{"id":102175,"date":"2016-07-24T11:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T19:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102175"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T19:47:46","slug":"clintons-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=102175","title":{"rendered":"Clinton’s VP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Adams blogs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For context, consider Trump\u2019s VP running mate, Mike Pence. He\u2019s the perfect choice for Trump because of the contrast it creates. If you started with Trump and removed everything interesting about him, you\u2019d have Pence. Visually, Pence is the washed-out, smaller, duller Trump. That\u2019s perfect contrast. When you see the two of them together, Pence looks like a black-and-white photograph compared to Trump\u2019s full color. In other words, Pence helps to make the top of the ticket look better, and that\u2019s exactly what you want. <\/p>\n

But Clinton had the extra challenge of being a woman in a sexist country. If she picked another woman as her running mate, it would seem to the public as a gender-based hire and work against her. That would be a losing strategy.<\/p>\n

If Clinton picked an alpha male running mate \u2013 a Donald Trump type \u2013 it would create an awkward contrast and do nothing to make her look stronger. So Clinton\u2019s best path was to select a beta male with solid credentials. Tim Kaine fits the bill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Adams blogs: For context, consider Trump\u2019s VP running mate, Mike Pence. He\u2019s the perfect choice for Trump because of the contrast it creates. If you started with Trump and removed everything interesting about him, you\u2019d have Pence. Visually, Pence … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791,185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-hillary-clinton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t