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Night Watchman

(743 posts)
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:41 AM Jul 2016

Clinton's new friend — and maybe VP

Unlike other Democrats being mentioned as potential running mates, Tom Perez has actually gotten to know Hillary and Bill Clinton, and they’ve both taken a shine to him

By Edward-Isaac Dovere
07/11/16 05:07 AM EDT

She starts the phone calls with, “Tom, this is Hillary.”

“Hey, how are you?” he responds, consciously working his way around being so formal at this point in their relationship, but also too ingrained in his Dominican upbringing to just start calling her by her first name.

Hillary Clinton and Tom Perez have had some practice with the routine, according to sources familiar with the conversations. There was the phone call when she called to ask for his endorsement, which became a nerd-out session on prison reform and registering farmworkers. In March, when she asked for his help on Latino engagement ahead of the New York primary, he pushed for her to send him to a politically powerful local union president to ask for his help — and ended up being asked himself to rile up a bundler session the morning after the New York debate.
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Perez had only met Clinton in passing before last summer, when he happened to get scheduled ahead of her at the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) conference in St. Louis—just a typical day for a Labor secretary, he mock-complained to staff, with all those cameras arrayed to see him. She called over to him, introduced herself, thanked him for the work he was doing. They spent about 15 minutes together, complete with photos and teasing his former press secretary who’s now her director of black, Latino and women’s media.

But something clicked, between those encounters and the clutches he was pulled into before hitting the spin rooms at the debates he attended.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clintons-new-friend-and-maybe-vp-225347#ixzz4E6gyv79N


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Clinton's new friend — and maybe VP (Original Post) Night Watchman Jul 2016 OP
Interesting about their staffs need to get along. If I were picked for VP, I would expect my patricia92243 Jul 2016 #1
I do not know much about him, but I was impressed when I heard him speak. Mass Jul 2016 #2
He seems a very brilliant mind. Her Sister Jul 2016 #3
A little light on experience expecially foreign policy exboyfil Jul 2016 #4
Smart choice for her flamingdem Jul 2016 #5

patricia92243

(12,590 posts)
1. Interesting about their staffs need to get along. If I were picked for VP, I would expect my
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:54 AM
Jul 2016

staff to get along with theirs - or I would be looking for new staff members.

Other than that, he seems to be a good pick.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. He seems a very brilliant mind.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:01 AM
Jul 2016

Very knowledgeable in diverse areas. They kind of person who is very interesting to have around. Love those kind of people!

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
4. A little light on experience expecially foreign policy
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:38 AM
Jul 2016

but 3 years as Secretary of Labor is a plus.

Kind of depends on who is selected on the Republican side. If it is Newt Gingrich I would want someone with more experience. Mike Pence on the other hand?? It is hard to trump the experience of a governor and 10 years as a congressman, but Perez does have a strong background both at the state and federal level.

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