Clinton VP news LATEST: Podesta now calling the losers to tell them its not them

[Phony Moderate]

Some moronic liberal page I like on Facebook has unironically described Trump's list as 'disturbing'. I mean this is a ticket that will have Trump at the top , and of these four the only one who could even remotely be called disturbing is Sessions.

[Gustaf]

How is Gingrich agreeable?

[Holmes]

HFA uploaded Warren's Brooklyn HQ speech on Twitter, and it sounds a lot like a running mate stump speech.

https://twitter.com/HFA/status/744315945468862464

[Mr. Morden]

Becerra on whether he's being vetted:

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/19/politics/xavier-becerra-hillary-clinton-vice-president/

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[Mr. Morden]

Clinton team to start meeting short listers this week?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-vice-president.html

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Also sounds like Michael Bennet’s name may still be in the mix.  His name was floated over a year ago, but I hadn’t heard any indications that he was in the running until now:

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The story also talks about the importance of “chemistry” between Clinton and her running mate.  Sounds like the chemistry may not be there with Booker in the way that it is with some of the others.

[Mr. Morden]

Anyway, if they're meeting with short listers starting this week, then I guess it's time to start paying more attention to how people answer (or dodge the question) when asked if they're being vetted.  Up until now, it was unclear whether the short listers even knew if they were on the list or not.

And someone should put a tail on James Hamilton, and see where he's traveling this week.

[LLR]

Yay Xavi Becerra!

[Santander]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

[Suck my caulk]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

She already does. I would like to see Clinton give Warren the finger and select Becerra or Perez as her running mate.

[Dr. Arch]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

She already does. I would like to see Clinton give Warren the finger and select Becerra or Perez as her running mate.

Becerra or Perez would be an incredibly savvy move from her part. It will pull more Hispanics in as Trump alienates them to unprecedented lengths.

[Suck my caulk]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

She already does. I would like to see Clinton give Warren the finger and select Becerra or Perez as her running mate.

Becerra or Perez would be an incredibly savvy move from her part. It will pull more Hispanics in as Trump alienates them to unprecedented lengths.

I agree 100%. Tom Perez is as progressive, if not more, than Warren, and at least Becerra and Perez were honest about their candidate preferences and endorsed Clinton from the beginning. Warren, on the other hand, gave Sanders supporters every reason to believe that she would endorse Sanders, but then refused to make any endorsements until Clinton was her only choice, and now vies full-throttle for the VP spot. Becerra and Perez, or even Brown, deserve the position more than Warren does. They are all progressives, but the former three made a decision from the beginning.

[Frodo]

Hillary's Wall Street donors are threatening to abandon her if she picks Elizabeth Warren:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-wall-street-vice-president-224489

BTW, they really like the idea of a Vice-President Tim Kaine.

[Zioneer]

Hillary's Wall Street donors are threatening to abandon her if she picks Elizabeth Warren:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-wall-street-vice-president-224489

BTW, they really like the idea of a Vice-President Tim Kaine.

All the better reason to choose Warren, then.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

She already does. I would like to see Clinton give Warren the finger and select Becerra or Perez as her running mate.

Becerra or Perez would be an incredibly savvy move from her part. It will pull more Hispanics in as Trump alienates them to unprecedented lengths.

I agree 100%. Tom Perez is as progressive, if not more, than Warren, and at least Becerra and Perez were honest about their candidate preferences and endorsed Clinton from the beginning. Warren, on the other hand, gave Sanders supporters every reason to believe that she would endorse Sanders, but then refused to make any endorsements until Clinton was her only choice, and now vies full-throttle for the VP spot. Becerra and Perez, or even Brown, deserve the position more than Warren does. They are all progressives, but the former three made a decision from the beginning.

You've gotta be fckin kidding me. When did she ever lead Sanders supporters to believe she'd endorse him? She was neutral literally the entire process and then endorsed the presumptive nominee which, funny thing, happens to be Clinton. She would've done the same for Sanders if he pulled a win out of his ass.

[President Johnson]

Hillary's Wall Street donors are threatening to abandon her if she picks Elizabeth Warren:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-wall-street-vice-president-224489

BTW, they really like the idea of a Vice-President Tim Kaine.

All the better reason to choose Warren, then.

No, because her Wall Street donors are great stuff for an attack dog like Big Don.

[Phony Moderate]

Get the impression that Warren is to the veepstakes of 2016 what Hillary was to the veepstakes of 2008. It's a lot of people's dream ticket but it probably won't happen.

[Pandaguineapig]

Warren like sessions for trump only appeals to a radical fringe that exists only on the internet

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Warren like sessions for trump only appeals to a radical fringe that exists only on the internet

Well, both still managed to be elected, unopposed 2 years ago in Sessions' case.

[Mr. Morden]

For those who missed it, it looks like the dream of Trump picking Oprah as his running mate is dead:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/oprah-winfrey-endorses-clinton-224408

[Suck my caulk]

Liz Warren is shamelessly trying to become VP, but she'll end up looking like the left-wing Chris Christie.

She already does. I would like to see Clinton give Warren the finger and select Becerra or Perez as her running mate.

Becerra or Perez would be an incredibly savvy move from her part. It will pull more Hispanics in as Trump alienates them to unprecedented lengths.

I agree 100%. Tom Perez is as progressive, if not more, than Warren, and at least Becerra and Perez were honest about their candidate preferences and endorsed Clinton from the beginning. Warren, on the other hand, gave Sanders supporters every reason to believe that she would endorse Sanders, but then refused to make any endorsements until Clinton was her only choice, and now vies full-throttle for the VP spot. Becerra and Perez, or even Brown, deserve the position more than Warren does. They are all progressives, but the former three made a decision from the beginning.

When did she ever lead Sanders supporters to believe she'd endorse him? She was neutral literally the entire process and then endorsed the presumptive nominee which, funny thing, happens to be Clinton. She would've done the same for Sanders if he pulled a win out of his ass.

Warren's Senate votes and stated policy positions clearly align more with Sanders than they do Clinton, as do Sherrod Brown's, yet she refused to back the man who could have enacted the progressive agenda she claimed to have wanted to seen enacted (especially considering that Sanders would be a much stronger candidate in the general election than Clinton). She would not have done the same for Sanders, as evidenced by the fact that Sanders won several states during the primary process, and had a real shot at the nomination. Warren's endorsement could have pushed Sanders over the top in Massachusetts, and if given early enough, perhaps in Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio. Warren had a clear choice, and she stayed neutral when Sanders needed her most. Tom Perez, Xavier Becerra, and Sherrod Brown, on the other hand, did not give any false impressions. They came out from the beginning backing Clinton. That does not make sense to me, but at least they are honest. They have been loyal to Clinton from the beginning, and deserve to be Clinton's #2 more than Warren does.

[RogueBeaver]

Kaine, Castro and Warren have been asked to submit docs.

[LLR]

Kaine, Castro and Warren have been asked to submit docs.

Ugh. Those three?

[Mr. Morden]

Ugh, why not Becerra?!

There's a good chance that Becerra's on the short list too.  It's just that these are the only three whose names were confirmed by the AP:

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[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Castro: As I've said, the biggest and most obvious pander ever heard of. Clinton is not winning Texas under any circumstances, and Castro does not have the experience he needs to step in as president and has only gotten as far as he has in life because of affirmative action, which is really just a nice  way to say "racism against whites".

Warren: Just as socialist as Sanders is. Only refused to endorse Sanders because she would have been screamed at by the party if she did. IF WARREN IS PICKED, I'M VOTING JOHNSON.

Kaine: The only actual good choice among these three.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Clinton desperately wants to put TX into play. I suspect she will pick Castro.