2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOK, time to put out some really positive discussion about Kaine.
The meme that gets repeated is the one that gets remembered and results. Think about how the lying GOP puts out lies, half-truths and keeps repeating it and has the pundits and media repeat the same bs over and over again until all their base and half of ours fall into the trap of believing it.
Let's not trash our ticket. All I want Hillary to do is to get all of her folks who were being considered for VP to hit the trail and campaign hard for us. They are ALL fantastic public servants in their own way.
TIME TO MOVE ON OUT AND WIN THIS THING!!!
Hillary won with a smart strategy of intimate rallies where people get to talk and ask her direct questions. She will be doing that a lot because she is good at it. Her surrogates are VERY good at this too. The GOP can't do this because a lie told close up doesn't work so well.
I'M WITH HER BECAUSE SHE IS FOR US!!
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Kaine's ratings from key progressive groups:
Brady Campaign 100%
Human Rights Campaign 100%
Planned Parenthood 100%
AFL CIO 96%
NAACP 96%
compare to Pence...who has so many negatives...especially with social security, medicare, etc
whathehell
(30,468 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)He loves music. He's friendly to everyone. And he's been an outstanding leader.
A great friend of mine is from Richmond. He's a white man, and as we all know Richmond is majority black. Everyone...and I mean..EVERYONE loves Tim Kaine: all races and colors, all ages. He is incredibly popular.
When he was governor, he was quite popular in VA as well.
I think we will get to know him more in the coming months.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)I personally don't see what the big deal is. I use my husband as a barometer for how something is going to play out (typical white Catholic male, apolitical because he thinks the system is corrupted, etc. He has met Tim Kaine and has done business with him and his staff while he was Governor). For really the first time, he is excited about the pick and thinks that it will help bring others in his demographic over in November.
CTyankee
(68,200 posts)Trump is at his highest apogee right now in his popularity. The actual campaign is gonna reveal his flaws and his staying power. He''s not durable. Hillary is so determined when she gets going that she will break him.