No, he's not. You're thinking of Lindsey Graham.
He's not and Tim Kaine is. Dead simple.
Julian Castro's experience was as a city council member from 2001-2009, a largely powerless mayor from 2009-2014 (he wasn't exactly Giuliani, folks), and a poor minor cabinet secretary since 2014. He's also an overrated speaker. Sounds too rehearsed. His DNC speech didn't even make the news at the time, it's only now that the Latino vote is so important that people are going back to that speech and saying he's an amazing speaker, for lack of anything better to say. He ain't Obama. He ain't Rubio. People don't even know who this guy is or what any of his ideas or political positions are beyond assuming he's a run-of-the-mill Democrat, and they're suggesting he should be ready to lead the country on day one? If it's Clinton/Castro vs. Rubio/Portman then Castro's going to look really pathetic next to Rubio, who has five years in the Senate under his belt in addition to his considerable state-wide experience in Florida. Remember, Castro doesn't even have state-level experience. He's a city politician who got elevated to a minor cabinet post. That's all he is.
Kaine, on the other hand, has a first-rate political pedigree, excellent retail skills, no scandals, tremendous intelligence and ability, and was the runner-up to be Obama's VP in 2008. The man has been ready to be president on day one for years and he's a star for the Democrats. Cut the identity politics and give the man his damn VP slot already.
Hillary is already having trouble winning over the progressive base of the Democratic Party, particularly Bernie Sanders supporters. If she chooses Kaine, she is even less likely to bring these people out to vote, and will lose to Republicans......especially if the GOP chooses a strong candidate and the election is low turnout.
