With Hillary Clinton the closest of anyone in the 2016 race to having secured her party's nomination, political observers are speculating about whom she would pick as her running mate. Names often mentioned include Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told The Boston Globe on Wednesday that Clinton would look for "the best person to make the case to the American people," but dropped one tantalizing clue: "We'll start with a broad list and then begin to narrow it. But there is no question that there will be women on that list."
There are many women in politics, but one name jumps out immediately: progressive icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Warren would have her drawbacks, says The Globe's Annie Linskey, including that she may prefer Sen. Bernie Sanders, she might not want the job, she would leave a vacancy in the Senate, and having two women on the ticket may be risky. "Men will fight to retain their dominance," suggested New York Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon. "They can't handle one woman on the ticket; what makes you think they could handle two?"
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