http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/21/progressives-warn-clinton-dont-pick-tim-kaine-vp/ By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 21, 2016
Putting Sen. Tim Kaine on the ticket would betray progressive principles and could actually help Republicans win the White House in November, leading liberal groups warned Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the former first lady prepares to announce her No. 2 over the weekend.
The buzz around Mr. Kaine, first-term Virginia Democrat and the state’s former governor, who has described himself as too “boring” to be vice president, has grown in recent days and reached its height Wednesday night when The New York Times reported that former President Bill Clinton was pushing his wife to pick the senator.
Mrs. Clinton herself in recent days has spoken of her admiration for Mr. Kaine, who by most accounts is qualified for the job and is a broadly popular figure in his key swing state. Yet it also would be seen as the safe, perhaps uninspired, choice.
But progressives argue a Clinton-Kaine ticket would be a train wreck for the Democratic Party and would dampen enthusiasm among hard-core liberals, some of whom finally have come around to Mrs. Clinton for her tack to the left during a long primary battle with Sen. Bernard Sanders.
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