Bill Gates for VP? Hacked emails reveal Clinton鈥檚 unorthodox considerations
Democratic presidential nominee vetted some 'outside of the box' contenders before settling on Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, according to emails leaked Monday.
Democratic presidential nominee vetted some 'outside of the box' contenders before settling on Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, according to emails leaked Monday.
Hillary聽Clinton's聽campaign circulated an initial list of nearly 40 elected officials, military leaders, and corporate executives to be considered for聽vice聽president聽last spring. The list was included among hacked emails from Mrs. Clinton's聽campaign chairman disclosed Tuesday by WikiLeaks.
The list emailed from John Podesta to Hillary聽Clinton聽last March included several Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tim Kaine of Virginia, who was eventually picked by聽Clinton.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont,聽Clinton's聽opponent in the hotly contested Democratic primary, also made the list 鈥� at the very bottom.
Podesta organized the list into "rough food groups" including blacks, women, and Hispanics such as Obama administration Cabinet members Julian Castro of Housing and Urban Development and Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
African-Americans who made the list included Sen. Cory Booker, (D) of New Jersey, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Besides Senator Warren, women on the list of possibilities included Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) of New York, Amy Klobuchar (D) of Minnesota, Claire McCaskill (D) of Missorui, and Tammy Baldwin, (D) Wisconsin, who is openly gay.
Another group of possibilities that appeared to represent "outside-the-box" options included former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tim Cook of Apple, philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, Howard Schultz of Starbucks and retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen.
Clinton's eventual pick of Senator Kaine was seen by some pundits as the safe choice, a vote for experience over charisma, as 海角大神's Francine Kiefer reported in July: