Clinton “wants somebody who will be a reliable partner she can trust and make the policy decisions” and potentially step into the presidency, the source said, adding that Clinton sees Kaine as someone who would “fit that bill”.
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Besides Kaine, democratic sources say agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack is another leading contender, but sources are not ruling out other possible choices.
Members of the Democratic Party’s liberal wing on Thursday nervously awaited Hillary Clinton’s announcement in coming days of a vice presidential running mate, urging her to choose someone who opposes a massive Pacific free trade deal and backs tough Wall Street reform. “It’s wonderful to be mentioned but I love my job and trying not to overly think it but it’s been a very exciting last few weeks.”But when Kaine was asked if he had booked any flights to Florida over the weekend, he had a coy response”.
The wonky progressive is little known outside of the Washington Beltway, but he has stumped with Clinton in several states during the campaign. First, his ties to Iowa could help Clinton win a crucial swing state.
Clinton, who will formally receive her party’s nomination next week in Philadelphia, will appear at a rally at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.
“Hillary Clinton understands that some of the deepest and most pronounced poverty exists in rural areas of the country”.
Cohen said said many Sanders’ delegates would prefer a more progressive choice, such as Senator Elizabeth Warren of MA. “Who it is, no one knows, but I’m confident of her capacity to pick the right person”.
This isn’t the first time Warren’s name was tossed around as a potential vice president pick.
The top three reportedly are Virginia Sen. John F. Kerry in the 2004 election, and Vilsack was briefly a presidential candidate himself in 2008. In an interview after the meeting, Hickenlooper said he discussed the position with Clinton and expressed interest in serving, a reversal from a year prior when he dismissed the idea outright.
“I am afflicted with the responsibility gene”, Clinton told CBS this week, and the person she picks must be experienced enough to be able to “literally get up one day and be the president of the United States”. He has been active in the Senate on foreign relations and military affairs and built a reputation for working across the aisle as Virginia’s governor and mayor of Richmond.
Republicans during their convention have focused national security and domestic unrest, accusing Clinton and the Obama administration of decisions that have weakened the US and allowed its enemies to thrive.
“I don’t mean to be hard, but there’s a thing called the Hatch Act, and it basically prohibits me from answering that question”.
“Donald Trump is sort of to politics what Bernie Madoff was to investment”, he told NBC News recently, speaking of the disgraced financier. “If Trump is president he is going to retract a lot of the things that Obama put on”.
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“Clinton thanked Kaine as she began her remarks”. Clinton was a key supporter in Vilsack’s gubernatorial victory in 1998 and his brother-in-law worked with the presidential candidate in the 1970s. Castro, with the HUD seal hanging behind him, spouted off about his faith in Clinton while trashing the Republican field.
