I am still not writing Bernie Sanders off, but Hillary Clinton still looks like the likely Democratic nominee. Speaking only for myself, I will vote for her in November if she’s nominee, because she’d still be way better than whoever the Republicans nominate. However, other Sanders supporters have made it clear that they will not just move over to Clinton’s camp by default.
So how does Clinton pick up those voters? It has been suggested that she should choose Sanders as her running mate. At first, that makes sense. But if you spend more than a few seconds thinking about it, you might come to the conclusion that maybe it’s a terrible idea. In my opinion, if Sanders is not elected president, he needs to stay put in the Senate.
And maybe Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) needs to stay put in the Senate as well. Which brings me to Joe Biden. The Senate would be a step down for him at this point, and he has already made it clear he’s not running for president this time around (though he still has a 4¢ share in one prediction market).
I don’t know if becoming the first vice president in American history to serve for more than two terms would be enough of an incentive for Biden. John Nance Garner served under Franklin Delano Roosevelt for two terms but disagreed too much with his president in his second term and tried to become president himself, but as you already know, Roosevelt was elected to a third term with a new vice president.
And what about the voters, would they consider it worthwhile to vote for Clinton just so that her vice president can break the record for longest serving vice president? Perhaps not, but it would still be a lot more dignified than voting for some reality TV loser. At this point, I reiterate my suggestion of a mythological creature for Trump’s running mate.