Posted on 04/24/2016 12:41:39 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Has anybody noticed how quickly HUD Secretary Julian Castro has FADED as a possible VP pick for Hillary Clinton? Last year he was considered to be the VP-in-waiting but now we are getting a bunch of stories about possible Hillary running mates, and poor Julian is barely mentioned.
I think Julian's fade began with a Politico story a few months ago in which Castro was portrayed as a complete lightweight. Perhaps Team Hillary inspected Julian closely and discovered a Beta Male who would wither in debate with a Republican VP pick. I do know his tenure as mayor of San Antonio was a joke. A powerless figurehead mayor who I believe earned only about 60 bucks per week which tells you what that city thought about the importance of their mayor.
Voter enthusiasm among black people won't be as strong for clinton as it was for hussein obama, so she needs to have a running mate "of color" in order to ensure that obama's people show up at the polls en masse.
A guy like booker can create the right 'optics' without posing a threat to clinton or overshadowing her in any way.
There will never be an 'all-white' democrat presidential ticket again. It won't be acceptable to the radical leftist base to which they are now beholden.
I had a classmate in high school whose name was Castro, and he was Mexican-American.
Good. Castro makes Henry Cisneros look like a great man in comparison.
LOL - great minds think alike (see my #23).
If I was a betting person, I might put money on Cory Booker.
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