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Hillary Clinton

BlueCaliDem

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1. My pick: Julian Castro. To remove Sherrod Brown is to have the Repub Gov choose his

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:43 PM

Jun 2016

placement, and Hillary will need a strong Democratic Senate when she's president.

Besides, Julian is not in the Senate, so we don't lose a Dem there, and he can even deliver Texas and maybe even up to 85% of the Latino vote (excluding Cubans, of course).

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Good column on HRC's "leaked" list of VP choices [View all] Fla Dem Jun 2016 OP

My pick: Julian Castro. To remove Sherrod Brown is to have the Repub Gov choose his BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #1

Agree with everything you state. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #3

Maybe even some Cubanos who don't like Trump! Cha Jun 2016 #10

Not keen on losing the seat. Perez has decent upside and lowest downside IMO. whatthehey Jun 2016 #2

That was my assessment, as well. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #5

Very interesting read. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #4

My pick: Xavier Becerra. I was for Julian Castro, but he needs more experience. I think lunamagica Jun 2016 #6

Warren. We can replace her in the Senate quickly because MA, unlike OH has to hold a special TeamPooka Jun 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #8

Castro's lack of experience can be excused due to three little words... displacedtexan Jun 2016 #9

or SaschaHM Jun 2016 #11

I'm for Tim Kaine....Swing State, fluent Spanish and they are friends. Walk away Jun 2016 #12

Where is Bernie Sanders? SaschaHM Jun 2016 #13