But that isn't enough for them. I think this will be a great ticket. Get over it.

She didn't even say what she'd have liked but just that it'll drive Bernie supporters away.

She said, that Clinton did nothing to court the Bernie supporters! What an angry, shortsighted response.

He was impressive.

Like our candidate!

Hillary and the Democratic party have held their hand out to Sanders supporters ever since the primaries were over.

I'm beginning to think that they will only consider themselves "courted" if Hillary drops out and releases her delegates to Sanders.

Not liking that wing of the Bernie supporters.

Don't want to hear OTHER opinions?

raining on the Clinton/Kaine parade right now on MSNBC.

occasionally listen to cnn. Now, music.

Not anymore. They have abandoned the "Lean Forward" motto and are quickly retooling to "Lean Right." Just look at the right wing tools that are now showing up on air. They have returned to the bad old days of that network where you have to find the one or two progressive voices left on air.

What i saw, a majority of extremely supportive commentary, hour after hour after every passing hour. I also saw the Bernie supporter criticizing the vp pick, but frankly it was mild compared to criticism elsewhere.. a little perspective all around might be helpful.

preferred another selection, my biggest concern isn't the disagreement with some of his positions, because he will follow the lead of the President, but that he will be a passionate advocate for the President's stated positions.

I don't know what kind of fighter he is. I know Elizabeth Warren is a fighter, and while I understand why Elizabeth Warren was not chosen, because the risk of the republican govenor replacing her with a republican, was not worth the risk of potentially losing the Senate, I do want the VP, Kane in this case, to be as much of a passionate fighter as Elizabeth Warren would be.

That is my biggest concern regarding Tim Kane. I don't know what kind of a fighter he is. That will determine more than anything if it was a right choice or not in my view

President Obama choose Biden because of Biden's experience, and because Joe is a fighter, though at times he can put his foot in his mouth, he had passion, which I hope Kaine has

Before having someone on to bash the choice. MSNBC feels less and less like an ally.

What happened to Lean Forward?

Is forever referencing her source in the campaign. Mitchell is a republican. Is there a mole in camp Clinton?!

We are welcoming them into the tent!

#THEY are with HER

https://www.facebook.com/RepublicansForHillary/

going to vote for him.

It's not like they're crossing over to mess up a primary election.

Myself included. People who supported HRC.

Millions of her supporters understand how you have to thread the needle to get elected President of the whole country with it's vastly diverse population.

And we millions of supporters didn't get so much as 60 seconds to reflect positively on this moment.

Not 60 seconds.

This is so weird The complaints amounted to nothing in comparison to the positive praising and some might describe as genuflecting over vp process, the ultimate decision, the game plan etc.

What more could a supporter ask for? So they had on one or two Sanders surrogates criticising the pick. Music to Clinton's ears. Perspective people!

There will be some grumbling from those on the far left who wanted Sanders but no problem from Dems.

not being of the "far-left" ot even the "near-left", but this choice is a blunder that is out of the spirit of the times, and will suppress enthusiasm in a fashion the party can not afford.

I voted for HRC. Not Sanders. But sticking a thumb in the eye of a huge part of our electorate (including a huge number of younger voters) is not good electoral politics.

is being ignored by the DemPTB. We shall see how far it gets us.

We used to agree on some matters, we no longer agree, and I've avoided responding to the numerous occasions in negative ways when this has been apparent to me.

Your posts are negative.

Because of past agreements...I stayed silent. I will continue to do so now.

Best to you and yours. I am done.

The democrats around me, a Hillary (not Sanders) supporter, are and will be gigantically disappointed in her reach back to the way of the Clintons in the 90s. MSNBC just talked about this as a reinforcement of her ties to the same people who were the Clinton braintrust during Bill's presidency. Not forward thinking at all.

Every Democrat he knows is troubled by Hillary's troubling VP choice.

And they're concerned as well.

Brown, Booker, and EW would have put a senate seat into the hands of the Republicans, and Sanders was ineligible due to the fact that they couldn't fully vet him because of his unwillingness to release his taxes.

which would have forced a special election under MA law. So it would not have been a lost seat in all likelihood.

Water-under-the-bridge, but wanted to set the record straight.

and a lot can happen in five months.

Second, she explained her politics are progressive, she was not "a Bernie supporter" for the interview purposes.
Third, when will Hillary folks let someone have a differing opinion without going ballistic?
She did not like the Tim Kaine choice and she explained her reasons.

It is no wonder so many people are tired of the Dems expecting all to be one minded lemmings.

Sad really.

It's no wonder yaddayadda.

No, you win. I got nothin'

not leading our ticket, but I'm a lot more scared of a Trump election! I like Hillary, and Kane is OK. The MOST IMPORTANT issue IMO is the SCOTUS! I know Hillary will nominate Progressive candidates to the SCOTUS, and I've had thirty years too many of a
RW court. If Hillary doesn't win, and the next president nominates 3, 4, or even 5 judges, we're screwed for the rest of MY LIFE, my son's lives, and the better part of my grandkids lives too!

Bernie will convince most of his supporters to support the Dem. ticket, and most will go along with his recommendation.

And we can't stop repubican nominees without the senate.

It would be quite unusual for a president to nominate 5.

Nominations typically happen on a fairly regular basis providing opportunities to re-balance the court with the consent of the senate.

It's really the balance of the court that's most important, not the length of the terms.

So how come you think there will be ~5 nominees in the next 4 years?

If Scalia's vacancy isn't filled and Ginsburg resigns it's likely that in the next term president will nominate 2

Generally speaking of actuarial likelihoods of any of the 70+ year old justices of dying in the next 4 years it's somewhat north of 18%. Thomas's likelihood of dying in the next 4 years is 12-ish% and the other justices in their 60's less than 6 percent.

In any case the strong concern should be about democratic control of the senate. That is always in play regardless of the party affiliation of a president. And few people really seem dedicated to getting that control.

I've been hearing people talk about how important for a President Hillary to have a cooperative Senate (and hopefully House) so we can finally get some progressive ideas passed into law. It's still the most important is the Presidency, second Congress, and third SCOTUS. I'm trying to push for all three!

The fact that we could take the Senate and Bernie, Sherrod, and Elizabeth would be elevated is an amazing prospect.

It goes without mention.

Just a few ANGRY Hillary supporters here as well.

Guess I'm lucky to be a Sanders and Clinton supporter.

I'm glad Hillary picked Tim Kaine. He's a good guy.

definitely got some glowing national security bona fides going for him.

ThAt person would have been happy only if Bernie had been selected . Talk about bitter !

They still don't get it.

Sigh.

Sowing discord for ratings.

In any case, Congratulations to the VP nominee!! Welcome for the ride, the next months!

We are ready and raring to go!!!

The whole Democratic Primary feud was fueled by MSM need for ratings. Need someone to go against Clinton and give us some drama, drama, drama. It worked so well, they want to keep it going. So many seem to lap it up.