Warren, Kaine, Castro on Clinton running-mate short list. Who do you think she will pick?

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22. Kaine is a terrible choice.

He doesn't merely not motivate progressives...the more they get to know him, the more he's going to confirm for them everything they've ever accused Hillary of being true. Tied to the hip with Wall St. Lacking true progressive values. Willing to compromise on anything and get entangled with any convenient ally, no matter how repugnant. Insincere about social justice and at-heart a morally-conservative Democrat. I don't need to tell you what progressives have against Hillary, you've been hearing it for years. I've been saying it for years...I've been critical of her since I lived in Yonkers and worked in Brooklyn.

Unlikely worst case scenario though, it creates a schism between working-class Hispanics, who tend to be more traditional and morally-conservative, and progressives, whose ideology is iconoclastic and anti-conservative. Do we really need a reason to pit two ascending social-groups of the Democratic coalition at each others throats over a mediocre VP choice?

A Hillary serious about unity never considers Kaine for a millisecond. I know Hillary isn't dumb so I assume this has to be a trial balloon by those in the party leadership that want Kaine on the ticket, trying to demonstrate that he would be a popular and effective choice.

He's not either.

She should go with Brown, Warren or Perez. Even Castro would be preferable...he's at-least charismatic enough to woo progressives, even if he's nothing of the sort. Clinton/Kaine isn't just a strictly center-right ticket...it's one with a severe likeability deficit.