While we wait, what is your gut telling you?

[KMOD]

My feeling is it will indeed be Elizabeth Warren. Up til now I thought would be Xavier Becerra, but for some reason today I think it will be Senator Warren.

[rurallib]

1. the progressive base will be dissapointed

[NCTraveler]

5. Why? We got Clinton. Her platfom is excellent and progressive. nt.

[democrattotheend]

52. Her platform, yes

Her record, not so much. And picking a centrist VP only heightens suspicions that she is not truly committed to all of the progressive planks of the platform.

[NCTraveler]

54. Her record is progressive as well.

The only people to not recognize that are the people who are a part of the one and done crowd. Interesting that they are never one and done with respect to some of the more egregious missteps of the candidate they support.

Clinton has decades of progressive accomplishments. Yes, there are numerous shit sandwiches in there as well. So did all of our candidates. Unicorns are for children's TV shows.

[democrattotheend]

58. I would say she is reasonably progressive

I think she is definitely more progressive than her husband, especially on domestic issues. But on foreign policy I would not describe her as progressive. This is based on her record as Secretary of State and the positions she has taken in this election, not just on her enthusiastic support for the Iraq War authorization 14 years ago. She did a lot of good things as Secretary of State, but her foreign policy outlook is more hawkish than I am comfortable with. That said, I trust her to have access to the nuclear launch codes a lot more than I trust Trump!

[NCTraveler]

59. Overall, I agree.

You just hit on my Clinton concern and stated in a very similar way that I have in the past.

Thanks for the thoughtful post.

[NCTraveler]

2. I think Warren would be there today without issue.

I think she would be an excellent pick.

[awake]

3. While I would love to think you are right what leads you to this conclusion?

[KMOD]

7. just a gut feeling.

[awake]

9. I hope your gut is right and it is not just gas

[KMOD]

11. lol

[Hortensis]

27. Me too, but I think it's Kaine just because DC

insiders are narrowing in on him. Kaine is a white male, and we need the white male leaners, he should bring swing state Virginia and help with the large Hispanic bloc, and he has an excellent reputation and good moderate-liberal progressive credentials. Those last are very real, even if some on the farther left reject him out of hand.

[emulatorloo]

4. My gut is telling me I don't know!

I want Warren as well. I can live with the others. I know press has declared it will be Kaine, but they have been known to get things wrong.

[awake]

10. I would love it to be someone else but Kaine just to stick it to the press

[emulatorloo]

16. You and me both!

[brooklynite]

6. My gut is telling me not to eat Mexican food for lunch...

As for political analysis, I'll still to hard data.

[Bluenorthwest]

61. Is that the sort of thing Tim Kaine says in Spanish to win

votes?

[kestrel91316]

8. I have no idea. But I trust her to decide wisely, and will support her choice.

I'm not going to stress over it in the meantime. All my energy goes to fighting Drumpfler.

[KMOD]

15. I do, too.

The suspense is getting to me though. I'm just sitting here waiting to get a text.

[femmocrat]

12. I felt very hopeful about Warren because she is also in FL today.

But then Andrea Mitchell peed in my cornflakes by saying it would be Kaine.

[KMOD]

17. Andrea always does that.

I don't trust Andrea Mitchell. She hates Hillary.

[emulatorloo]

20. Andrea's mission in life is to piss in Dem's cornflakes lol

[Hortensis]

31. True. Didn't realize Warren was in Florida, but

if so why wouldn't they do a joint-appearance announcement today? Oh, well. I'm with Kestrel.

[Sunlei]

13. I'm hoping it's the one whos campaign works together & the one who has been attacking trum

one who has been attacking trump constantly these past several days.

[deathrind]

14. Possible

But I hope not.

Senator Warren is much more effective in the position she is currently in. Plus Mass currently has a Republican governor so it would be more than likely a republican (remember Scott Brown...) would be appointed to replace her in the Senate.

[Freddie]

18. I just bought some bumper stickers and signed up for Hillary for America texts

So I will be among the first to know? Going shopping now and I will set my text alert to ding.

[BainsBane]

19. I thought it was decided

based on reading DU. Then I saw your thread and checked actual news coverage. It hasn't been. I should have known better. I do know better; I forgot.

[KMOD]

21. I know, right?

[emulatorloo]

22. rule of thumb: if DU's collective hair is on fire about something, most likely it won't happen.

[BainsBane]

45. Excellent rule of thumb.

[tallahasseedem]

23. Between Kaine and Warren

Either way, I will support the ticket 100%.

[KewlKat]

24. I think it will be Kaine to cement VA in the GE plus he is fluent in Spanish which is also an asset.

I'd love it to be Warren but don't think it will be.........sadly.......but again. Let's get the ticket and get out the vote for her!!!!

[JCMach1]

25. Weirdly, white women may be the key demographic in this campaign... bring on Warren please

for that reason and many others.

[liberal N proud]

26. My gut tells me Hillary will select a well qualified individual who will help her beat Trump

[StevieM]

28. My gut tells me that the GOP is reprehensible and will do anything needed to win this election.

Whoever she picks, we will have a tough fight ahead.

[ismnotwasm]

29. My gut WANTS Warren

I will be satisfied with Kaine, for the same reasons I was satisfied with Biden. Not my first pick though.

[KMOD]

36. Me, too.

I'll be happy with whoever she picks. I'm just not feeling it with Kaine. But again, it's just my gut.

[MFM008]

40. Yup

...

[Va Lefty]

32. As a Virginian I'll say you can't go much further left and get elected here than Kaine

He's about as good a US Senator as we can get in Va. That being said I hope it's Warren or Perez

[democrattotheend]

53. As a former Virginian, I agree

Kaine is not my first choice - my first choices are also Warren and Perez. But Kaine is not a terrible choice. He is reasonably progressive, certainly not a DINO.

[Person 2713]

33. Pref is Warren , Booker or Becerra second but anyone besides Vilsack is ok

[Agnosticsherbet]

34. Mut gut is no more accurate in foretelling the future than the entrails of a goat.

or a crystal ball.

I await an unveiling of the news. I am fine with whoever she picks. Trump is unacceptable in any universe.

[Demsrule86]

35. They will be in Florida together. nt

[asuhornets]

37. someone not on the list...nt

[catbyte]

38. I just hope it's not Vilsack.Or Kaine. I think I'm screwed, tho, because those seem to be the

front runners, unfortunately. Meh, it really doesn't matter who Clinton chooses. I'd vote for her if she chose Alfred E. Newman.

[liberalmuse]

39. My gut is telling me

Whoever it is, he/ she will grow on us quickly like Biden did. Biden wasn't my first choice but I can't imagine a better pick and of course now I absolutely love the guy!

[DavidDvorkin]

41. "Feeeed meeeee."

[MrScorpio]

42. My gut says Kaine

Besides, I'd rather have Warren stay in the Senate, where she can keep her own voice instead being second fiddle for any administration.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

43. A qualified Democrat.

That's all I need, and all I care about. Elizabeth Warren would be great, but I'm perfectly fine with Tim Kaine.

Given events on the other side of the aisle, I'm not going to play choosy over our Number 2.

[Avalux]

44. On Colbert last night, Warren said it wasn't her.

But then Colbert ripped the "I" off of the VIP on her dressing room door after she closed it, and then giggled. So who knows!

I would be happy if it ends up being her. My gut - Hillary will play it safe with Kaine.

[KMOD]

48. That's funny.

Stephen Colbert cracks me up.

[Avalux]

51. It was hilarious.

She was a guest last night, along with Jon Stewart who 'stole' Colbert's desk so he could rant about the RNC/Trump. It was a great show, watch the clips on youtube if you can.

[MineralMan]

46. Mine is telling me that it's really glad I finally ate lunch.

It was grumbling at me earlier. It also told me that I shouldn't eat more than one burrito at a sitting. Someday, I'll listen, I suppose.

[Hortensis]

57. Lol. Mine's telling me I can't expect it to sort

all these conflicting messages out if I'm going to fill it with salsa and Klondike bars. A burrito sounds good...

[sufrommich]

47. My gut is telling me that this is a bad news cycle for the release.

Of course,they couldn't have known ahead of time that there'd be a terrorist attack.

[KMOD]

50. Yeah,

Too many of these events happening lately.

[MyNameGoesHere]

49. My gut tells me the earth will continue to rotate

lest we all go off in a tangent.

[joshcryer]

55. I want Warren. My gut says Warren. Clinton would work very well with Warren.

But probably Kaine given the rumors.

[nemo137]

56. It'll be Kaine or Vilsack

The Dem party as a whole hasn't figured out that it's coalition looks different than it did in the 90s, and thinks it needs a conventional, personally-religious, bland, technocratic white guy on the ticket to keep imagined suburban white-collar voters from bolting.

I'd prefer Perez, as I've said here before, but I'm not holding my breath for it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

60. Probabilities is my forte and Kaine is the most probable running mate.

World events only make it more likely she takes a running mate with foreign policy experience.

[Bluenorthwest]

62. How is Kaine a foreign policy choice?

nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

63. Because he is on the Foreign Relations Committee

All signs point to Hillary Clinton choosing him. That is an empirical observation and not a normative one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

64. read on twitter EW was in Orlando ! and Kaine in Boston

[Tatiana]

65. The gut says Kaine.

My heart says Warren or Franken.