Wall Street to Clinton: Our money or Elizabeth Warren as VP.

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18. I don't want Warren in the VP slot the ticket, either, because she is more powerful and

more valuable in the Senate. The VP is mostly a ceremonial slot. She has a lot more power and visibility in the Senate, and we need her to stay there.

I sure hope Hillary doesn't choose Tim Kaine. I suspect she will tap Julian Castro, though I think he could stand to get more experience and more seasoning before being made VP.

The reason I am thinking Castro is that he gave the keynote speech at the last DNC. That is what they do with someone they are grooming for a future presidential bid. Clinton, Kerry, and Obama each gave the keynote at the convention during the campaign season directly before running for president.

Also, Trump has so alienated the hispanic vote that there has been a rush among hispanic immigrants to get naturalized and registered to vote, and including Castro on the ticket might be seen as a way to encourage even more immigrants to get naturalized and more hispanic citizens to get registered and to get out and vote.

OTOH,the campaign might figure that Trump himself is a sufficient motivation to increase the hispanic vote, so that it might be better to choose a VP who could motivate another voting bloc.

I just hope Hillary doesn't fill her VP slot and her cabinet with senators, governors, or other powerful pols from various states, leaving their offices open for Republicans to fill. Here in Kansas, we lost Sebelius to Obama's cabinet and we have never recovered from the extreme right wing takeover of the state. Especially I hope she doesn't pick a senator from a state with a Republican governor who would then be able to place a Republican into the empty seat. We have a chance to regain the senate majority, so it would be beyond foolish to give up a senate seat that way.