Hillary Rodham Clinton is the likely Democratic presidential nominee for 2016. If she wins the nomination, who does she pick as her vice presidential running mate? Julian Castro, the rising star and HUD secretary? Tim Kaine, the Virginia senator? Evan Bayh, former Indiana senator and centrist?
Cory Booker.
I’m from NJ and I think Booker should run for president in 2020 or 2024. What about Evan Bayh, former Indiana senator and governor. He’s a moderate Democrat like Bill Clinton was in 1992.
maybe Mark Warner or Carte Goodwin, former West Virginia Senator and Commissioner of United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Mark Warner or Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown.
Brown not only helps cement Ohio (and there are few paths for the GOP that do not include flipping Ohio) but also can help with an outreach to rural America (major player in the Farm Bill.)
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich might be a good VP pick for Hillary Clinton :):
After all, Martin Heinrich is both young and Western. Indeed, this could help balance the 2016 Democratic ticket considering that Hillary Clinton is both old and Eastern (and a woman, to boot!). 
Goodwin is probably too inexperienced while Warner would be a qualified but boring VP pick.
Moderate Democrats might be going out of fashion nowadays, though.
Hillary doesn’t need Booker to energize the Black vote, though. After all, having Obama campaign for her can already do that for her.
Yeah, but getting Booker in as VP now might be useful experience for him now. I don’t see him running 2020, but maybe 24. I like him, of course, and think he’d be a fine choice.
I still think Bernie would be a good choice. Hilary’s biggest problem is capturing the enthusiast youth vote. Another moderate doesn’t really add as much to what she’s already brings. The Clintons define centrist politics.
I could see myself voting for Hillary over some from the current crop of GOP candidates, but those odds go down if Sherrod Brown is on her ticket. He may be too far left for her.
I don’t think Sanders would take the job even if offered - and I think his age keeps Clinton from wanting him on the ticket.
Mark Warner and Sherrod Brown are good for nailing down a big EV swing state, assuming the VP actually has that effect (not sure that it does).
Senator Booker is an interesting choice for firing up the base, which I think Clinton has trouble doing because she’s such a centrist.
Julian Castro would be a nice choice for both firing up the base, firing up the latino vote, and trying to put the southwest into play, but I think the name and the fact that Texas going blue in the next decade is a pipe dream keeps him off the ticket. Could be interesting.
Disappointingly, I think looks still matter all too much in politics, and I think that’s between Booker and Warner.
Joke answer: Maybe Charlie Crist will help out with Florida 
I don’t think that it particularly matters if the VP is from a swing state, as the record doesn’t actually seem to show that that helps. It might help to have a VP with a strong reputation on some particular issue. Most importantly, though, in this case, is that the VP slot will be a good stepping stone for some up-and-coming young Democrat.
Best choice- Joe Biden
Would like to see Sherrod Brown or Al Franken
Booker would be a great choice.
Afraid we’ll get O’Malley.
How is Biden a good choice? Too old to offset Clinton’s age, doesn’t bring any states with him, he’s a gaffe-factory… what does he add to the ticket?
While I like Franken, I don’t think he adds much to the ticket either. Why do you like him?
Speakers from the previous DNC have done surprisingly well (examples: Bill Clinton in 1988, despite the fact that everybody made fun of his rather long speech (the delegates cheered when he said, “In conclusion”); Barack Obama as the keynote speaker in 2004); the 2012 keynote speaker was Julian Castro.
Pardon me for playing the “gender card,” but I think the first thing on the VP list needs to be, “Not a woman - otherwise it runs the risk of people on the fence concerning ‘do we really want a woman as President?’ voting Republican.” If I didn’t consider this a problem, one of the top names on my list would be Dianne Feinstein, who was seriously considered in 1984.
Oh come on, anyone worried about a woman as president is not going to change their mind because the VP is a male. Those votes are completely lost the second we nominate Hillary. They are also more than canceled out by the women voting for Hillary solely to get a woman president though.
I think Warner may be in the driver’s seat (though Tim Kaine could work as the poor man’s Warner). Swing state, popular Senator, former Governor. Not considered too far to the left (Brown is one of the most liberal Senators in Washington, which could hurt Clinton as she tries to get votes from moderates in the general).
Biden is universally loved and brings liberal gravitas to the ticket. Franken is a quick mind and would kick the ass of whatever chump he’d have to debate.