Why Clinton Might Pick Tom Vilsack For Veep
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Source: Huffington Post
CLEVELAND ― Hillary Clintons camp is focusing on Tom Vilsack as a potential running mate, but not because he is the former governor of Iowa or the longest-serving secretary of agriculture in half a century.
Its because Vilsack, in his own mind, remains a son of the place of his birth and upbringing ― Pittsburgh. He maintains close ties there, and is a typically impassioned member of the Pittsburgh diaspora of emigrants created by the collapse of the local steel-based economy in the 1970s.
An orphan who was left almost literally on the doorstep of the Sister of Charitys Roselia Founding Home in 1950, Vilsack was educated in local schools and steeped in Pittsburgh culture before leaving the city for good after graduating from Hamilton College.
A Roman Catholic whose father was of Eastern European stock ― the staple of working-class white Pittsburgh ― Vilsack grew up an ardent fan of the Pirates and the Steelers and remains focused on them with the kind of emotion and obsessive detail that only the locals fully understand and appreciate.
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I can swallow hard on the Monsanto angle, but in resume, personability, intellect,
life story, Vilsack would be quite a VP heavyweight.
forest444
(5,902 posts)Plus, Vilsack is low on charisma.
He wouldn't be a bad choice really; but he's not what Hillary needs.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)He has plenty of charisma.
StevieM
(10,499 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I'm going to wait for the announcement. I'm good with anyone she picks. However, the Pittsburgh thing is kinda strange to me.
Qutzupalotl
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(3,263 posts)CharlotteVale
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Kingofalldems
(38,360 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Maybe Hillary doesn't want to appear to pick Bill's first choice.
Kingofalldems
(38,360 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,360 posts)Trump's pick leaked out early.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)and pro rural concerns in general.
He has also been very concerned about issues of drug and alcohol addiction, and how to get treatment for people in rural areas.
I think he'd be fine for VP.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)world. He's also been a trusted friend and ally of the Clintons for decades. I'm not surprised he's one of the finalists.
ananda
(28,780 posts)Vilsack in a poor choice, as is Kaine.
We want better!
StevieM
(10,499 posts)him. He was surrendered to adoption during an era when unmarried mothers often had very little choice other than to relinquish.
OKNancy
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