2016 Postmortem

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:54 PM Jul 2016

Tim Kaine is HER pick..

and Hillary has to pick someone she can work with and lean on .. and can deal with Bill being there too ..

Edit to add.. very impressed with his battle with the NRA in Virginia and his stance on gun violence..

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Tim Kaine is HER pick.. (Original Post) Peacetrain Jul 2016 OP

K&R! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #1

He was Obama's top recommendation to Clinton Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #2

Yep.. not sure who would have been my first choice Peacetrain Jul 2016 #3

I'm not sure either, annavictorious Jul 2016 #8

Yep, Bill and Barack both pushed heavily for Kaine. And Hillary never should have listened to them. StevieM Jul 2016 #11

Some people begrudge Hillary the right to make her own choices. annavictorious Jul 2016 #4

for a few that might just be true.. Peacetrain Jul 2016 #5

how do you know they didn't find one? Avalon Sparks Jul 2016 #12

I'mWithTim. oasis Jul 2016 #6

Yep Peacetrain Jul 2016 #7

Tim Kaine is an excellent choice and I just found Cha Jul 2016 #9

Yes he his. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #13

Aloha, Jackie~ Cha Jul 2016 #14

He sounds quite good on progress issues mylye2222 Jul 2016 #10

I wanted Warren bad but... jcgoldie Jul 2016 #15

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)

1. K&R!

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:55 PM

Jul 2016

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)

2. He was Obama's top recommendation to Clinton

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:55 PM

Jul 2016

That goes pretty far with me. Like I said, not my first choice but a damn fine choice, none the less.

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

3. Yep.. not sure who would have been my first choice

Reply to Doctor Jack (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:57 PM

Jul 2016

to be honest.. because as much as I love E.Warren.. we would have lost a very powerful voice to the backwaters of the executive branch and that would not have been good..

annavictorious

(934 posts)

8. I'm not sure either,

Reply to Peacetrain (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:03 PM

Jul 2016

but there were definitely constraints that Hillary had to consider.

There are, however, people who believe that Hillary can do no right, so no matter who her choice was, it still would have been cause for grave concern.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)

11. Yep, Bill and Barack both pushed heavily for Kaine. And Hillary never should have listened to them.

Reply to Doctor Jack (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:56 AM

Jul 2016

She would have been much better off with Vilsack.

annavictorious

(934 posts)

4. Some people begrudge Hillary the right to make her own choices.

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:58 PM

Jul 2016

In addition, they're sniffing around for some reasonable excuse not to vote for her. They still haven't found one.

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

5. for a few that might just be true..

Reply to annavictorious (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:58 PM

Jul 2016

Avalon Sparks

(2,566 posts)

12. how do you know they didn't find one?

Reply to annavictorious (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 03:02 AM

Jul 2016

Just curious, because if they did find a reasonable excuse they couldn't post the likes of such in this forum. Just sayin'

oasis

(49,389 posts)

6. I'mWithTim.

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:00 PM

Jul 2016

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)

7. Yep

Reply to oasis (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:01 PM

Jul 2016

Cha

(297,322 posts)

9. Tim Kaine is an excellent choice and I just found

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:58 PM

Jul 2016

out all of this today, Peacetrain!

Gracias!:h:

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

13. Yes he his.

Reply to Cha (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:04 AM

Jul 2016

Cha

(297,322 posts)

14. Aloha, Jackie~

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #13)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:08 AM

Jul 2016

So good to have Tim abroad!

mylye2222

(2,992 posts)

10. He sounds quite good on progress issues

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:37 AM

Jul 2016

Yet as an Europeean I have huge concerns about his free trade stances.
Lets see.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)

15. I wanted Warren bad but...

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:16 AM

Jul 2016

I knew it was probably a bit selfish. If Kaine can just deliver Virginia and not take any dems out of the Senate (which was the drawback with Brown), then her map looks pretty damn good unless Trump can flip the whole rust belt.

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