In my three polls over a month of the very liberal readers of Daily Kos, there was gradual shift among the 200 or so responders towards slightly more than 50% wanting Elizabeth Warren to run for VP with Hillary. I wanted Warren when I thought - hoped really - that Hillary just couldn’t loose to the likes of Donald Trump.
Now pundits are saying that the race will be close. I don’t know who to believe - Bill Maher was asked by Chris Mathews what he thought and said he thought there was only a 20% chance Hillary would win, but then admitted he was saying that to make sure no Democrats got complacent. He then said he thought the race would be close but Hillary would win.
I had based my support for Warren on her being the best possible VP and the most influential (in a good way) since Cheney.
Now I am afraid. Politico polled the 200 or so members of a caucus of Democrats they put together and among all the possibilities the majority, 37% picked Tim Kaine. Vilsack, Warren, and Castro were tied at 11.5%. Booker and Brown were not far behind.
If this is what the insiders think, who am I to go against them?
We’ll know soon. But right now I think she will choose Kaine, even though I think in a better world Warren would be the best choice.