Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Why It's Great for a Veep to Be Boring

Tim Kaine is a safe running mate for Hillary Clinton. She hopes he stays that way.

July 23, 2016 at 5:37 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Hillary Clinton’s choice of first-term Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate is probably the strongest she could have made, at least from what we know of him so far.

As with Mike Pence on the Republican side, it’s unlikely anyone will challenge his readiness to be president, given his experience in Congress and as a former governor.