Posted on 07/28/2008 6:23:40 PM PDT by ReagansRaiders
Virginia governor Tim Kaine has told close associates that he has had "very serious" conversations with Sen. Barack Obama about joining the Democratic ticket and has provided documents to the campaign as it combs through his background, according to several sources close to Kaine.
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Aides to Kaine declined to comment about the possibility that Obama might pick him, referring all questions to the senator's campaign. "The governor has been pretty clear from the beginning, when Senator Obama asked him to be a national co-chair, that any conversation he has with the campaign, on any topic, are conversations that he is keeping private," said Delacey Skinner, Kaine's communications director.
But several people who have spoken to Kaine directly said he has talked about the seriousness of the possibility. All requested anonymity, citing the campaign's desire to keep the process secret. One said Kaine has stressed that there are other top candidates but described his discussions with Obama's campaign as "very serious."
Two other associates said Kaine's staff is heavily engaged in providing the background research necessary to allow Obama's campaign to search for potential political land mines. One source said Kaine chief counsel Larry Roberts is coordinating with Obama's team. Roberts cold not be reached for comment. Kaine will be in Washington today for his monthly interview on WTOP.
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But Kaine has no foreign policy background, and as a first-term governor, he may add to voters' concerns about Obama's lack of experience. Kaine remains popular in Virginia, but has had trouble dealing with Republican state lawmakers and has no single defining achievement to point to on the campaign trail.
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Who?
bttt
You mean Cockaine???
Oppsss..maybe I really meant cokecaine.. :(((
He looks like a real a$$hole.
That makes him perfect for the ticket with Obama. Kaine is probably the only VP contender who couldn't overshadow Obama with regard to experience.
ComPost should know that VA Governors are limited to one 4-year term.
he’s scarier looking than howard dean.
Well, there goes Virginia.
Oh well, maybe Romney can help McCain flip Michigan.
That is one skeevy looking guy.
That's what I say. Never heard of him until his name came up as a VP choice. What's his story?
Um, he can have him — just get him the hell out of here. My wallet can’t take another Dem Governor...between gas prices at the pump and jackass bleeding us dry in property taxes...sheez, GOOD RIDDANCE!
Obama’s list got a whole lots shorter now that its been exposed that silky pony is hiding a little bundle of “whoops” out there in hollyweird.
Freeze-dried Hippy?
He looks like Richard Dysart’s son.
He should do for Virginia what John Edwards did for North Carolina.
Oh, please, let it be Biden. The clueless, arrogant snob factor of that pairing would be through the roof.
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