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If they were candidates, they would completely divest themselves of all party affiliation, and run as candidates for President.
And instead of wasting their time trying to convince democrat and republican voters to change their votes or anything, they have to chase after the 120-150 million people that don't vote. Both are already popular amongst the disenfranchised, just ignore the republicans and democrats. They're outnumbered! Put that on the bumper sticker and there's a chance. Won't hurt to do Monty Python sketches on the impeachment theater and show pictures of the Chinese military build up either. (Whoops! There goes Korea)
A Bernie/Tulsi ticket is a perfectly acceptable compromise. We have a nice healthy VP for insurance, ready to take command when he kicks... The numbers are there if people take their own initiative to put them on the ballot, and just show up and vote. Nobody has to say anything to the press or anything.. Mum's the word until Voting Day. No ads are necessary. Instead of making speeches and begging for money, the candidates will answer questions when they travel around. If everybody takes their own initiative, the effort is completely trivial, and instantaneous, kinda, there are forms to fill out. But if everybody gets up off the Group W bench and sings just one time, in three part harmony... Ya gotta sing loud
(Score: 1) by Arik on Sunday October 06 2019, @03:58AM
For that to work all the swing voters would have to abandon Trump. And I can't see that happening. Not all of them. A lot of them are actually pretty happy with him. Incumbent advantage.
"I feel more secure with Tulsi as VP."
I would feel much more secure with her as President.
And frankly I think the ticket would pull more votes with her at the head of the ticket.
A lot of hardcore Democrat supporters want to see the first female President, and are ultimately going to reject Bernie because he's just a rich old white male.
They may not like Gabbard, no they really hate her actually. But here's the thing. Come down to November, if it's her versus Trump they're still going to have to go vote for her. It'll be painful, but not too embarrassing. The next day all they'll be able to talk about is the first Woman President! And a WoC to boot! Isn't it wonderful?
She can keep the Democrats together. I'm not at all convinced Sanders can do the same.
On the other side, she can cross the aisle a lot more effectively. She can talk to veterans and blue collar voters and peace voters and a lot of different groups that the Democrats have ignored for so long that they are no longer reliably Democrats; again, I have a hard time seeing Sanders doing the same job half as effectively.