Corey Booker also hit it out of the park. A future candidate à la Barack Obama after delivering a great speech as a junior senator.
He may even have become Clinton's running mate if he hadn't been from a State with a Republican Governor. He's from New Jersey and Chris Christie is the Governor. If Corey Booker became VP, he'd vacate his seat and Christie would be able to appoint a Republican to fill the vacancy. As the Democrats are desperate to win back control of the Senate, they can't afford to give the Republicans a 2 seat swing.
Control of the Senate will have an immediate impact as there is a vacancy to fill on the Supreme Court and perhaps another 2 vacancies to fill shortly afterwards. The Republicans have used their control of the Senate to repeatedly block appointments to the Federal Courts. Republican Senators have even blocked votes on judicial candidates that they themselves have proposed.
PS: Tim Kaine is a Senator from Virginia whose Governor is a Democrat.
He may even have become Clinton's running mate if he hadn't been from a State with a Republican Governor. He's from New Jersey and Chris Christie is the Governor. If Corey Booker became VP, he'd vacate his seat and Christie would be able to appoint a Republican to fill the vacancy. As the Democrats are desperate to win back control of the Senate, they can't afford to give the Republicans a 2 seat swing.
Control of the Senate will have an immediate impact as there is a vacancy to fill on the Supreme Court and perhaps another 2 vacancies to fill shortly afterwards. The Republicans have used their control of the Senate to repeatedly block appointments to the Federal Courts. Republican Senators have even blocked votes on judicial candidates that they themselves have proposed.
PS: Tim Kaine is a Senator from Virginia whose Governor is a Democrat.