(07-22-2016, 05:09 PM)The Wonkette Wrote:(07-22-2016, 02:12 PM)linus Wrote: The TV is saying Kaine. I still think it could be Booker.There is a problem with picking Booker. The Governor of New Jersey would get to pick his replacement. And the Governor of New Jersey is none other than ...... Chris Christie!
(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 a "safe" bet. Or something.
But, you know, if it's Booker how long before the right trolls her with the bumper sticker: CLINTON / BOOKHER.
And I continue to think that Julian Castro would be the boldest, most inspired pick (of all the people mentioned publicly).
Elizabeth Warren has the same problem.
Too bad, because otherwise, I like them both.
That may be the clincher, I guess. It's interesting: I was just reading the dailykos veepstakes live blog and there were multiple comments from Latinos wanting to see Castro picked. He's a rousing speaker, a great debater (or so I hear), and a political natural (unlike her). He would of course be the first Latino vp (not nothing), and the symbolism of having a Latino as Democratic running mate in the year of the Trump would be unmistakable. Best of all: he has a body double.
PS You really schooled me on this one. Dope that I am, it didn't even occur to me that if she picked Booker Christie would be picking his replacement. Kaine (and it is Kaine: I'm writing this postscript after the announcement), is obviously well-qualified to be president, and therefore a reasonable and responsible pick, I guess, but it hardly seems likely to excite progressives.