The Kaine selection is a confident gutsy choice that has the potential to take down the GOP as a national political power. It not only assures Virginia but puts North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona in play while bolstering the Dems in Florida, Colorado, Ohio and Pennsylvania - it even puts Texas into consideration! And that's not just at the Presidential level but very important down-ticket races!
Yes, there's been the initial reaction from the Left that Kaine wasn't what they wanted, if not a slap in the fact to the Bernie supporters. But think about it. We know that 80% of the Bernie voters have made clear that they are voting for Clinton - both because they're on the Left and the election is, in reality, a binary choice and because Trump scares the shXt out of them. Of the remaining 20%, the Dems are going to work hard to make the case, and they will get at least half of them, Of the 10% that remains, most of them are pretty smart and will decide to vote for a Jill Stein but ONLY if they are in a state solidly behind the Blue Wall and their calculations show their vote will have no harmful effect. That leaves those that will vote 3rd party or even Trump in critical states - frankly, these people are far too stupid and/or too self-centered to give a moment's thought to (if Trump gets in, they'll be the first to suffer under his regime - got to appreciate the irony).
I have to run now, but I'll be back to lay out what Kaine does to appeal to a lot of people that would have been more difficult for Clinton to capture without him or with another pick.
Yes, there's been the initial reaction from the Left that Kaine wasn't what they wanted, if not a slap in the fact to the Bernie supporters. But think about it. We know that 80% of the Bernie voters have made clear that they are voting for Clinton - both because they're on the Left and the election is, in reality, a binary choice and because Trump scares the shXt out of them. Of the remaining 20%, the Dems are going to work hard to make the case, and they will get at least half of them, Of the 10% that remains, most of them are pretty smart and will decide to vote for a Jill Stein but ONLY if they are in a state solidly behind the Blue Wall and their calculations show their vote will have no harmful effect. That leaves those that will vote 3rd party or even Trump in critical states - frankly, these people are far too stupid and/or too self-centered to give a moment's thought to (if Trump gets in, they'll be the first to suffer under his regime - got to appreciate the irony).
I have to run now, but I'll be back to lay out what Kaine does to appeal to a lot of people that would have been more difficult for Clinton to capture without him or with another pick.