nytimes : As Pick for No. 2, Tim Kaine Sees Gifts Come Under Scrutiny

As Pick for No. 2, Tim Kaine Sees Gifts Come Under Scrutiny

PhotoWASHINGTON — Barr Pharmaceuticals gave Gov.Tim Kaine of Virginia a ride on a private jet to a meeting in Aspen, Colo., at a time in 2006 when it was lobbying him over issues related to its drug sales, state records show.Dominion Resources, Virginia's largest electric utility and a lobbying force in the state's capital, Richmond, picked up the tab for a trip that Mr. Kaine took that same year to the college basketball Final Four tournament (and a funeral) in Indianapolis, according to the records.

Bernie Sanders Delegates: DNC Blocked Effort to Replace Tim Kaine

Philadelphia — For lack of the right paperwork, the revolution ended.Sure, Bernie Sanders insists that his insurgent movement will continue well past November.But his impassioned supporters among the Democratic convention delegates believed they had one last chance to make their voices heard: They would attempt to derail the nomination of Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton's running mate.

Grant Bosse: Tim Kaine takes the left lane to Philadelphia

Grant Bosse: Tim Kaine takes the left lane to PhiladelphiaHillary Clinton's selection of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate has caused a lot of angst among hard-core liberals who don't think Kaine is progressive enough.They complain Clinton is ignoring the grassroots energy that fueled Bernie Sanders' underdog campaign.This left-wing chorus could actually end up helping Hillary by giving middle of the road voters the illusion that Kaine somehow moderates the Democratic ticket.

Tim Kaine Thinks ISIS Fight Needs Congressional Approval

Sen. Tim Kaine, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate, waged a quixotic campaign to restrict President Barack Obama's power to wage war against the Islamic State.Will that leave him at odds with a Commander in Chief Clinton?If past positions hold, it would.

Donald Trump campaign readies assault on Tim Kaine

Story highlights Trump's campaign sees an opportunity to contrast Trump's outsider brand and Clinton's status as a Washington insiderThe campaign is also seizing the opportunity to try and siphon off supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders(CNN) Donald Trump's campaign is beginning to pick apart Hillary Clinton's new running mate, seeking to flip Tim Kaine's image from moderate and experienced elected official to that of career politician beholden to special interests.Trump and his campaign are pouncing on the Virginia senator as an opportunity to draw a fresh contrast between Trump's outsider brand and Clinton's status as a decades-long Washington insider -- a contrast Trump drew successfully time and again with his GOP primary opponents.The campaign is raising everything from the gifts Kaine received during his time as Virginia's governor to his past support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to label the newly formed Democratic ticket as guarantors of the "rigged system" Trump has so often decried on the campaign trail.