Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine campaigned in Virginia on July 14.Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Hillary Clinton
has chosen Tim Kaine, a senator from Virginia, as her running mate — much to the
immediate chagrin of some progressives who hoped she would rally Bernie Sanders supporters with a like-minded choice.
But Tim Kaine is known as a pragmatic politician whose his addition to the Democratic ticket could pull in moderate Republicans and independents upset by Donald J. Trump.
Is Tim Kaine a good pick for vice president?
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STEPHANIE TAYLOR, PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
With this V.P. pick, Clinton has a higher mountain to climb, and it makes the rhetoric in the weeks ahead even more important.
DAN SCHNUR, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
A no-drama, low-risk running mate like Kaine is the safest and surest way of avoiding any controversy — or any excitement — at all.
FELICIA WONG, ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE
It is important to remember that Clinton’s choice of Vice President is just the first of many teammates she will select.
PENIEL JOSEPH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
The choice of Kaine does not reflect a thin bench of black and Latino stars in the Democratic Party, but an utter lack of political imagination.
