Openly LGBT VP for Clinton?

[Mister Mets]

At the moment, the only ones who seem plausible national contenders are Baldwin and Polis.

I don't see Hillary going with a lesbian as a running mate.

Polis is a well-regarded swing state congressman, although there was that flap about his belief that colleges should expel anyone suspected of sexual abuse.

https://reason.com/blog/2015/09/10/rep-jared-polis-thinks-colleges-should-b

There are some pros and cons. It could bait the Republican ticket and surrogates into saying something stupid or offensive. But it could also piss off centrists if they think someone's sexuality helped them to the top of the ticket.

Mark Takano has some political talent, but he's too green as a second-term Congressman.

[Mister Mets]

Identity politics is disgusting. I have nothing against an LGBT VP, but please pick them for a reason besides solely who they enjoy having in bed with them.

((it's easy to dismiss "identity politics" when your identity isn't constantly under attack))

The media and entertainment industry in this country are overwhelmingly pro-LGBT.

To name one of many examples, a Pew Research Center study in 2013 showed that the media was overwhelmingly biased in favor of ''same-sex marriage'':

http://www.journalism.org/files/legacy/EMBARGOED_Same-SexMarriageandNews.pdf

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Hollywood has been promoting and encouraging homosexuality for decades, and has swayed significant portions of the American public into supporting it as well:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/paul-wilson/2012/05/10/hollywood-driving-homosexual-agenda-40-years

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/hollywoods-gay-culture-reshaping-america

Hollywood isn't pro-LGBT, it's just not bigoted. Like, promoting same-sex marriage isn't being pro-LGBT it's called being a decent loving person.

It's a bit more than that for Hollywood.

People in Hollywood (and the media as well) are more likely to know people who are gay, so that's going to be a factor in the mood of the town. They also see gay people as sympathetic underdogs.

This could be relevant if there's a gay candidate on the national ticket, as the mood in the media and Hollywood is going to be much more enthiusiastic.