Clinton to 'look hard' at Julian Castro as possible VP pick

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Politics | Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:36pm EDT

Clinton to 'look hard' at Julian Castro as possible VP pick

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton won the backing of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on Thursday and said she would seriously consider making the rising Hispanic leader her running mate if she wins her party's nomination.

Clinton and the other Democrats in the November 2016 race for the White House have pushed hard for support among Hispanics, a fast-growing and critical voting bloc that has moved toward Democrats in recent elections as Republicans have stymied comprehensive immigration reform in Congress and disparaged Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail.

"I am going to look really hard at him for anything, because that's how good he is," Clinton said at a U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meeting in San Antonio, Texas, when asked if Castro might be her vice presidential pick.

Appearing with Clinton at a later "Latinos for Hillary" rally, Castro said he has long respected her ability to appeal to people of all backgrounds.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/15/us-usa-electon-clinton-idUSKCN0S92Q820151015

[malokvale77]

1. Perfect match.

He's a Third Way sellout just like her.

[JRLeft]

16. Third Way formerly known as the DLC.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Castro is 'wet behind the ears'

lightweight

[jfern]

6. He's been well coached on all the 3rd way talking points

[JRLeft]

17. Wall Street friendly, pro charter schools. Pro privatization.

[catnhatnh]

3. Shit-Poor Castro is getting TPPed

Remember she turned against TPP just before debating Bernie and then today said she "might" be able to support it? Well-today in front of the Hispanics she thinks Castro looks good-how long before she faces an audience that needs to hear he didn't make the cut?

[Cheese Sandwich]

5. LOL She was "against" it just long enough to take it off the table for the most important debate

The first debate

[jfern]

7. She's only fooling people born yesterday

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. LOL I wish that were true but I think the American people are the one's getting hoodwinked

Enough articles got generated with headlines like this:

BREAKING NEWS! Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against TPP

She's for it and against it at the same time. It's kind of ingenious. She's managing to have the cake and eat it too.

[jfern]

11. Classic 3rd way triangulation

Say something that sounds like you care about the peons, and will be reported such, but the elites see exactly how you worded it, and that it was just a meaningless world salad and you still side with the elites.

[nsd]

4. Not going to happen.

Clinton will most likely choose a safe, conventional pick like Warner, Kaine, Bennet, or O'Malley (in that order). If she had gotten the nomination in 2008, I would have bet dollars-to-donuts on Bayh.

Clinton's already making history; she doesn't need more. In fact, she doesn't want more -- it's just risk without much reward.

The Castro brothers are too young and neither has held a statewide office. (HUD secretary is not a stepping stone to the presidency.)

[DonCoquixote]

13. if she does no pick a minority

she is just asking Jeb or Rubio to speak Spanish and remind the Democrats that many of them were not as minority frenziedly as they should be.

However, here is a name I think will emerge: Cory Booker. It would scream "let's seal the Obama Legacy." whiole the wall street types would remember Booker took heat for supporting them.

[nsd]

18. I don't think Jeb or Rubio could lure Hispanics in any significant numbers.

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Hispanics aren't going to vote on the basis of who speaks Spanish the best or where a candidate's wife came from. They may have a special interest in immigration policy, but mostly they're going to vote on the same set of issues as everybody else.

In 2012, Hispanic voters accounted for 8.4% of the total. In 2016, that number will certainly go up, but it's unlikely to be much north of 10%. (So, going by the 2012 results, the expected spit is 7-3%). Even thinking in the extreme, a Jeb or Rubio ticket that (somehow) made Hispanics forget what the GOP really stands for might narrow the overall D-R gap by 1%. That's not insignificant, sure, but not really anything to make big decisions over.

[Egnever]

8. Clinton panders to audience, Reuters makes it a headline

I really wish she would stop doing that. I have a lot of respect for Hillary but her pandering has got to stop.

[CoffeeCat]

12. Hillary's "kitchen sink" tactics...

At this point, I think she's trying every possible tactic to get her numbers up.

It feels like desperation and that she's using specific, targeted strategies to gin up those numbers.

Every candidate tries to win of course, but with Hillary--it just seems like one hat trick after another, with the media providing the headline that communicate's todays desired talking point.

You don't see Bernie using this model. He gets the word out, gives speeches and does his thing. The media reports what he says (sometimes!).

With Hillary, it all seems over-the-top contrived and orchestrated.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I don't trust Reuters and this seems like little more than idle speculation./nt

[bkkyosemite]

14. I told you she knows the

fix is in. She is already eyeing a VP........it's the primaries.........

[redstateblues]

15. Puritopians may not like him but he's a rock star

and as the importance of the Hispanic vote increases so will his influence.

[BlueStater]

19. He'd be an absolutely horrible pick.

There's no fucking way that Castro has anywhere near enough executive experience to be on a national ticket. Picking him would come off as a desperate, pandering move and would immediately call Clinton's judgment into question.

[Justice]

20. Virtually certain he would be the VP pick IMO