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NYCButterfinger

(755 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:36 PM Jul 2015

Would Tim Kaine be a good VP pick for Hillary? [View all]

Think about it. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is 57, Middle aged, working class, speak fluent Spanish, comes from a crucial swing state of Virginia; can be president one Day One; he was mayor of Richmond; Lt. Governor; Governor; DNC chair; on Obama veepwatch in Jul/Aug 2008. Kaine may be the best choice for Hillary Clinton if she is the Democratic nominee. Thoughts?

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Would Tim Kaine be a good VP pick for Hillary? [View all] NYCButterfinger Jul 2015 OP

Yuk. Another "centrist." The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #1

I'm centrist on some issues, but Kaine would be good. NYCButterfinger Jul 2015 #2

Meh. I suppose he's a good match for Hillary The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #4

Hillary Clinton will pick a safe choice. Kaine=do no harm NYCButterfinger Jul 2015 #6

I think there are better qualities than "safe." The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #7

He could be Satan and if it would guarantee the right wing American Taliban stays out of the WH AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #3

Kaine can win blue collar voters. He did in Va. NYCButterfinger Jul 2015 #5

He's a notorious homophobe and when he was chair of this Party I nearly left. First it was Obama's Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #8

No. bigwillq Sep 2015 #9

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