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« on: March 25, 2015, 06:51:32 PM »

Warren, Hassan, McCaskill, or Klobuchar.

Gillibrand is unconstitutional (The President and VP have to be from different states).
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Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2015, 07:06:59 PM »
« Edited: March 25, 2015, 07:08:34 PM by Wulfric »

Warren, Hassan, McCaskill, or Klobuchar.

Gillibrand is unconstitutional (The President and VP have to be from different states).

Not Baldwin?

Baldwin would also work.

Warren, Hassan, McCaskill, or Klobuchar.

Gillibrand is unconstitutional (The President and VP have to be from different states).
No they don't. New York just can't cast more than half of it's electoral votes for candidates from it's own state.

I stand corrected. But still, that requirement would presumably be attained by each of New York's Electors voting for some other democrat for Vice President. It's certainly possible that this 29 electoral vote loss could push the democratic VP nominee under 270 EVs (BTW, electors cast separate votes for president and VP), throwing the decision into the senate, and if it is still republican-controlled, we could easily end up with a Clinton/Rubio or Clinton/Martinez administration.

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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2015, 12:13:09 PM »

For Gillibrand, Clinton would change her primary residence to DC not Arkansas (where they don't have a residence). It would avoid constitutional problems but would cause a media distraction.  It'd be surprising to see her pick any woman (or McAuliffe) unless polls show her dominant and even then, with the pick coming earlier than usual, it'd still be surprising. But obviously she'll refuse to rule it out and a woman or two will "leak" as being on the short-list, like Klobuchar or Murray.

There's been talk of Klobuchar for one of the upcoming Supreme Court vacancies.

One of the most overlooked mistakes of Obama has been taking so many Democrats out of the senate. I doubt Hillary didn't note it.  Klobuchar, who is popular, would be especially risky to remove.

Why? She would be replaced by a Democrat and the 2018 election (when Klobuchar would be up) would no doubt lean heavily toward the Democrat. Keep in mind, this is Minnesota.



Yeah, but MN democrats are kind of terrible at picking people who will be strong in their first race. The last time they ran a non-incumbent for senate/governor, ('08/'10), the republicans came VERY close to victory.
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