He's certainly qualified to be Vice President (or President, if need be):
- Harvard Graduate
- Law Degree
- Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
- Governor of the State of Virginia
- U.S. Senator from Virgina
- Member of Senates Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations & Aging committees.
In addition to above, he comes from a blue collar family, he comes from a swing state, he has served as the DNC Chairman, he's fluent in Spanish, he spent a year in Central America where he ran a vocational school for boys, he spent 17 years as a lawyer working on civil rights cases, he's lauded by labor & abortion rights groups, he took on the gun lobby, he's anti-death penalty, he's got universal respect in the Senate, and a record of achievement. He just seems to connect with people from all walk's of life. I really like this pick.
Now some of the far left would have preferred someone more to the left, but I think that would have been a bit shortsighted. The 2 names I heard most often from the far left were Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, but wouldn't you really rather have them working in the Senate than holding the mostly symbolic role of VP? Both of them also come from states with Republican Governors and you'd better believe those Governors would appoint other Republicans to replace them, and in this day and age you just cannot give up a Senate seat if you want to get anything accomplished.
Listening to the speech, his optimistic outlook also presents quite a contrast to the doom and gloom of the Trump/Pence ticket. Don't discount that, I think people want to be inspired not scared, they want to unite not divide, in the long run that approach tends to win out.
Now some of the far left would have preferred someone more to the left, but I think that would have been a bit shortsighted. The 2 names I heard most often from the far left were Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, but wouldn't you really rather have them working in the Senate than holding the mostly symbolic role of VP? Both of them also come from states with Republican Governors and you'd better believe those Governors would appoint other Republicans to replace them, and in this day and age you just cannot give up a Senate seat if you want to get anything accomplished.
Listening to the speech, his optimistic outlook also presents quite a contrast to the doom and gloom of the Trump/Pence ticket. Don't discount that, I think people want to be inspired not scared, they want to unite not divide, in the long run that approach tends to win out.
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