Clinton takes gamble on ‘boring’ Kaine

It’s hard to see how the under-30s vote will see this as anything more than a doubling down on establishment candidates

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with her running mate Senator Tim Kaine in Virginia Picture Getty Images

The nomination of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton’s running mate hasn’t rocked any Democratic boats or seduced any Bernie Sanders supporters.

If Sanders’ response to the announcement – a tweet reiterating that 'Fracking is a danger to our water supply, the air we breathe and it’s contributing to climate change,’ is anything to go by, it’s likely Sanders’ seven million plus voters will regard the selection of 57-year-old Kaine, an advocate ...