# Who should Bernie Sanders choose for his Vice President? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725 "2015-07-10T02:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/21 "2015-07-11T23:28:14Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Hey if you are going to lose lose big! Ah, then you want Kyrsten Sinema, the female, openly bisexual, quasi-atheist from Arizona for VP. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/22 "2015-07-12T06:27:11Z")
Why not Hillary Clinton? It makes is another historic election (first female VP) and I believe there are a lot of people, including Mrs 2sense, who want to vote for a woman. Also Senator Sanders’ support looks really white and Ms Clinton has support with minorities. Also it signals to the Democratic Establishment that Bernie Sanders is a responsible candidate which opens up more resources for the general election. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/23 "2015-07-12T11:56:12Z")
> [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](#): > > Bernie Sanders would beat the Republicans. I think he should ask Elizabeth Warren. Warren is from a moon bat state. I highly doubt her experience would translate to a national election. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/24 "2015-07-12T16:17:10Z")
Colin Powell. African American, crosses political lines, military experience, mainstream, huge name recognition. Christine Todd Whitman. Female, crosses political lines, socially moderate/liberal. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/25 "2015-07-13T03:13:03Z")
What makes anyone think that Sanders wants to cross political lines? Is there anything in his history that suggests he’d want to do this? Any major legislation he’s sponsored with Republicans? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/26 "2015-07-13T03:25:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Colin Powell. African American, crosses political lines, military experience, mainstream, huge name recognition. > > Christine Todd Whitman. Female, crosses political lines, socially moderate/liberal. Powell’s too old and Whitman’s literally the exact opposite of Sanders in terms of politics. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/27 "2015-07-13T03:25:21Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > What makes anyone think that Sanders wants to cross political lines? Is there anything in his history that suggests he’d want to do this? Any major legislation he’s sponsored with Republicans? What makes you think this is a prediction thread? It’s a thread about who he should choose. These were two that were interesting possibilities to me, considering what each brought to the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/28 "2016-02-18T01:02:39Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Is his campaign even going to get that far? See for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/29 "2016-02-18T01:12:16Z")
Trump. That would wrap up the protest vote!! ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/30 "2016-02-18T01:16:54Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Hillary Clinton. I mean that. She’d be a great choice. She bring established, er, establishment credentials. Honestly, they’d be perfect together in either capacity. Pelosi would be good, too. Except in terms of age, heck Pelosi is a year older than Sanders. Bernie Sanders is definitely going to choose a much younger vice president. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/31 "2016-02-18T01:25:03Z")
No love for Byron Mallott? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/32 "2016-02-18T01:28:22Z")
Bill Gates, so he can say to the Trump supporters, HA my billionaire is richer than your billionaire 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/33 "2016-02-18T01:32:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Trump. That would wrap up the protest vote!! If I were President Bernie and Trump were my Veep, I would hire a food taster for my food taster. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/34 "2016-02-18T01:37:48Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > I’d say the consensus is that Sen. Gillibrand is [someone to look at](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/21/reid-calls-gillibrand-the-hottest-member/). > > But I don’t think that’s the question you’re asking. From the link: “The Leader was saying nice things about the work Senator Gillibrand and Senator Reid have done together over the last year and half, and made a joke referencing to the Hill article from earlier this year,” spokesman Matt Cantor said. Gillibrand has been the victim of workplace sexual harassment and it must have taken some gritting of teeth for her office to issue that conciliatory comment. I like Harry Reid but you know what, Harry? It ain’t the 1930s any more! Sanders’ pick, in the unimaginable event of a nomination, should be the usual strategy to balance the ticket. A conservative black man like Colin Powell might work except to the extent that Powell has been seriously damaged by the baggage from the GWB era. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/35 "2016-02-18T01:38:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Trump. That would wrap up the protest vote!! I would love such a Popular Front ticket since it would definitely #trigger all the normies and shills and more importantly give Sanders a Yuuge source of funding. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/36 "2016-02-18T01:45:55Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > From the link: > “The Leader was saying nice things about the work Senator Gillibrand and Senator Reid have done together over the last year and half, and made a joke referencing to the Hill article from earlier this year,” spokesman Matt Cantor said. > Gillibrand has been the victim of workplace sexual harassment and it must have taken some gritting of teeth for her office to issue that conciliatory comment. I like Harry Reid but you know what, Harry? It ain’t the 1930s any more! > > Sanders’ pick, in the unimaginable event of a nomination, should be the usual strategy to balance the ticket. A conservative black man like Colin Powell might work except to the extent that Powell has been seriously damaged by the baggage from the GWB era. No no, Powell is old, and a figure from the Bush administration. No way Sanders would pick him plus a black man is not needed by the Democrats, only the Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/37 "2016-02-18T04:51:37Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Sanders’ pick, in the unimaginable event of a nomination, should be the usual strategy to balance the ticket. A conservative black man like Colin Powell might work except to the extent that Powell has been seriously damaged by the baggage from the GWB era. There is no universe in which Bernie Sanders picks a Republican as a running mate. I still think Clinton and Sanders are each others’ best choice. We need Warren in the Senate. Can Joe Biden run for VP again? I have no idea. Is there a term limit on VP? I almost want to say Mike O’Malley. I know he’s a newcomer but he really wants it. I want a young guy, which is why I keep jumping past oldtimers like Bill Richardson. There’s Greyson, but he’s a Revolutionaire, and we already have one. One of the Cuomos? Someone outside of New England, I’d think … ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/38 "2016-02-18T10:41:47Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > See for yourself. I love the enthusiasm, but we’re still only two states in. A bit early to declare him the nominee, which is normally when this sort of decision starts getting batted around. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/39 "2016-02-18T14:17:40Z")
Michelle Obama, just to watch Republican heads explode. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725/40 "2016-02-18T15:26:12Z")
I think he should pick Captain America. Sure, he’s a fictional character but you started us down this fantastical rabbit-hole it by positing a Bernie Sanders nomination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-bernie-sanders-choose-for-his-vice-president/724725.md?page=3)