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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 she do? Democratic Senator from Massachusetts.
What has she done? Professor at Harvard Law, influenced creation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The argument for her: Elizabeth Warren has scratched the progressive left’s itch for an outsider for a few years. She’s no tech CEO, hotel tycoon, or brain surgeon–but instead comes from the world of academia, and her hard stances on campaign finance reform and reigning in big banks would help court disillusioned Sanders supporters.
Likelihood? Not great, but improving. Warren has been seen as a ‘long shot’ by many pundits–either because she’d complete an all-female ticket, or because she’s a more ‘radical’ progressive. Her recent tag-team appearance with Clinton tested very well, which means her chances are getting better by the day.
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