http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/hillary-clinton-elizabeth-warren-ticket-222652 The Clinton-Warren fantasy
Hillary Clinton is intrigued by the idea of an all-female ticket. But allies say she likely won't pick the woman of progressive dreams: Elizabeth Warren.
By Annie Karni
04/30/16 07:50 AM EDT
Elizabeth Warren would be the dream vice presidential pick for millions of forlorn Bernie Sanders supporters, an instant antidote to the charge that Hillary Clinton is too close to Wall Street.
But in interviews with more than a dozen prominent Democrats and campaign allies, most viewed a Clinton-Warren ticket as an unlikely scenario — despite the appeal of a two-woman ticket to Clinton campaign officials and also to Clinton, who sources said is intrigued by the idea.
Clinton and the senior senator from Massachusetts don't have a close, personal relationship — in fact, there’s no evidence to show they even particularly like each other — and Clinton insiders worry Warren could upstage the likely Democratic nominee during the general election. While there’s confidence in the energy she could bring to the ticket, questions loom about the anti-Big Bank crusader’s appeal among white working class voters, as well as her lack of experience.
“Warren speaks to the left of the party, but not the working class left,” said a super delegate backing Clinton. “She speaks more to the progressive elite, not white, working class males.” As for the idea of a two-woman ticket, “if you do two women to energize the women’s vote, if that’s what she’s worried about, then we’ve got a real problem.”
“A progressive fits the bill,” said former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Clinton surrogate. “The problem with Warren is that she has very little experience. She was a law professor and she’s been in the Senate for a few years. What executive experience does this person have?”
Warren has criticized Clinton in the past for flipping her stance on the bankruptcy bill because of Wall Street campaign contributions she took as a New York senator. Still, she is exactly what Clinton needs, some Democrats argue -- an independent thinker with a powerful grassroots fundraising base to tap into.
“She needs dynamism,” said a former top Democratic official with ties to the Clinton and Sanders campaigns, “someone who is pretty fresh and someone who can raise money.”
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