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« on: May 13, 2015, 08:53:17 PM »
..........and falls just short of defeating Hillary for the Presidential nomination, and his supporters demand he be on the ticket as Vice President, and he wants the Vice Presidential nomination, would Hillary be forced to give it to him?

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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2015, 08:57:36 PM »
Obama wasn't forced to make Hillary VP under similiar circumstances, and Hillary probably wouldn't make Sanders VP in this situation given his age (among other things).
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2015, 09:01:54 PM »
No way Hillary considers such a thing. She wants to win. Putting Sanders on the ticket would damage her a ton since she'd then be liable for every socialist comment Sanders has ever uttered.
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2015, 10:09:10 PM »
Hillary wouldn't dare piss off her Wall Street base like that.
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2015, 10:16:14 PM »
I'll say yes. It's extremely unlikely this would happen anyway so I imagine to get that far he'd have to get fairly popular with the general public.
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2015, 10:37:57 PM »
If Sanders does very well in the primary, Clinton might pick a more liberal running mate. Someone younger than Sanders with less baggage, but with an appeal to his supporters.
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2015, 10:39:28 PM »
Quote from: Citizen Castro on May 13, 2015, 08:57:36 PM
Obama wasn't forced to make Hillary VP under similiar circumstances, and Hillary probably wouldn't make Sanders VP in this situation given his age (among other things).
That's a mostly good point.

Technically, Hillary didn't want to be vetted. She said she'd accept being Vice President, but not if she had to compete with anyone else for it.

But Sanders is unlikely to do as well as Hillary, so it's a moot point.
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2015, 07:03:37 AM »
As others have mentioned, Obama wasn't forced to pick Hillary, so the answer is probably no.
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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2015, 07:18:41 AM »
I don't think Sanders would want anything to do with Clinton's campaign beyond the tepid endorsement he gives to every Dem nominee for President.
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« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2015, 08:47:58 AM »
Quote from: Cryptic on May 14, 2015, 07:03:37 AM
As others have mentioned, Obama wasn't forced to pick Hillary, so the answer is probably no.

Hillary, however, would have probably been forced to pick Obama if she had pulled it out.
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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2015, 09:22:47 AM »
Sanders is probably more powerful as junior Senator for Vermont than he would be as a neutered number two for Clinton.
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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2015, 09:46:37 AM »
Maybe a cabinet position? 
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