Tim Kaine, Mike Pence are disposable vice presidents
ANALYSIS/OPINION:A governor is always a good choice for a vice president.He (or she) has learned how to run an administration, how to work with a cranky legislature and understands staying close to the people who elected him.There's no Praetorian guard to keep him separated from the people.
Tim Kaine, Criticized as a Centrist, Leans Left on Social Issues
WASHINGTON—When Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate, takes the stage at the Democratic convention on Wednesday night, the Virginia Democrat will face skeptics who had pressed their presidential nominee to pick a running mate from the party's growing liberal ranks.While Mr. Kaine has a more centrist record on economic issues and trade, his political ideology on social issues is often further to the left than his critics...
Tim Kaine, Democrats Risk Our Lives for Gun Control
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTEROn April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho opened fire with a handgun on gun-free zone Virginia Tech University, killing 32 unarmed innocents.Less than a year later, in March 2008, Governor Tim Kaine (D) vetoed a bill intended to mitigate the chances of such a slaughter reoccurring by allowing Virginians to keep a loaded gun in their car for self-defense.While a repeal of the gun-free status of the Virginia Tech campus would have been ideal, at least allowing Virginians to keep a gun in the car that they could retrieve in an emergency would give them a fighting chance.
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