Is Gabbard a smart VP pick?

[Fight for Trump]

If she were a normal politician, sure. As is, she'd be as bad a pick as Sarah Palin was.

Sarah Palin, pre-national spotlight, wasn't a joke. Yes, she was kind of weird, but everyone in Alaska is kind of weird, and she was popular and had a decent record. Palin was a bad choice for McCain because she was plucked out of thin air purely to make a political play, which didn't mesh at all with "country first" or attacking Obama's own inexperience.

Tulsi would be a much worse pick than Palin was.

[Orser67]

She'd be a a great pick for the Green Party, an interesting hail mary pick for Trump, and maybe the worst possible semi-plausible pick for Democrats. The first rule of picking a running mate is to do no harm, and Gabbard's foreign policy positions, criticism of Democratic candidates/the DNC, and ties to Chris Butler are all potential sources of concern.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

If Bernie is the nominee, he will pick Yang or Bennett, Gabbard will be nxt hottess on Fox and Friends

[Ye We Can]

For Donald Trump absolutely.

Otherwise as people have pointed out it's not about balancing the ticket anymore it's about uniting your own party (to the extent they even matter)

[LAKISYLVANIA]

How much I love Gabbard, she isn't a smart pick, even for Sanders or Warren. Warren should make a bridge with the establishment and choose for a young, charismatic person like Buttigieg. Sanders should pick a dedicated progressive as VP like Ro Khanna, Keith Ellison, Stacey Abrams who's preferrably young, charismatic and/or can make a bridge with the establishment as well. Preferrably not someone from the Squad or someone too diverse for the Dems. I think the best VP's are respectively Abrams and Buttigieg for Sanders and Warren.

For the others.

Biden: maybe Abrams as well, maybe Klobuchar, preferrably young and female/diversity
Buttigieg: someone with more experience, maybe Wolf of PA.
Harris: Wolf as well would be a good pick.

I don't consider people we need like Sherrod Brown. That's a dumb pick, he's locked in the senate.

[SN2903]

How much I love Gabbard, she isn't a smart pick, even for Sanders or Warren. Warren should make a bridge with the establishment and choose for a young, charismatic person like Buttigieg. Sanders should pick a dedicated progressive as VP like Ro Khanna.

I disagree. Gabbard would be the perfect VP for Bernie. She is young and has a lot of foreign policy knowledge which is Bernie's weakness.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

How much I love Gabbard, she isn't a smart pick, even for Sanders or Warren. Warren should make a bridge with the establishment and choose for a young, charismatic person like Buttigieg. Sanders should pick a dedicated progressive as VP like Ro Khanna.

I disagree. Gabbard would be the perfect VP for Bernie. She is young and has a lot of foreign policy knowledge which is Bernie's weakness.

Gabbard would probably alienate Dems, whereas Sanders must seek unity or someone who can re-iterate his progressiveness. Gabbard also doesn't have experience in foreign policy, even though i agree with her views, but she's simply too toxic and alienating. I'd love it though, but it's a wet dream.

It's a ticket that can lose, but would attract (edgy) independents and Obama - Trump voters. But you can forget states like AZ, GA, NC, FL and definitely TX with a Sanders - Gabbard ticket.

I also believe people like Clinton wouldn't endorse such a ticket (which is good to me, she's very toxic too). Bloomberg would probably run though, and receive endorsements from Clinton and other centrist Dems.

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