Is Tim Kaine the best vice presidential canidate Hillary could of chosen?

They really seem to see things different on the issues.  I don't think he is a bad pick.  I just think there had to be someone else out there that Hillary had more in common with than Kaine.

Lets run down a few things here.

Tim Kaine is an outspoken advocate of free trade.  Hilllary said the Trans pacific partnership was the gold standard of deals but she has come to oppose it.

Tim Kaine opposes the death penalty.  Hillary supports it but in limited circumstances.

Kaine wants stronger envioremental policies to reduce pollution, Hillary wants more done to protect infrastructures from pollution.

On same sex marriage Kaine backed extending same sex marriage laws to having the same rights as a tradtional marriage.  Hillary called in '96 for strengthening traditional marriage but she has gradually shifted on the issue.

The most obvious one is the abortion issue.  They see differently on that.

Not saying he is a bad pick but they seem to have different views on quite a few issues.

He was a TERRIBLE pick.

The biggest thing choosing a VP candidate could do for you is give you a bump in the polls, ideally permanent.

None, and I do mean NONE, of Hillary's supporters are excited about this pick which means that, in effect, it's largely pointless in terms of her getting elected.

She would have GUARANTEED her presidency if she chose Bernie.

She would have GUARANTEED her presidency if she chose Elizabeth Warren.

Both staunch progressives...

Instead she shunned massive voting swaths of independents who loved Bernie and would have guaranteed her their votes for either of those two VP's.

Why? Hubris. She thinks she will win anyway and Kaine will concede to her on every point in office. Bernie and Warren would have given her daily headaches at a minimum, migraines at a maximum.

If she somehow loses, she can look to the day she chose Kaine as VP.