The TV is saying Kaine. I still think it could be Booker.
(Or maybe it's just because I don't want to believe that the Democrats are about to nominate the blandest ticket since Bore / [GI Joe] Lieberman. If the Democrats win [which I still think is the likeliest possibility] it will be like: hashtag WhiteHouseSoWhite.)
Of the three said to be on the short list, Booker is the only one I think that would help to energize the ticket - especially vis a vis core Obama voters - which is what I think she needs. A Kaine pick would I guess suggest they believe she needs to signal to white/suburban/independents that she'd be "safe" for the suburbs.
But, you know, if it's Booker how long before the right trolls her with a bumper sticker or something: CLINTON / BOOKHER.
And I continue to think that Julian Castro would be the boldest, most inspired pick (of all the people mentioned publicly).
(Or maybe it's just because I don't want to believe that the Democrats are about to nominate the blandest ticket since Bore / [GI Joe] Lieberman. If the Democrats win [which I still think is the likeliest possibility] it will be like: hashtag WhiteHouseSoWhite.)
Of the three said to be on the short list, Booker is the only one I think that would help to energize the ticket - especially vis a vis core Obama voters - which is what I think she needs. A Kaine pick would I guess suggest they believe she needs to signal to white/suburban/independents that she'd be "safe" for the suburbs.
But, you know, if it's Booker how long before the right trolls her with a bumper sticker or something: CLINTON / BOOKHER.
And I continue to think that Julian Castro would be the boldest, most inspired pick (of all the people mentioned publicly).