Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro also met with Clinton at her home, according to a person familiar with the Friday gathering, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
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Hillary Clinton met with three potential running mates at her home in Washington Friday, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, as she and her aides conferred on selecting a vice presidential candidate ahead of the party’s national convention, according to people familiar with the talks.
“Warren left the house an hour after her vehicle dropped her off at the stately home on Whitehaven Street near Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington, D.C”. Castro is being considered by Hillary Clinton as a vice presidential p.
But Warren has been seen as an unlikely pick to Democrats inside and outside Clinton’s campaign, in part because the two don’t know each other well and there are concerns that Warren – a darling with the left – could overshadow the top of the ticket.
Also attending the meetings were Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who is heading the VP vetting process, and top aide Huma Abedin, the network reported.
Warren was omitted Friday from the list of candidates set to speak at the upcoming Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Warren wasn’t the only potential running mate who met with Clinton on Friday.
Warren, 67, spent about an hour at Clinton’s home, her second visit in the past month. And Castro has been a regular surrogate for Clinton, campaigning with her and on her behalf throughout the Democratic primaries.
Clinton met separately with Massachusetts Sen.
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Hickenlooper is a relatively new name in the process and hails from another top battleground state. The second-term governor founded a brewpub in Denver in 1988 and later became the city’s mayor and was instrumental in luring the 2008 Democratic National Convention to the Mile High City. If selected, he would be the first Latino on a presidential ticket. News stories displayed here appear in our category for and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
