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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: How a loss in California could make Sherrod Brown Clinton’s perfect VP pick Yahoo... Unconventional is Yahoo News’ complete guide to what could be the craziest presidential conventions in decades. Here’s what you need to know today. 1. The Clinton Veepwatch, Vol. 5: Sherrod Brown In which Unconventional examines the likely Democratic nominee’s possible — and not-so-possible — vice presidential picks. Previous installments: Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Mark Cuban, Julián Castro. Name: Sherrod Campbell Brown Age: 63 Résumé: U.S. senator from Ohio; former U.S. congressman from Ohio’s 13th District, Ohio secretary of state, and member of the Ohio House of Representatives Source of speculation: The Great Mentioner has been mentioning the rumpled, froggy voiced Brown as a possible Clinton running mate for a while. But with the publication Sunday of a career-spanning 3,000-word profile in USA Today — and many other Gannett papers — the buzz about Brown is getting louder. “A partisan brawler who’s as obsessed with baseball as he is with politics, Brown is Ohio’s senior senator and — perhaps — the next Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States,” writes Gannett Washington Correspondent Deirdre Shesgreen. “With his unabashed progressive politics suddenly in vogue and his home state of Ohio a pivotal presidential battleground, Brown is among Democrats being touted for the No. 2 slot on a Clinton ticket.” Shesgreen goes on to say that, according to his supporters, “Brown would be a great pick — a salt-of-the-earth candidate whose mix of progressive politics and Midwestern pragmatism could appeal to a broad swath of voters.” Then she quotes two of the most prominent Democrats in the country all but endorsing the idea of a Clinton-Brown ticket. “He was a populist before being populist was cool,” says Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill. “He’d be a great choice,” adds Joe Biden — who happens to know a little something about the job. Expect more stories like Shesgreen’s to pop up in the press as the Democratic nominating contest draws to a close next Tuesday in Washington, D.C. — and as Clinton begins to turn her attention toward picking a second-in-command. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is greeted by Sen. Sherrod Brown as she arrives to speak at the Ohio Democratic Party Legacy Dinner in Backstory: Beltway types were chattering about Brown’s veep chances before Clinton even announced her candidacy. In a January 2015 Washington Post profile, Ben Terris asked why “progressives” weren’t “begging [Brown] to run for president” — then touted the senator as a smart pick for Hillary’s (hypothetical) ticket instead. “If Clinton gets the nomination and wants to allay the [Elizabeth] Warren wing of the party, maybe she can pick the progressive senator from a state she will need to win?” Terris speculated. The notion continued to pick up steam once the 2016 campaign got underway. In October 2015, Brown surprised many observers by endorsing Clinton over left-wing kindred spirit Bernie Sanders, who was trailing the former secretary of state by 40 percentage points in the polls at the time. “From opposing unfair trade deals to fighting for a fair financial system, Hillary Clinton has shown she puts working families first,” Brown said in a statement. “She knows as president that her first job will be creating jobs for the middle class.” Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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