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2016 Postmortem

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8. He will be

Reply to MicaelS (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 12:27 PM

Oct 2016

very much a bridge to the senate

a bridge to the African American community - he attends a majority AA church, and his wife attended a dominate lay AA school

A bridge to Hispanics, due to missionary work and fluent Spanish

A bridge to those who see abortion as wrong, because he does as well, but he respects separation of church and state

A real team player, but someone who will give Hillary honest advice

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Enlighten me about Kaine. [View all] MicaelS Oct 2016 OP

He's popular in the Senate. Imperialism Inc. Oct 2016 #1

For starters, he's a really nice guy. Doesn't have a toxic personality. vlyons Oct 2016 #2

Despite the Debate Performance bmstee01 Oct 2016 #3

Bernie jcgoldie Oct 2016 #4

I was for Warren too - that would have been a perfect ticket. Joe941 Oct 2016 #14

Tim Kaine Jason1961 Oct 2016 #5

This is a rather cold assessment of Kaine Nonhlanhla Oct 2016 #9

Not trying to be negative or cold Jason1961 Oct 2016 #11

lol. that's an insanely narrow assessment of a long career in public service La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2016 #10

I really didn't know much about him until I met Bill Leighty Jason1961 Oct 2016 #12

He has a long history of public service beyond his petty ambitions La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2016 #15

This may help Tanuki Oct 2016 #6

Obama's second choice for VP in 2008 Cicada Oct 2016 #7

I have long know Kaine... HipChick Oct 2016 #16

He will be s-cubed Oct 2016 #8

He will be a good Veep, and would be a very decent Presidnet obamanut2012 Oct 2016 #13