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I don't see Cory with Clinton.  I hope he stays just far enough away from the fireworks, but that he gets some solid center stage time at the convention.  The football team has had plenty of #2's of late.  My hope and belief is that he'll become Stanford's next US President.  He seems to be making all/most of the right moves and continues to build his credibility.

If you think Clinton is going to win the general election and if you really want Booker to be President, then you should want him to be the VP nominee.  It's certainly possible to win a presidential election as a senator or governor, but the odds are better as a VP.  Also, if Booker is not the VP, then Booker will have to contend with whoever does fill that position in future Democratic primaries, unless that person is so old as to be unelectable.  If course, if you think Clinton is going to lose, then you're right that Booker should stay far away.
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Well, the most likely path from VP to President is due to the death of a sitting president; it has happened 8 times, most recently after JFK's assassination; there was also Nixon's resignation, but then again, Ford was appointed, not elected.  Vice Presidents subsequently getting elected hasn't happened as often as you might think; only five have, and, aside from George HW Bush it hasn't happened all that often recently.  There's Bush and Nixon, and before that Martin Van Buren, and before that it was Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

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[quote author=Treebound link=topic=14948.msg161299#msg161299 date=1461596845]
I don't see Cory with Clinton.  I hope he stays just far enough away from the fireworks, but that he gets some solid center stage time at the convention.  The football team has had plenty of #2's of late.  My hope and belief is that he'll become Stanford's next US President.  He seems to be making all/most of the right moves and continues to build his credibility.

If you think Clinton is going to win the general election and if you really want Booker to be President, then you should want him to be the VP nominee.  It's certainly possible to win a presidential election as a senator or governor, but the odds are better as a VP.  Also, if Booker is not the VP, then Booker will have to contend with whoever does fill that position in future Democratic primaries, unless that person is so old as to be unelectable.  If course, if you think Clinton is going to lose, then you're right that Booker should stay far away.
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Well, the most likely path from VP to President is due to the death of a sitting president; it has happened 8 times, most recently after JFK's assassination; there was also Nixon's resignation, but then again, Ford was appointed, not elected.  Vice Presidents subsequently getting elected hasn't happened as often as you might think; only five have, and, aside from George HW Bush it hasn't happened all that often recently.  There's Bush and Nixon, and before that Martin Van Buren, and before that it was Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

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