Bernie as VP. That's my 2 cents

[TexasTowelie]

22. Keep in mind that those winning percentages that you mention

are among independents that voted in the Democratic primary and not the total population of independents. We also don't know how many of those independents that voted in the Democratic primary decided to vote for Hillary in the general election. In addition, when Clinton selected Tim Kaine as a running mate Virginia was considered a toss-up state so while picking Sanders may have help somewhere it could also resulted in losing Virginia in the general election.

In the genera election there wasn't much said about Hillary's selection of Tim Kaine as a running mate since he was recognized to have the minimum qualifications to be president by both parties because of his previous political experience. If Hillary had selected Bernie then Bernie would have become an issue for the Republicans where her judgment would have been questioned. There would be more scrutiny on issues barely mentioned during the primaries and despite Bernie's appeal to many, there are also many liabilities associated with Bernie. Those liabilities did not exist by having Kaine as a running mate. It's because of those liabilities that I believe that any votes that she might have gained would have also been lost if she selected Sanders.

At this point there is nothing to be gained by posting an OP of this nature and all it does is to rekindle the divisiveness that was present during the primaries. As the nominee selected by the party, Clinton deserves the respect of selecting whoever she believes will be the best choice to carry out her policies as VP and also carry out her policies if something happened to her while she was in office. She felt that Kaine was a better choice than Sanders for furthering those goals.