Making more history…Could Clinton pick a woman for her running mate?

[Jingthing]

Democrats don't find her goofy at all.

Democrats also think Hillary is honest.

Not really. More like flawed within the normal range of normal politicians. The vile monster is from another planet or perhaps Mussolini's Italy as far as normality goes.

[lvr181]

Wow wow wow! New Zealand (who gave women the right to vote back in 1893!) had their first female Prime Minister in 1997! And have had another since then.

Are you U.S. citizens starting to learn now that it can be done? Slow learners?

New Zealand?

You don't know? You don't understand?

Or both?

[Johpa]

Warren remains far more powerful by staying in the Senate. It would be a travesty if she decided to run as VP with Clinton, and abandon her seat to a Republican appointee, unless she could garner some immediate and substantive commitments from Clinton. The first on my list would be the reinstatement of the GlassSteagall Act and the second would be abandonment of the TPP trade agreement.

[cardinalblue]

Sanders for VP - you heard it hear first!

[NovaBlue05]

Warren remains far more powerful by staying in the Senate. It would be a travesty if she decided to run as VP with Clinton, and abandon her seat to a Republican appointee, unless she could garner some immediate and substantive commitments from Clinton. The first on my list would be the reinstatement of the GlassSteagall Act and the second would be abandonment of the TPP trade agreement.

Scot Brown aside, Not a high percentage of getting a Republican Senator in Mass. As far as commitments from Clinton, you better have it documented in a full press conference with specifics, target dates, etc. otherwise it never happened. Agree on both the last items

[Jingthing]

Sanders for VP - you heard it hear first!

No, heard it before. It was absurd then. It is absurd now, and it ain't NEVER gonna happen.

Next ...

[KhonKaenKowboy]

555555!

[Johpa]

Sanders for VP - you heard it hear first!

No, heard it before. It was absurd then. It is absurd now, and it ain't NEVER gonna happen.

Next ...

Neither absurd nor original. Sanders could use the largely ceremonial national position to advocate and influence within the party for the position retains serious political power within the presiding party. Despite robust health for his age, Sanders is not going to run again in 2020. So it actually makes a lot of sense. If Warren does not live to regret her decision to support Clinton then she can be the VP in 2020 paving the way for Warren in 2024. But I think that Warren will come to realize long before 2020 that she has misjudged Clinton, the scarlet woman of Wall St. I remain pessimistic as the masses continue to have their attentions distracted by the corporate controlled media towards the secondary social issues rather than the political-economy.

[Jingthing]

It's off the table. Period ... end of story.

[MajarTheLion]

Warren remains far more powerful by staying in the Senate. It would be a travesty if she decided to run as VP with Clinton, and abandon her seat to a Republican appointee, unless she could garner some immediate and substantive commitments from Clinton. The first on my list would be the reinstatement of the GlassSteagall Act and the second would be abandonment of the TPP trade agreement.

Somehow I doubt Hillary Clinton will undo such a significant piece of legislation signed into law by her husband- especially since she's putting him in charge of the economy.

[mopar71]

Democrats don't find her goofy at all.

Democrats also think Hillary is honest.

Not really. More like flawed within the normal range of normal politicians. The vile monster is from another planet or perhaps Mussolini's Italy as far as normality goes.

You know, if Trump were on this forum he would sound a lot like you. "Crooked Hillary", "Vile Monster"...

[NovaBlue05]

Wow wow wow! New Zealand (who gave women the right to vote back in 1893!) had their first female Prime Minister in 1997! And have had another since then.

Are you U.S. citizens starting to learn now that it can be done? Slow learners?

New Zealand?

You don't know? You don't understand?

Or both?

Yeah, I know. It's an island off the coast of Oz...right?

Is your point that the US voters won't vote for Hillary because she is a woman or just a pat on the back to New Zealand ? If it is the former, then rest assured, nobody cares about Hillary's gender in this election other than Hillary and her cult of low information women voters who would actually cast their one and only vote on something as superficial as that.

[daveAustin]

They'll be calling it the Pink House.

[Scott]

Off-topic posts removed.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

[lvr181]

Wow wow wow! New Zealand (who gave women the right to vote back in 1893!) had their first female Prime Minister in 1997! And have had another since then.

Are you U.S. citizens starting to learn now that it can be done? Slow learners?

New Zealand?

You don't know? You don't understand?

Or both?

Yeah, I know. It's an island off the coast of Oz...right?

Is your point that the US voters won't vote for Hillary because she is a woman or just a pat on the back to New Zealand ? If it is the former, then rest assured, nobody cares about Hillary's gender in this election other than Hillary and her cult of low information women voters who would actually cast their one and only vote on something as superficial as that.

Neither - it is all the shouting about making history. Other countries have done it before (Margaret Thatcher in the UK comes to mind) with NZ in the forefront. And I do not live in NZ. Have a nice day.

[Norvid]

She can pick a spade for her own grave.

[FritsSikkink]

What is it with these news agency's don't they check anything?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull

[Usernames]

Elizabeth Warren, a fake Indian. Claimed she was Cherokee because the people in her family had high cheek bones "like all Indians." But her ancestors are nowhere in the Cherokee record. She is a liar. http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/p/elizabeth-warren-information.html

She is not a liar. She is reporting what she was told and there is as much evidence that it is true as there is that it is not. It's similar to Marco Rubio's reporting on his parents' leaving Cuba. It was not true, but it was he was told.

Elizabeth Warren may have native American ancestry: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/is-elizabeth-warren-native-american-or-what/257415/

You misread the cutline in the article you cited. The article says there is no evidence, none, that she is an American Indian. This, from the first line or two.

Elizabeth Warren is not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Elizabeth Warren is not enrolled in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. And Elizabeth Warren is not one of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee.

Nor could she become one, even if she wanted to. Despite a nearly three week flap over her claim of "being Native American," the progressive consumer advocate has been unable to point to evidence of Native heritage except for a unsubstantiated thirdhand report that she might be 1/32 Cherokee.

[Credo]

Elizabeth Warren, a fake Indian. Claimed she was Cherokee because the people in her family had high cheek bones "like all Indians." But her ancestors are nowhere in the Cherokee record. She is a liar. http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/p/elizabeth-warren-information.html

She is not a liar. She is reporting what she was told and there is as much evidence that it is true as there is that it is not. It's similar to Marco Rubio's reporting on his parents' leaving Cuba. It was not true, but it was he was told.

Elizabeth Warren may have native American ancestry: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/is-elizabeth-warren-native-american-or-what/257415/

You misread the cutline in the article you cited. The article says there is no evidence, none, that she is an American Indian. This, from the first line or two.

Elizabeth Warren is not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Elizabeth Warren is not enrolled in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. And Elizabeth Warren is not one of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee.

Nor could she become one, even if she wanted to. Despite a nearly three week flap over her claim of "being Native American," the progressive consumer advocate has been unable to point to evidence of Native heritage except for a unsubstantiated thirdhand report that she might be 1/32 Cherokee.

I missed nothing. She may or she may not. It's not determined at this time. At a possible 1/32, she would not be eligible for membership in a lot of tribes. Tribes may set the standard for what they consider to be a member of a tribe, however, the Bureau of Indian Affairs generally sets the standard as 1/4 to be eligible for benefits.

There are individuals who are of mixed tribal ancestry and may be eligible for BIA benefits, but not be eligible for tribal membership in one of the tribes from whom they have proven ancestry.

It remains to be seen whether her family history is mythology or fact. The point is what she is reporting is what she was told. That may be true or it may not be. Regardless, she is most likely not eligible for enrollment in a tribe.

[halloween]

Would two women on the same ticket constitute double jeopardy?

BTW Oz has had a female PM, and most states a female premier. With the possible exception of Tasmania (who knows or cares about Tassie politics) they have been unmitigated disasters, their party being comprehensively swept from office at the first election after a full term.