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bennettfeely on Nov 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

What other options were available to achieve their goals?

I'd argue that Pence brought quite a lot to the Trump campaign in reeling in Republicans skeptical that Trump would champion conservative causes.

What did Kaine bring to the Clinton campaign? Not much it appears.

hedonistbot on Nov 9, 2016 | [–]

Kaine was probably promised the VC role when he resigned from the DNC and was succeeded by Debbie Wasserman Schultz. As far as I remember he even recommended her for the post. Everything was in place for a Hillary nomination except Berney...

JeremyNT on Nov 9, 2016 | [–]

Kaine brought Virginia, maybe, but that was clearly insufficient.

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