Beet
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« on: September 08, 2019, 10:17:39 PM » |
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No but he didn't gain her anything. Picking another Eastern Senator from a state adjacent to DC, and a former DNC chair whose chief of staff was her former deputy campaign manager (although people hardly knew the last detail) at that, was a reflection of her hubristic insider campaign and gave off the wrong vibe. This especially as the announcement was made on the verge of the opening of the Convention while Wikileaks ensured the Sanders rage would be at its peak, and DWS was booed offstage unable to open her own convention. Picking someone like Brown or Merkley could have at least brought some semblance of unity. But it was more a symptom of how her whole campaign gave off the wrong vibe, than any fault of Kaine himself.
If Kaine made any mistake it was too many smirks during the VP debate, and somehow letting Pence get away with playing the Russia hawk and accusing Obama of being too soft on Russia.
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