The Romulan Republic wrote:Ngelmish wrote:After tinkering around the edges of it for weeks, I've finalized my personal list of acceptable picks for Clinton's VP (always assuming that she doesn't pull some really unexpected dark horse like Jerry Brown) in a roughly descending order of excellence: Martin O'Malley, Tom Perez, Deval Patrick, John Hickenlooper, Tom Vilsack, and Tim Kaine.* Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren are also sort of in the mix for me, although I'd be loath to unnecessarily hand either seat over to the a Republican appointee.
On the whole I'm feeling slightly more optimistic at the potential quality of the selection than I was, though of course there's truly no divining her intentions at this point. The people who know aren't talking and the people who are talking are only repeating what the campaign has chosen to give away.
*I'm aware that at least one of those names is not seriously in contention.
To my knowledge, of that list, only Kaine, Perez, Warren, and Brown appear to have been seriously considered.
My preference is Warren, but I fear it'll be Kaine.
You may well be right, but you see I don't trust the media coverage of the process. Unlike Trump, who tried to turn his selection process into reality TV show, Clinton is secretive and deliberate about what she leaks to the media. And political campaigns almost never tip their hands before making an announcement like this, they want to suck up the coverage without having diluted it unless it's a particularly risky trial balloon. I think several of the most widely disseminated names are just a way of Clinton flattering allies and giving them free media boosts, not a sign that she's going to pick them. Or perhaps it's just wishful thinking.
Of those four, Perez would be best, but it would be hard to argue that Kaine isn't the most qualified of all of them.
