Scuttlebutt is....Kaine's the one

[Joe the Revelator]

https://twitter.com/CenLamar/status/756293268892114944

Source: Clinton will select Tim Kaine as VP. Advance team is on the ground in Richmond, and VA delegation moved next to NY on DNC floor.

[chillfactor]

1. no, no, no!

He will add nothing to the ticket....damn!

[Joe the Revelator]

10. He adds Virginia. That's enough. nt

[LonePirate]

19. VA was safely in the blue column without him. VA is not a swing state at all this year.

[Joe the Revelator]

27. You and I define 'safely' differenty. nt

[GulfCoast66]

61. If Virginia is a blue state

Then it is over, we have it, and her pick does not matter.

[NWCorona]

41. When I watched his Univision interview I had a feeling it would be him.

It's not set yet tho

[RBInMaine]

56. YES YES YES! He adds TONS to the ticket, WAY more than Warren.

Warren is wonderful and I love her. But she isn't ready for president and we need her in the Senate. She brings no new demographics and no new geography. Nor does she bring gender balance.

Kaine is the best pick. Kaine brings gender balance which is a reality, he brings a purple toss up state, TONS of experience so he's ready to be President if needed, and he speaks Spanish and has a great relationship with the Hispanic community. He is a GREAT choice.

[DemonGoddess]

2. I prefer

to wait and see

[KMOD]

4. Yah, it's just a tweet from some guy named

Lamar White. No link, no nothing. Just a tweet.

[Joe the Revelator]

12. It was retweeted by Ben Tribbet

I trust Ben Tribbet on VA politics.

[KMOD]

15. Did Ben provide a link?

Or did he just retweet Lamar?

[Joe the Revelator]

16. Do you understand how twitter works?

Bookmark the thread, and wait for slow media to announce this tomorrow. No skin off my back.

[KMOD]

20. Yes.

But no link to a source of this information was cited.

Twitter is usually not an accurate source of news.

[MyNameGoesHere]

24. Well other than being a steady stream of word vomit

I don't think it works very well

[femmocrat]

3. Unrec.

Not your post, Joe..... just the selection.

[kwolf68]

5. Like him better than Big Ag guy

I know he's moderate on some issues, but he is mostly good on his environmental and energy views. And sorry those ARE HUGE issues for me.

[TDale313]

6. ...

[Joe the Revelator]

13. I'm really hoping that you guy's learn to lover Tim Kaine

He's really a great guy. He'll make you proud.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Convince me.

What I've seen of him so far does not impress me at all.

[Joe the Revelator]

32. I don't know if I can convince you, he'll have to do that, however

This was part of a longer post I made about my time working on his run for Lt. Governor:


The one thing that struck me about him was at a time when Virginia was leading the country in executions, he had no fear about stating that he did not agree with the death penalty and that VA should look into a moratorium. This was 00-01 and it just wasn't something that Virginia Democrats trying to take the Governor's mansion back openly said. I did not work in close proximity to him, as it was during a statewide run and I was working in tidewater, but anytime Mark Warner seemed too conservative for my tastes at the time, I always drew inspiration from Kaine.

He's always been upfront and honest about his personal feelings on abortion, and why he doesn't think that his personal opinions should be legislated, and position of his that I've always respected. That's the ultimate thing you can ask of a politican, to put the good of the country above his personal beliefs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. His selection might cause a lot of progressives

to become even less enthusiastic about the ticket than they are already. What does he have to offer? He's an uninspiring speaker; he was a terrible DNC chair (remember what happened in 2010?); he's basically just another boring old white guy. If the idea is to win over some of the old white guys who like Trump, I hardly think that will work. There are so many exciting candidates who would really add some spark to the campaign - why pick a stiff like Kaine?

[Joe the Revelator]

52. ' he's basically just another boring old white guy'

He's not going to be able to convince you. That position is way too close minded.

[Bluenorthwest]

59. As Governor Kaine signed into law the Marshall-Newman Amendment, which defined marriage in Virginia

as reserved for straights only. He did so after having said he would veto it during his campaign. This does not suggest that he keeps his personal biases separate from his legislative agenda at all.

The Party needs to unload the anti gay baggage.

[Joe the Revelator]

60. He signed it because 60% of the state voted to ratify it, and the only way to kill it, was to sign

and let the courts knock it down. As they did.

[hamsterjill]

68. The party needs the same on choice.

Yes, I know that Biden is Catholic, too, yada yada yada. But we need to be moving forward on social issues; not backwards, and I would prefer someone with the same stance on abortion rights as Hillary AND the party platform for 2016.

To me, Kaine conveys that the issue of choice is not all that important to the ticket. I was simply hoping for more.

This is my opinion and it's not worth arguing over. I will still be first in line to vote for Hillary.

[StevieM]

7. I am so disappointed in this pick...and there weren't many choices that would have disappointed me.

I thought Tom Vilsack was a much better choice.

I am even worried that we will lose the Senate seat in 2017 when the special election is held. We won't have two full years to get somebody situated in the seat because Virginia has statewide elections in odd-numbered years. We could lose both the Senate seat and the governor's seat in 2017, harkening memories of losing both senate seats and the governorships in Minnesota in 1978 and Tennessee in 1994.

[kwolf68]

9. Vilsack sucks

May as well have Monsanto in the White House.

Nice story, don't want him. He was Dead Fucking Last on my list. Anyone else works for me compared to this guy.

[BlueStateLib]

14. Tom Vilsack is 65

2024 he will be 73

[StevieM]

17. I am not looking for a running-mate that will be set up to run for president. Besides, I expect

Elizabeth Warren to run in 2024. She will be 75 but I still think she will run...and win.

[geek tragedy]

8. Disappointing pick. Meh. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Bleh.

[Cobalt Violet]

18. deal breaker!

[woolldog]

22. Oh stop it.

I was hoping for Warren (I was originally against her because I thought we needed a man VP, but had changed my mind), but stop it.

[woolldog]

49. You'll vote for Clinton and you'll like it.

[Cobalt Violet]

51. I'll hate it.

[woolldog]

53. Have you been watching the RNC?

It should make any sane person grateful to have the opportunity to vote for Hillary.

[stonecutter357]

45. seems legit !

[Native]

21. I've watched all her joint rallies, and I think they have the best chemistry.

She looks totally relaxed and enjoying herself when she's with him.

[Barack_America]

25. Beyond disappointing.

Not worth going to the polls for, that's for sure.

[Joe the Revelator]

26. You're being silly.

[Barack_America]

31. I'm being honest. He brings nothing to the ticket.

No one who is unenthused by Hillary is going to make a point to go vote for Kaine.

[Joe the Revelator]

33. Worked on me. nt

[Barack_America]

36. You voted already?

[Joe the Revelator]

39. .

[geek tragedy]

29. LOL! nt

[Doctor Jack]

28. I'm not saying this is wrong but

searching around the internet right now, no one else but Randomguy McWhoever in the link is reporting this.

[Joe the Revelator]

37. I guess we'll see. Like i said, Ben Tribbett (@notlarrysabato)retweeted this and according to me...

he's a guru of VA politics. If he said that the corpse of George Washington was going to be disinterred and run for Governor in 2017, I'd believe him.

[KamaAina]

30. "Clinton and Kaine are able"?

[bigwillq]

48. CK1

[dflprincess]

34. If this is true

you have to wonder if she really wants to be president. This is not going to help her with left leaning independents and she needs those votes.

[Joe the Revelator]

38. Let's be fairly honest. She has those votes. nt

[dflprincess]

44. Not necessarily

It's hard enough for left leaning party loyalists to vote for her (though the RNC was making the thought easier this week) but choosing Kaine has me back to thinking I'll need to take a clothespin into the voting booth with me and try to comfort myself by repeating "I'm voting against Trump" as I fill in the oval next to her name.

I think choice like this - which pretty much signals her move to the left was all for show - will push those who are on the fence either to not vote or to vote for Stein. (And to, be clear, I am not one of those.)

[Cobalt Violet]

40. It would be bad judgement to pick him.

I think you're right.

[John Poet]

42. Well, that creates a good reason to talk about Honduras again,

since Kaine served as a missionary there...


This is my least favorite potential VP that's been mentioned.
If he's the best we can do..... then I am pretty disgusted.

[Her Sister]

46. I trust the nominee to pick her running mate!

Many great choices! A great problem!

[bigwillq]

47. Solid choice as far as VA goes

He should do well in that position if selected, although I think he is kind of a bore. It's not an "exciting pick" to me, but it's about getting a job done and winning an election. Kaine should help in both those areas.

[Joe the Revelator]

50. All good points. He's not exciting, but he's a worker, and that is what you want in a VP

[Joe the Revelator]

55. Can I disagree? Because I disagree.

[Peigan68]

57. If true this is disappointing to me (I really wanted Warren)

However it is not a deal breaker, especially after witnessing this insane RNC this week, and she still has my vote.

But really Hillary...Kaine?

[B Calm]

58. When Al Gore selected Joe Liberman I thought Al knows better than I.

[grossproffit]

62. Joe, I'm elated to have you on board.

[Joe the Revelator]

64. As goes Virginia...

I will always follow my state.

[hollowdweller]

63. I wish Clinton would do something to make me excited about voting for her..

[CharlotteVale]

65. LOL.

[MelSC]

66. Not excited

But will vote Clinton anyway ugh

[Iggo]

67. And hey, he wants to deregulate the banks! Not like that mean old Warren.