We ask if Bernie's fans will follow him to the Clinton camp; we hear from President Obama, live from the Dallas memorial service and take your calls after.
Sanders endorsement -- will his supporters move to Clinton?
Bernie Sanders conceded the Democratic Presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton this morning and said he intends to do everything he can to make certain she defeats Donald Trump.
He called his campaign the start of a political revolution that will continue and pointed to the Democratic Party's most progressive platform ever as the result.
Now, the question is whether Sanders enthusiastic supporters will show up to vote in November, and whether Clinton will be their Plan B.
Guests:
John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation; he tweets
Matt Bennett, founder and senior vice president of the think tank Third Way. He served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs in the first Bill Clinton White House.
Vice presidential experts handicap VP picks for presumptive nominees
With only a few weeks left until the start of the political conventions, we’re expecting the presumptive nominees to announce their running mates soon.
While the choice for each candidate will likely hinge on how qualified that person is to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, there’s also the campaign image factor to consider.
The person a presidential candidate chooses as a vice president often has huge impact on how voters view the candidate, and can even be the difference that pushes a voter to one side or another or even from one side or another.
Pundits and election-watchers have been speculating for months on who the presumptive nominees might choose, and shortlists for both Trump and Clinton are starting to form, but neither campaign has tipped its hand yet on who is really being considered.
Who are the contenders on each side? Who has the best chances of being selected? What are the candidates looking for in a running mate? Who can accomplish the most for them in terms of garnering more votes?
Guests:
Kyle Kopko, associate professor of political science at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania and co-author of “The VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections” (Manchester University Press, 2016)
Jennifer Lawless, professor of government at American University and author of “Running from Office: Why Young Americans Are Turned Off To Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2016)