Chris Murphy is the best Dem VP choice

[The Other Castro]

YES!

[The Other Castro]

Didn't he struggle against Linda McMahon in 2012 because of some personal finance problems? That race should've been a walk in a presidential year. Blumenthal did better against the same opponent in 2010 after all.

She spent $50 million to his $10 million (about the same as in 2010), and Murphy only did 0.2% worse than Blumenthal. Also, McMahon had wide name recognition (not necessarily good though to be fair) from running two years earlier while Murphy was still pretty unknown. I'm not sure if the CT electorate changes all that much between midterm and presidential turnouts since these results seem pretty static. I worked for Blumenthal and Murphy so I might be a bit biased here.

[The Other Castro]

Didn't he struggle against Linda McMahon in 2012 because of some personal finance problems? That race should've been a walk in a presidential year. Blumenthal did better against the same opponent in 2010 after all.

She spent $50 million to his $10 million (about the same as in 2010), and Murphy only did 0.2% worse than Blumenthal. Also, McMahon had wide name recognition (not necessarily good though to be fair) from running two years earlier while Murphy was still pretty unknown. I'm not sure if the CT electorate changes all that much between midterm and presidential turnouts since these results seem pretty static. I worked for Blumenthal and Murphy so I might be a bit biased here.

He actually trailed her in September. It looks a lot like Obama had to drag him over the finish line:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/senate/ct/connecticut_senate_mcmahon_vs_murphy-2111.html

What exactly were his personal finance problems, and would they be relevant in 2016? He seems like a decent pick on paper, but the last thing Hillary needs is the media spamming more faux scandals.

I doubt any of his problems would come up in 2016 as they would pale in comparison to Trump's, but they basically involved alleged special interest loans for his mortgage in exchange for his favorable votes in Congress. Nothing improper about these loans was ever found, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

[The Other Castro]

Where did this meme come from again?

StatesPoll. He was like OC, but a Trump supporter.

He was just trying to make sure people correctly differentiated between Connecticut State and Connecticut City.

[The Other Castro]

If Murphy gets picked, I just might vote for Hillary after all.  I doubt she really wants a dove as her veep, though.

Also, no one outside of Connecticut has ever heard of him before.

Hell, I would be a majority of people in this state dont know who our 2 senators our. They're not that outspoken relative to some of the other delegations.

Murphy is vastly underrated, but I can see him being propped up for something some time in the future.

My little birds at CTDems tell me he wants SoS sometime down the line.