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HRC Veep: The Speculation Strikes Back
Topic Started: Jul 21 2016, 08:14 PM (205 Views)
Aexnidaral Seymour
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Tomorrow Secretary Clinton will be revealing her Veep publicly at their first campaign rally in Tampa, Florida.

Who do you think it will be?

Some names that have been popped around:


  • Sec. Vilsack (IA)
  • Sen. Kaine (VA)
  • Gov. Crist (FL)
  • Sen. Warren (MA)
  • Sec. Castro (TX)
  • Sec. Perez (MD)
  • Sen. Brown (OH)
  • Sen. Patrick (NJ)
  • Sen. Sanders (VT)
  • VP. Biden (DE)
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If you guess correctly I'll personally create a medal for you.
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I know people haven't mentioned him, but I really wanted Jerry Brown (Governor of California) to be the VP, I like him a lot. Hopefully he'll get some federal position. In terms of the VP, while a Warren pick would be historic and interesting, I think Clinton will likely end up picking Kaine, just because he's a solid, noncontroversial choice, with a lot of experience that can help cater to the undecided voter. Warren would be too polarizing. Sen. Brown could be picked for similar reasons, but she won't risk letting Republican Governor of Ohio John Kasich pick his Senate successor, Senate seats are too valuable. And Castro is way too inexperienced, and risky in his own way.
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Sanders? Please? XD Not that that would do a lot...unless we had an assassin handy? :D I JOKE!
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It's going to be Kaine I think. Just because he is a safe, dull and loyal pick. He could in many ways just take Virginia off the map which would make things easier for Democrats. I would rather she picked Warren as she would add that excitement to the campaign and she's been shown to be good at attacking Trump. She would also be good in the Veep debate I think. But yeah I think it's going to be Kaine.
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It will probably be Kaine. Apparently the final three are Kaine, Vilsack, and Perez. Kaine is just a slightly better Vilsack, so I think that's obvious. Perez, I think, is so totally untested as a candidate that it's hard to know how he'd perform. I don't know that the risk-averse Hillary Clinton will want to take that chance.

I think maybe her best choice would be Cory Booker, but if she were to pick him, his replacement would be appointed by Chris Christie, so I don't think she'll do that. Warren may also be a really good choice, but I think Clinton wants to avoid scaring people off. Trump is so divisive, she has a unique opportunity to play to the center-left right now. Picking Warren might screw that up.

But VP picks never actually help a candidate, they can only hurt. Choosing someone with little experience, like Castro, would be a huge mistake. Clinton knows she should stay safe, and I think that's the right call. Certainly looks like we're headed for Clinton/Kaine.

Besides, if we're being honest with ourselves, doesn't Kaine just kind of seem like a VP? I don't know what it is, but he has that VP look.
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If Clinton picks Kaine and she wins, I'm about 98% certain that McAuliffe will appoint himself to the Senate.
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I think it might be Crist as it is being announced in Florida but that's just a guess because I know little about American politicians. Although I think it could be Bernie, so she gets the support of more of the youth of America. America needs Bernie!
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No it won't be Bernie. He is too far on the left for starters and he and Clinton hate each other now. There is no point in denning that fact because we all know it's true.
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Jul 21 2016, 09:32 PM
If Clinton picks Kaine and she wins, I'm about 98% certain that McAuliffe will appoint himself to the Senate.
Since VA governors are limited to 1 term, I'm pretty sure their primary task is job searching. It's in their constitution, I believe.
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Jul 21 2016, 09:40 PM
I think it might be Crist as it is being announced in Florida but that's just a guess because I know little about American politicians. Although I think it could be Bernie, so she gets the support of more of the youth of America. America needs Bernie!
I doubt it'll be Crist, though I'm all for that.

That'd rankle Sanders supporters more than Kaine would.
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If I were her, I'd pick Perez.

I'd say its even odds on Kaine or Vilsack — with a small edge toward Vilsack. I think as an Iowan he could really fight back Trump's momentum with white midwest America.
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Aexnidaral Seymour
Jul 21 2016, 10:01 PM
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Jul 21 2016, 09:40 PM
I think it might be Crist as it is being announced in Florida but that's just a guess because I know little about American politicians. Although I think it could be Bernie, so she gets the support of more of the youth of America. America needs Bernie!
I doubt it'll be Crist, though I'm all for that.

That'd rankle Sanders supporters more than Kaine would.
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Jul 21 2016, 09:45 PM
No it won't be Bernie. He is too far on the left for starters and he and Clinton hate each other now. There is no point in denning that fact because we all know it's true.
Hate each other? He endorsed her and they even combined parts of their platform together. Now I know people are talking about picking a Hispanic VP in order to grab the vote but if you wanted to not aim for more demographics but make sure the party is truly united, you could pick Sanders as a VP but it would be hard to know if people would hate him or not (they could call him a sellout and coward). We do know he score very well with Independents that could decide this election.
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Biden pls.
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