Current Events > Elizabeth Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016 thinking she would be VP.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/25/warren-hillary-clinton-vice-president-1435422

Instead, Hillary chose Tim Milquetoast.

Yes because that's what a granny needed as VP, a fossil.
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A politician playing politics, hmm.
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Doesn't reminding everyone that she backed Hillary over Bernie and that she had no hesitation over the idea of being Hillary's VP kind of going to hurt her polling in this current election?
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s0nicfan posted...

Doesn't reminding everyone that she backed Hillary over Bernie and that she had no hesitation over the idea of being Hillary's VP kind of going to hurt her polling in this current election?

Maybe, maybe not? Warren isn't going to get Bernie's current voters unless or until Bernie drops out(which won't happen until well into the actual primaries, if it does), so she may be angling to feast on uncertain Biden voters?
Of course, some of the polling I saw suggested that Bernie was most Biden voters second choice(and vice versa), so, well, I think there's a lot of decision-making going on that's purely recognition-based at this stage.
In any case, it does make me think less of Warren, but not by much, because her decision not to endorse Bernie always smacked of being a political decision.

Warren not endorsing Bernie was top 10 worst anime betrayals tbh
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So then, rather than choosing a running mate superficially similar to the nominee from a state they were going to win anyway, Clinton instead picked a running mate with at least some noticeable differences from a battleground state?

Kind of a duh move even if what's his face was a dullard.
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K181 posted...

So then, rather than choosing a running mate superficially similar to the nominee from a state they were going to win anyway, Clinton instead picked a running mate with at least some noticeable differences from a battleground state?

Kind of a duh move even if what's his face was a dullard.

Yeah, VP picks don't really matter, unless, they're, like, Sarah Palin.
Ironically, Warren is lucky she got passed over for an avatar of mediocrity(who happened to be male), because being on a losing ticket is often the kiss of death in Democratic primaries.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Warren not endorsing Bernie was top 10 worst anime betrayals tbh

Not it wasnt.

She endorsed Hillary after there was no possible path for Bernie to get more pledged (aka people voting) delegates to overcome Hilllarys pledged delegates

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Kaine!

Oh boy geez did I forget that guy's last name.

Anyhoo, this topic title is utterly false.

Warren didn't endorse Hillary until June of 2016, and at that point Hillary had secured the necessary delegates.

The other point in the story is that the Clinton campaign considered her for VP, and when Warren was asked if she would have accepted, she said "yes".

There is no indication that Warren endorsed Clinton for the purpose of becoming VP.

Sorry TC.
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Warren is a great candidate for those who liked Bernies policies but wished he played more political games
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