http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clinton-vp-pick-tim-kaine-226013 Vanilla nice: Why Hillary picked Kaine
The Virginia senator is a politician who's never lost a race.
By Annie Karni
07/22/16 09:52 AM EDT
Updated 07/22/16 09:16 PM EDT
When Hillary Clinton announced Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate Friday evening, she made a characteristically cautious but responsible choice — indicating that in her pick she was more concerned with finding a long-term governing partner than an electrifying campaigner on the road.
In Kaine — a politician who has never lost a race, whose name has topped Clinton’s list of potential running mates since the process began in earnest back in April — the former secretary of state picked a partner who is similarly heavy on experience and light on dynamic political charisma.
The hope, Democrats said, is that the Clinton-Kaine ticket will underscore to voters the value of a steady, dependable hand, at home and abroad, when contrasted against the inconsistent and mercurial Donald Trump.
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