"Julian Castro" Courtesy of [Gage Skidmore via Flickr]
Elections
Get to Know Clinton’s Likely VPs
When you're a presidential nominee, unless your name is John McCain, you'll need to thoroughly vet all of the people you're considering as a running mate. Much of that is done internally, such as peeking into their personal lives for any skeletons in the closet and negotiating the differences between political opinions. A large part of this process, however, is assessing whether they have the political x-factor needed to energize voters and charm the party. The list of potentials is long, so let's just take a look at some of the 'auditions' that potential picks have done on national television, and learn a little more about them.
What does he do? Serves on President Obama’s cabinet as the Secretary of Housing and Development.
What has he done? Mayor of San Antonio.
The argument for him: If Hillary’s problem is that she’s boring and old, Julian Castro is the obvious counterweight–he’s a dynamic speaker with cabinet experience, and he’s only 41 years old.
Likelihood? Relatively high. Some strategists claim that adding a Latino politician to the ticket would be Trump Kryptonite, and as you can see in his interview, Castro already has the hand motions and tone of a president.
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