Strange comment by Warren about Kaine

[question everything]

From ABC News

Warren Calls Kaine ‘Good Man,’ Declines to Say if He Was ‘Right’ VP Pick

Is Sen. Tim Kaine the right vice presidential candidate to unite a fragile Democratic Party? Sen. Elizabeth Warren won't say.

With progressives still uneasy about Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, the Massachusetts Democrat declined to say Tuesday whether Clinton had tapped the best running mate to convince supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders to back her campaign.

“I’ve known Tim since I’ve been in the Senate, and he is a good man,” Warren said in an interview with ABC’s "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir.

Asked if Clinton made the “right pick,” Warren didn’t directly respond.

“He’s a good man, he has a good heart and he has a lot of experiences,” she said. “He’s going to be a valuable member of the team when she is president.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-tim-kaine-pick-vp/story?id=40927482

[geek tragedy]

1. Are we back to parsing everything Elizabeth Warren says?

It's not Warren's--or anyone else's--place to say whether he was the 'right' choice and she recognizes that.

[thesquanderer]

6. I agree, that's her best way to handle the question.

I wouldn't go so far as it being not her place (or anyone's), as anyone is free to offer their opinion about that. But she gave a suitably diplomatic answer. Regardless of her personal opinion, she obviously couldn't say he was not the right pick... less obvious but also true is that the other answer is also problematic. Saying "he was the right pick" would also imply she believes he was a better choice than, not just herself, but also Castro, Booker, Brown, Perez, Sanders... politically, why open that pandora's box? Why imply that any of these choices wouldn't have been just as good? What awkward followup question could such an answer prompt?

And you know, crazy things can happen, something unexpected could happen in the next couple of months that could require a new pick (as Shriver replaced Eagleton). Also, she still has to work with many of these people. Of course, her saying that he was the right pick could also just be dismissed if need be as typical political rhetorical support regardless, i.e. that it's not necessarily her most truthful response. But since she is high profile and has tried to build a reputation as a straight shooter, that take on it would not have served her well either, it would be less readily dismissed than such a response might be from most other politicians who are seen as generally more at ease with the usual platitudes.

[NurseJackie]

9. Doing so is a "safe" way to be a wet blanket without having one's posts hidden...

... in my opinion. I suppose this is just a variation of being "concerned".

[Expecting Rain]

2. Magnanimous Response IMO

Tim Kaine is the pick. We all saw his speech tonight.

It is what it is.

Onward.

[fleabiscuit]

3. What was strange about that comment?

[question everything]

5. I watched this segment. She clearly did not want to say more than just that sentence

Meanwhile, other commentators note that not a single Republican bad mouth Kaine.

[JI7]

4. proof that SHE WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT

[Orsino]

7. Seems cool.

If Warren isn't willing to dance to the idiot media's one-and-only-one-correct-pick tune, I just respect her that much more.

"Yes" would have been a fine answer, too, I suppose.

[Tatiana]

8. Perfect response.

I don't think he's the best pick at all. But he's a good pick and he's our guy we we've got to get him and Clinton elected.

Senator Warren is such an honest and down to earth person. We are lucky to have her as a public servant.