(March 3, 2019 at 9:39 am)bennyboy Wrote:(March 2, 2019 at 4:37 pm)Yonadav Wrote: I agree that we would be taking a really hard look at who he taps for his running mate. I don't think that it would be Warren, because she's another New Englander. Some have suggested Beto. Ideologically, I feel that's a mismatch. Beto is too much the New Dem to step in for Bernie, should something befall him. Kamala Harris might be good. In the past, I have speculated that Robert Reich was the man that he would have asked if he had gotten the nom the last time. That would be such a perfect match, were it not for the fact that he is also an old man.
I don't see any male democrat running with a male VP this election. Gotta mix up those genders this time.
I sort of agree and I sort of disagree. I think that identity politics is running out of steam. People are sort of tired of it. If there is a sense that a running mate was selected primarily for their gender, ethnic, or orientation identity, that could work against them. We just aren't very enthusiastic for America's first this or that, this time. I'm not opposed to a woman. Ideologically, Bernie and Warren would be a really good match. I would totally get behind that, regardless of which of them were at the top of the ticket. But a lot of people won't see it as a good match, strategically.
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