sound like good choices. I've heard Wendy Davis being touted as a wildcard but the inexperience card would really work against her.

Biden/Warren is too unbalanced in terms of age - would be madness if the Republicans are running someone like Rubio.

Wendy Davis lost by 20+ points in her one run for statewide office. Inexperience is also an issue, but not the main one.

I also doubt Democrats want the presidential election to be a conversation about late term abortion.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Seriously, Heinrich is a young Hispanic from a good state.

Did Heinrich's parents or grandparents flee Germany for South America after WWII? If so that could cause some major problems....

[Mister Mets]

Seriously, Heinrich is a young Hispanic from a good state.

Did Heinrich's parents or grandparents flee Germany for South America after WWII? If so that could cause some major problems....

A white guy is an unlikely match for Biden given the Democrats' focus on identity politics, but it does seem like Heinrich's family roots in the USA predate WWII, as a quick glance at his wikipedia page (and the links) would suggest.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/heinrich.htm

[CivicParticipant]

Castro