“She’s going to have to give them something else,” according to Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner of research firm Federal Financial Analytics. That could mean taking more aggressive positions on financial issues or, if she wins, filling administration positions with left-leaning individuals, Petrou said.

And since these actions would result in more substantive action than a symbolic VP pick, I'm not seeing the problem here. She doesn't want to get primaried in 2020, you know.

Kaine was also one of 70 senators supporting a bipartisan effort to urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ease some rules on smaller banks and credit unions.

Not sure I agree (I'd have to delve into the details) but this is far from handing Wall Street everything it wants.

Kaine, who said he agreed to back fast-track authority only after getting assurances that workers’ rights would be protected, has said he is weighing whether to vote for ratification of the final accord.

Again, this seems reasonable enough. Sure, it would be nice if he took an even firmer stand, but I'm not seeing anything here to make me think he will be in the pocket of the big banks.

Maybe I'm wrong about this–it is possible that Hillary will end up disappointing me on this issue. I just don't see the Kaine pick as evidence that she will do so.

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