2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Left’s Beef With Tim Kaine: Bernie’s supporters see a rebuke in Clinton's ‘safe’ VP pick [View all]auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Everyone has the weekend to get their thoughts/feelings in order before we all need to be unified for the convention. Senator Kaine wasn't my first choice (that would be Xavier Becerra) so I'm glad it wasn't "sprung" on me at the convention. Gave me time to do a little research and get to know him a bit better.
The Bernie supporters who are true progressives will look Sen Kaine up like I have and get to know him better. The Bernie supporters who are not progressives but actually just Hillary Haters had their minds made up and will not open their minds. They are stuck in rigid political ideology. I hope, and believe, that they are in the small minority and most Bernie supporters understand not only what's at stake in this election, but how they can carry Bernie's message forward - by getting Hillary into the WH and then working their tails off at all levels of government to get progressives elected.