Pick Hillary's VP

[whatthehey]

107. Like the idea, but two issues

Limited national visibility. It would be, on that front and that front alone, a Palinesque pick. Anyone outside the region who is not a political junkie would start with "Who...?"

From what I've seen DU is, at its most vocal core anyway, far to the left of the mainstreeam party voters so this would really only be a problem for the DU part of the spectrum, but that's not a trivial number even in the wider electorate, and he would only add to the left's disgruntlement with HRC albeit on different issues than her. McKinney he is not. Folks like Schweitzer and Manchin who would serve similar roles for your same stated reasons would have the same drawbacks. A more progressive from the gut backstop might help soothe the grumbles there. I doubt he has the internal seniority, but I'd be curious how Franken would do in that attack dog/surrogate role.