Curious for your take on this. Does the fact that there seems to be a fair amount of difference between Warren and Sanders supporters when we look at demos in the polls make them more likely to pair up as Pres/VP or do you think they'd need a more moderate partner to address holes in their support? I feel like I could make a case for the former but that it may just be wishful thinking.
I don't think anyone really knows anything about how VPs get picked. It's so unique to every situation. No one really really knows what they're gonna do.
I was shocked to see so much distance between Sanders supporters and Warren supporters in the polls, but the fact that it's there makes them an ideal group to pair up. I think it works especially well with Bernie at the top of the ticket because that looks more radical, energizing the young people, non-voters, working-class midwesterners, etc. Meanwhile Warren at his side comforts women and establishment types. So it's a pretty good match. (Warren on top is a worse match only because I fear there are some young people/non-voters who might not be as enthusiastic if Sanders isn't the nominee, while the women and establishment are going to be turning out to vote against Trump regardless.)
Bernie's gonna pick a progressive woman of color. He's almost said as much. Warren probably gonna go with a male of color. Castro or Booker seems like a safe pick there.
Bernie has indeed said that, but there aren't any good options. The Squad are still a couple election cycle die-offs away from not being toxic to a national ticket. No one trusts Kamala as a progressive. Stacey Abrams was a thought to me for a second but in reality she's pretty much establishment and has very little national name recognition. Tulsi runs best with alt-right folk who wouldn't press the button on a Sanders ticket in a million years and she feels waaay too much like a person who would be willing to undercut you in order to position herself for her own future run.
I'd love a progressive woman of color alongside Sanders, I just don't know who it would be.
Booker and Castro actually do make more sense for Warren than Sanders does. Perhaps Castro especially, with Booker as AG. The Sanders-Warren pairing probably only really works if Sanders is the nominee.
Warren as VP would be such a waste
If Bernie wins, she should stay in the Senate
At her age Warren likely has little time left in the Senate if she stays there. She's not going to be in leadership and she doesn't rally the other Senators. She's already wrote the damn bills, and she could continue writing legislation from the White House. I think she's better off helping Bernie guide policy details from the executive branch so that the White House can take the lead on that front than she is just doing the same thing she's been doing in the Senate for one more term at most.