25 Picks For Bernie Sanders' Vice President
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: County Attorney
Pros: Women, strong record in Senate
Cons: No executive experience
Current job: Secretary of H.U.D.
Previous job: Mayor of San Antonio
Pros: Young, Hispanic, southwestern
Cons: Inexperienced, tied to Obama
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: Special Advisor to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Pros: Woman, economic populist, took on Wall Street
Cons: Age, not a team player, foreign policy deficit, Geography
Current job: Governor
Previous job: Mayor of Denver
Pros: Swing state, experienced
Cons: Foreign policy deficit
Current job: Junior Senator
Previous job: Governor
Pros: Swing state, experienced
Cons: Charisma deficit
Current Job: Member of Congress
Previous job: Minnesota House of Representatives
Pros: Chairs progressive caucus, African-American, Has endorsed Sanders
Cons: Inexperienced, Muslim faith may be a problem in general election
Current Job: Member of Congress
Previous Job: Army Lieutenant Colonel
Pros: Young, woman, Asian, Iraq War veteran, compelling life story
Cons: Inexperienced, currently running for Senate
Current job: Junior Senator
Previous job: Mayor of Newark
Pros: Young, African-American, national profile, Rhodes Scholar, college athlete
Cons: Inexperienced
Current Job: Junior Senator
Previous Job: Member of Congress
Pros: Strong advocate for women’s rights
Cons: No executive experience
Previous jobs: Governor, Mayor of Baltimore
Pros: Young, experienced, national profile, solid liberal
Cons: Has already failed on national stage as presidential candidate
Current Job: Secretary of State
Previous Job: Senior Senator from Massachusetts
Pros: Foreign Policy expertise, experienced
Cons: Age, too closely tied to Obama
Current job: Junior Senator
Previous job: Congressman
Pros: Young, southwestern
Cons: Inexperienced
Current Job: Host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Previous Job: Host of The Colbert Report
Pros: Southerner, large profile, telegenic
Cons: In his last job he played a Republican
Current Job: Junior Senator
Previous Job: Member of Congress
Pros: Woman
Cons: Not a large national profile
Current Job: Managing Director at Bain Capitol
Previous Job: Governor
Pros: Experienced, African-American
Cons: Foreign policy deficit, ties to Wall Street
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Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: Governor
Pros: Swing state, experienced, moderate
Cons: Charisma deficit
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: Member of Congress
Pros: Crucial swing state, experienced, strong progressive
Cons: Age, Sanders may need a moderate
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous job: Auditor of Missouri
Pros: Woman, moderate
Cons: Age
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: Governor
Pros: Leans right of Sanders, experienced
Cons: May be too far right for Sanders
Current Job: Senior Senator
Previous Job: Member of Washington State Senate
Pros: Woman, experienced, voted against Iraq War, strong record in Senate
Cons: Age
Current Job: Secretary of Labor
Previous Job: Assistant U.S. Attorney General-Civil Rights Division
Pros: Executive experience, Hispanic
Cons: Too closely tied to Obama
Current Job: Host of The Rachel Maddow Show
Pros: Young, large profile, LGBT
Cons: Polarizing, never held political office
Current job: Professor at University of Chicago/Legal Scholar
Pros: His primary goal is to get money out of politics. Sanders/Lessig would be a real “change” ticket
Cons: Never held political office
Current Job: Member of Congress
Previous Job: Member of Maryland Legislature
Pros: Good communicator, House Leadership
Cons: Currently running for Senate
Current Job: Member of Congress
Previous Job: Member of Honolulu City Council
Pros: Young, woman, Iraq War veteran
Cons: Inexperienced