Just got the text: It's Kaine. It's official.

[NanceGreggs]

69. I think the choice implies ...

... that a lot of thought went into who Hillary felt she could work well with, who she thought would be a good partner in pursuing her agenda, who would execute the duties of the vice presidency responsibly and well; someone of intelligence, experience, and integrity.

It's sad to see people thinking of the VP pick as a campaign "crowd pleaser", simply a name on the ticket who will draw votes, without seeming to give any thought to the fact that this will be a four-to-eight year partnership that needs to work well long after the votes are counted in November.

BTW, "the left" are with Hillary. Implying that she needs to somehow be more "concerned" about them, or has to appease them in some way, is to ignore the fact that she already has their support. I know it's been a popular meme here throughout the primary that her appeal is somehow limited to a certain stripe of Democrat, but it is apparent to those paying attention that she already has the support of Dem voters across the spectrum.

No matter who she chose for the VP slot, there were going to be those who were disappointed, disagreed with the choice, preferred someone else. That's politics; that's life - you can't please all the people all the time.

But there were many who were going to be displeased no matter who she chose because, quite frankly, they are displeased about everything she does.