Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets the crowd with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro (FarL) during a 'Latinos for Hillary' rally in San Antonio, Texas October 15, 2015.
Posted on 10/16/2015 7:46:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton won the backing of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on Thursday and said she would seriously consider making the rising Hispanic leader her running mate if she wins her party's nomination.
Clinton and the other Democrats in the November 2016 race for the White House have pushed hard for support among Hispanics, a fast-growing and critical voting bloc that has moved toward Democrats in recent elections as Republicans have stymied comprehensive immigration reform in Congress and disparaged Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail.
"I am going to look really hard at him for anything, because that's how good he is," Clinton said at a U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meeting in San Antonio, Texas, when asked if Castro might be her vice presidential pick.
Appearing with Clinton at a later "Latinos for Hillary" rally, Castro said he has long respected her ability to appeal to people of all backgrounds.
"Through the years she has always, always been there for us, and today we're here for her," said Castro, who is the second member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet to endorse Clinton along with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Clinton said she was "thrilled" to win the backing of Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio. Castro's twin brother Joaquin, a U.S. congressman, already endorsed Clinton and campaigned with her in Nevada.
While the endorsement was not a surprise, the timing was a boost for Clinton. It came on the heels of a strong debate performance on Tuesday night and while Vice President Joe Biden is still pondering a possible run for the White House.
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Yeah, Castro has a nice ring to it : HITLERT-CASTRO 2016
JULIAN CASTRO ON THE ISSUES:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Julian_Castro.htm
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EXCERPTS:
Signed onto the “Mayors for the Freedom to Marry” effort. (Jan 2012)
Extend city benefits to same-sex domestic partners. (Aug 2011)
Support comprehensive immigration reform. (Aug 2011)
Investments in mass transit could stimulate job creation. (Jan 2010)
OTHER THAN THE ABOVE, FEW RECORDED STATEMENTS ON Abortion, Foreign Policy, Debt, Fiscal Policy, etc.
Gee, all of Mexico would vote for that ticket.
She’s getting desperate, apparently.
Same old, same old....that’s why Trump is so refreshing to the HUGE base that supports him...
#GO TRUMP!!!
That was always the plan.
Yeah, like Hussein
In this environment.... her picking this guy for a VP would be maybe the most stupid political decision I have ever seen... or really even read about.
This whole idea of “identity politics” is what is going on here.
Whoever gets the pres. nomination for the Dems. will feel great pressures to pick a minority as the VP running mate.
And if one of the men wins the nomination, there will be pressures to pick a woman VP running mate.
I’ve heard similar talk on the Republican side, to the effect that, to counter the stereotype of the GOP as the party of older whites, that the GOP pres. nominee will feel the need to seek out a minority or woman VP candidate.
Remember, if Ted Cruz gets the pres. nomination, the liberals and media don’t really consider him to be Hispanic. So there’s all sorts of crazy illogical liberal criteria to sift through in making these decisions.
The illegals can vote.
I don’t think so. I think Obama is running her campaign. See my next post.
I can't imagine anyone wanting Hillary in the White House....
Isn’t Hillary counting her chickens before they hatch???
What makes her think that she has the nomination wrapped up?? Because the media praised her debate performance in 1 debate???
Isn’t it really premature for Hillary to talk about running mates?
Heck, some other candidate may consider her as a running mate. Let’s ask her about that, would she consider being someone else’s running mate instead.
It’s so arrogant of her and her boys to think that she thinks this nomination is wrapped up.
“... would be maybe the most stupid political decision I have ever seen.”
Don’t forget...liberals are more than willing to destroy this country in their efforts to save it. They are just as bad as muslim jihadis...who would also not think twice about destroying the world to rescue it from the infidels.
Why not Raul or Fidel? How would we know the difference?
Something tells me Hillary figures she is home free on the both Benghazi and the email scandals. Thanks to Obama’s signals that she really did no damage and more important that Dim Joe ain’t gonna enter the fray. Then McCarthy and Hanna dropped their little get out of jail free comments.
So now she is free to go ahead planning her coronation.
as soon as her double vision clears up
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