2016 Postmortem
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Everyone assumes Senator Tim Kaine is Hillary Clintons safe pick for vice president. Hes geographically safe: hailing from the swing state of Virginia, where a Democratic governor can name his replacement. Hes demographically safe: a white male Catholic who speaks fluent Spanish. His résumé is safe, checking the senator, governor and mayor boxes. Even his personality is safe. I am boring, Kaine assured America on NBCs Meet the Press last Sunday.
But ask anyone from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party about TKaine, and suddenly he doesnt feel very safe at all. An establishment Wall Street Democrat like Tim Kaine
will do nothing but confirm to progressives she's learned nothing from this primary, Jordan Chariton told Politico Magazine, who reports for the Bernie-friendly online talk show The Young Turks.
As many as 22 million potential voters in November are thought to be Sanders-leaning Democrats, and theyre looking for evidence that Clinton is paying some heed to the surprisingly strong insurgency of the socialist from Vermont. Bernies success was a clear anti-establishment uprising, strong enough that his supporters expect their agenda will now help shape the future of the party. But choosing Kaine may send them the opposite message: This is her party now, and you arent the ones calling the shots.
Tim Kaine would be a perfect addition to the ticket, said People for Bernie co-founder Charles Lenchner when asked by Politico Magazine how he would interpret such a pick in that he would add no progressive backbone that might inconvenience Team Hillary when it's time to govern.
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