Is it a good sign when you roll out your vp...

[TDale313]

In the part of the weekly news cycle usually reserved for the Friday Night News Dump? Named cause that's when you release the stuff you don't want getting much coverage?

[MohRokTah]

1. If that was when she rolled him out.

The Friday News dump is generally between 2 and 5 PM Eastern.

[Nevernose]

2. Quickest way to change the conversation

From the RNC to Hillary. Smart move, IMO.

[Squinch]

5. Exactly. Her timing is always smart.

[brush]

25. Exactly. Take the media attention away from Trump

Smart, now all the weekend news shows will have to carry it instead of 24/7 Trump.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Trying to take some of the focus off of Trump

and the RNC shitshow which just concluded. It's a good PR move to get her name quickly back into the news cycle following the ugliness of the past four days.

[Skinner]

4. Nice try.

The issue here is that there is a tiny window between the two conventions when she could announce. It was either today, tomorrow, or Sunday.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. The optics on MSNBC were of a super yacht wharf in Newport RI?

Oy vey! Bad optics, David!

[PoutrageFatigue]

12. You mean Sunday morning when they have all of those political talk shows on?

Yeah, that would have been terrible timing....

But sure, Friday evening, much better, 'cos everyone's glued to their tv sets and not going out of town for the weekend, or going to the movies, or taking the family out to dinner to celebrate the weekend.

[Squinch]

27. You know that people have to be scheduled to go on the shows, right? And that if

she announced on Sunday that would mean that she and her surrogates wouldn't get scheduled to be on those shows, right? And now they can all go on on Sunday and talk about this, right?

Or did you not think that through?

[PoutrageFatigue]

30. So you announce like Joe Biden, on a Saturday, right?

When there's no other news going on, right?

Or maybe you announce on one of those political shows itself, right?

Because with big news like this none of those political shows would reschedule guests to discuss this announcement, right?

But you thought all of that through and still think announcing on a late Friday afternoon is the PERFECT time, right?

[Squinch]

33. Saturday or Friday night make little difference. And no you don't announce ON a program because

you want to saturate ALL the programs.

Whatever. You seem hell bent on your idea that the campaign is making a grave mistake, when in fact their timing was excellent, both for this subject of the Saturday and Sunday shows and for squashing the effect of the RNC.

But you seem attached to the idea of, "They're screwing up! They're news dumping! They're hiding something!"

I wonder why that might be?

Poutrage fatigue, indeed.

[PoutrageFatigue]

36. "They're hiding something"? Where did I say that

You are the one that seems invested in the idea that this is the bestest, most wonderful-est VP announcement timing EVER!!!!

I wonder why that might be?

It is possibly the most bland, uninspired choice she could have made, and adds NOTHING to the ticket.

Perfect opportunity to be bold, forward-looking, dynamic, instead she picked the Vice President of the local Rotary Club.

Bland White Male Politician Fatigue indeed....

[Squinch]

37. She didn't give the farthest left what they wanted. Because there are other people besides those

on the farthest left that she needs to win this election, and she already gave the farthest left the most progressive platform in history.

I understand that the purists will never understand this, but Kaine adds a swing state to the ticket. We all understand that the purists will see this as occasion to flounce around and complain because they are not being catered to, but then the purists never win elections, do they? Which means, by definition, that the purists never get anything done.

And yes, I know, it's awful, and you would have done miles better, but Hillary choosing someone who appeals to people who are not already with her is the most strategically smart thing she could have done.

[AlbertCat]

38. the most progressive platform in history.

You're joking, right?

It's no "New Deal".

History goes back further than May.

[LarryNM]

14. likewise

the Friday news dump is an even tinier window.

[Gman]

15. Exactly

[spooky3]

18. and, some reports were that she delayed the announcement several hours because of the Munich attacks

and if so, the plan was not to use the Friday news dump timing.

[MichiganVote]

6. Well since you want to know, why don't you call up the campaign you're going to vote for?

And get back to us here of course.

[Renew Deal]

7. I'm sorry that the shooting in Germany messed up your schedule

[TDale313]

8. Just FYI Rachel making the same point about the timing...

And yes, I get that today made sense because of the short window between the conventions. And yes, I am voting for them. I just found the timing less than ideal.

[LarryNM]

19. Rachel making the same narrative, er, point

what a coincidence.

[RandySF]

9. It's stepping on Trump's bounce

Plus the convention is Monday.

[Gman]

17. I'd argue that

She wants the negative media to continue on the RNC. Don't take the negative attention away from them.

[RandySF]

21. You can't count on the media that created Trump to do its job.

[Gman]

23. I'm reading everything I can find and

"The Repubocans had a great convention and Trump should get a big bump" said nobody. I'd let that ride for another 24 hours.

[gwheezie]

10. Of course because shes going to keep Kaine a secret

Don't tell anyone.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Biden was introduced on a Saturday morning.

[Bucky]

16. Such a big choice isn't going to be a "dumped" item

It's well timed for all the Sunday news shows.

[Arkana]

20. Seeing as how most modern campaigns actually do this, no, not really.

And a VP announcement kinda defies the normal rules of the Friday news dump.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. this is totally irrelevant

let them focus on the very crazy trump episode at the Hyatt today.

it's better off to let the media start to realize just how INSANE he is. they alluded to the off teleprompter episode a bit, but this is going to have to come out. he does it EVERY time they let him free form it. the dems also HAVE to start pushing his mental illness. FORCE the media to respond.

tell them they are 'concerned' for his health

[Joe the Revelator]

24. Its the day after the other party had their convention and the weekend before you start yours...

When do you think, given that time frame, she should have announced?

[Wounded Bear]

26. She did it on Twitter...

I don't think the Friday News Dump doctrine applies.

[UTUSN]

28. Is there a problem?

[Adrahil]

29. What? It was EXCELLENT timing.

Now all the Sunday new shows will be talking about Kaine, rather than just rehashing the RNC.

[Liberal In Texas]

31. No, it's a bad sign.

The Friday night dump is when you want to hide stuff.

[RonniePudding]

32. Obama announced Biden on a Saturday.

By your logic that's even more of a news dump move than Friday.

[betsuni]

34. Because the VP isn't going to get much coverage? Concern fail.

[grubbs]

35. VP picks

With the possible exception of LBJ, VPs make little difference in the election results. The point is to pick someone who will do no harm. No offense to Kaine, but VP's are generally bland. The timing of the announcement makes little difference as it is months before the GE, imo. tRump will further alienate himself from sane Americans in the coming months. If Hillary Clinton can restrain herself from taking a massive dump on the flag, she will be fine and will win. But we all must vote and encourage others to do so.

Oh...and in no way do I intend to suggest the Hillary wants to poop on Old Glory. It was just an example of the kind of extreme gaffe she would have to pull to lose this thing.

[Rex]

39. LOL does that matter? We all know who the VP pick is and so does the rest of America.

We have a few months to go, so I don't see the issue here.