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Originally Posted by octothorp
Labor Secretary Tom Perez has been getting a lot of speculation recently about being a VP candidate. I think it makes a lot of sense, particularly against Trump: dominican latino background (for the burgeoning latino Democrat base), a background in civil rights law, respected by Warren democrats, and most importantly a really strong and respected union ally, which could serve to thwart some of the blue collar edge that Trump would bring.
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I was thinking about potential VP's for Clinton today. Perez is certainly qualified but here's the thing...
A: He's held no major elected office so I don't know how effective a campaigner he'd be,
B: Maryland isn't a swing state,
C: If the Republican candidate is Trump electing "not Trump" is all the incentive the latino community should need.
That said he is highly qualified and does have major links to many branches of the democratic party coalition. If I had to list the top two contenders for the job I'd probably list them as Perez and Tim Kaine from Virginia. The base would probably prefer Warren or Brown but with Republican governors in their respective states they're better suited to staying in the senate for now.