Vice President Elizabeth Warren in 2017?

I worry that stories like these could force Secretary Clinton into picking Senator Warren (D-MA) for the VP slot.

While winning the median voter is never far from the minds of a campaign, many elections--likely including the present one with low trust in institutions and unpopular nominees--are turnout elections which hinge on each side's mobilizing their own base rather than winning undecided voters in the middle.  If this is true about this election, then Secretary Clinton's biggest imperative is minimizing the number of left-of-center voters who stay home, unconvinced of Clinton's progressivism and trustworthiness in the face of establishment pressure/power.  These voters tended to be supporters of Senator Sanders (I-VT) in the Democratic primary, and were especially drawn to his message on inequality and the corruption of the system by big money and the plutocratic establishment.

The perception then that Secretary Clinton is siding with the financial industry (on Wall Street) against Senator Warren, really the only person who rivals Senator Sanders as a foe of Wall Street, is exactly what Secretary Clinton needs to avoid.

The more then it is telegraphed that Wall Street is demanding



First, there is some weight I accord to the argument that, in general, I want her to long stay in the Senate and gain seniority and influence, and moreover to stay in politics in general for a long time.    

Second, with as long as Senator Warren took to endorse Senator Clinton and with their political profiles, including some very critical comments Senator Warren has made in the past (link: youtube video of Warren's 2004 interview on Clinton's votes on bankruptcy bill), the potency of


I believe that Senator Warren can vociferously and effectively attack Trump without having to compromise on her views at all, which this would be unavoidable if she were on the same ticket and part of the same administration.

Most importantly, I worry that becoming that close to the administration, she would have to compromise, whether

I want her outside to act as watchdog to the administration and be able to sound the alarm.  Even better, her mere existence outside the administration may act as a constraint on Clinton, while she would not able to criticize as much without leaving the administration, likely hurting Democratic prospects greatly by this.