Tim Kaine as the party’s vice presidential candidate this fall. “I’m With You, and I will fight for you, and I will win for you”.
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By adding Kaine to the ticket, Clinton will be seen as looking to offer the American people a more stable alternative to the highly volatile, outspoken campaign led by the Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has found himself in hot water regarding women’s issues, immigrants, America’s relationship with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, as well as being accused of anti-Semitism.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz stirred up the crowd again, mocking Trump’s convention speech claim that “I alone” can fix the nation’s problems.
He added: “Ted, stay home”.
Clinton, a former secretary of state, will be formally nominated as the party’s presidential candidate at next week’s Democratic convention in Philadelphia. But now they are dealing with a conundrum: how to avoid a split-screen situation with Clinton announcing her running mate alongside the attack in Germany.
However, Kaine’s climate record does come with a couple caveats.
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates with United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at her caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016. During his various campaigns, Kaine has repeatedly reached out to the Jewish community, conducted interviews with Jewish leaders and spoken about America’s relationship with Israel.
Liberal Democrats, and Trump Republicans, will also take issue with Kaine’s trade policies. Actually, that’s true only if you consider a keen mind and intellectual rigor to be dreary. Plus, if there’s ever been a year when we’ve needed less excitement, it’s this one.
Naturally, there will be downsides to Kaine’s nomination.
Television interviewer Charlie Rose, speaking with Clinton recently, noted that some view Kaine as “boring”. Now, more than six in 10 Americans believe NAFTA has resulted in US manufacturing jobs to move to Mexico, a partner in the agreement.
In this hyper-partisan era, Kaine is a bit of a throwback to the days when pols at least tried to work together. Politico reported that he accepted 0,000 in gifts while he was Virginia’s governor and lieutenant governor, though the gifts were legal under Virginia law. During his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, he supported keeping rates unchanged for those earning less than $500,000 a year while allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire for those making more than that.
In light of the Kaine pick and Trump’s potential difficulties in the Old Dominion, we’re moving Virginia from Leans Democratic to Likely Democratic in our Electoral College ratings. That’s where Kaine may be disappointed again as a vice-presidential nominee.
In 2009, he became the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
It’s a ritual that’s so far served him well: He’s never lost a race in his rise from a part-time city council member in a medium-size city to Democratic vice presidential running mate. It isn’t in him.
Still, Kaine is not the progressive firebrand Sen.
“I’m glad the waiting game is almost over”, Kaine told reporters Thursday after an event in northern Virginia, deflecting questions about whether he was about to join the ticket.
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to be Clinton’s running mate. He was relatively late in endorsing gay marriage compared to other prominent Democrats, though not much later than Clinton – and has been a vocal supporter ever since.
Additionally, Kaine has spoken out strongly about the need to address global climate change. The Pence-Kaine disagreements even extend to smoking. Moreover, one can easily imagine Kaine as president if it ever should prove necessary. In recent history, this hasn’t always been the case with running mates.
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When the two choices are placed side by side, it is clear that Hillary Clinton made a smart choice, while Donald Trump made a rookie mistake.
