Elizabeth Warren Hits the Campaign Trail With Hillary Clinton in Ohio—Embarrasses Herself
A great parlor game is "Who will be Hillary Clinton"s vice presidential choice?" When you say Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the knee-jerk responses are often "Two women?" "Forget it." "It will never sell." "We"re not ready." "Not good chemistry." Here"s an argument for why Hillary Clinton should select Elizabeth Warren.
Conventional wisdom is that every presidential election is a 404020 proposition. That is, 40 percent of us will vote for the Democrat, 40 percent for the Republican and the 20 percent who are left make up what we call the persuadable vote. But that wisdom has become problematic, at least since 2000. We have become so partisan and so polarized that many of us argue that we really have a 48484 electorate, where only 4 percent of voters are really still thinking it over.
If the name of the game is winning, and that means getting 270 electoral votes, what would be the best strategy for Hillary Clinton? Does she waste a lot of time going after that 4 percent or does she maximize turnout among key groups that have traditionally been stalwarts for Democrats? These include progressives, young voters, working-class whites, women and marginalized groups. I think she should take the second option.
What Bernie had going for him was excitement among progressives, millennials and white working-class Democrats and independents. Exit polls indicate dramatic increases in the percentage of voters who actually call themselves "liberals." Millennials want a new political game, and working-class whites want a better deal when it comes to economic well-being.
Elizabeth Warren is on fire. She is exciting. She appeals to all three of these groups and can enhance turnout among them. She gives the Democratic ticket street cred when it comes to the progressive issues Bernie addressed, including student debt, income inequality and going after Wall street and the 1 percent.
Like Hillary, she is at the forefront of wanting to address traditional Democratic positions climate change, gun safety, immigration reform, universal health care, social security, equal pay for equal work, paid family leave and women"s health. And, as an attack dog, going after Donald Trump seems to be a passion though Hillary really does not need much help here.
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Turning out progressives, young voters, women, African-Americans, Hispanics, the LGBT community and other marginalized groups worked for President Barack Obama. That"s the formula; getting the base excited and turning it out. Elizabeth can help Hillary make it happen.
Will Secretary Clinton select Sen. Warren? Clinton is known to be cautious and risk averse. By selecting the senator, Clinton will demonstrate that she is both bold and willing to make gutsy decisions.
But it would be out of character. While polling shows Warren is the leading choice among activist Democrats for all the reasons listed above, Hillary is likely to play it safe. Look for Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to be her running mate.
Source: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-28/hillary-clinton-should-pick-elizabeth-warren-for-vp-to-energize-democrats
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