My case for Tim Kaine as Vice President.

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Tangibles:

1. A governor = executive experience

2. From VA = swing-state influence

3. Grew up in MO = even more swing-state influence

4. White and Catholic = inroads into that "working class whites" demographic the media is obsessed with

5. Former missionary = inroads into evangelicals, who are arguably McCain's biggest weakness among his base

6. Spanish-speaking


Intangibles:

1. The first national politician to endorse Barack (back in February 2007). He and Barack are tight, which could signify a productive working relationship.

2. Obama's and Kaine's mothers were both from El Dorado, KS. Hell of a narrative, having a black man and a white man on the same ticket, both with roots in the same heartland town. A potentially strong pushback against the "he's not one of us" BS.


Thanks for considering this!