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Tim Kaine is ridiculous!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #1
Tim Kaine has an election to win Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #2
Didn't say that I disagree, it's just that I think he's a weak Democrat and have always Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #13
He can't be an anti-choice candidate and still be different than a Republican. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #31
If you think there's no difference between an anti-choice Dem and a Republican, Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #36
First, Casey wasn't the ONLY Dem who could possibly have beaten Santorum... Ken Burch Feb 2012 #37
Reid versus McConnell Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #42
It doesn't have to be a Virginian Feingold Ken Burch Feb 2012 #44
People tend to over estimate Virginia Dr_Scholl Feb 2012 #69
He doesn't have to run against the Democratic Party's core values to do that. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #46
Tim Kaine knows how to get elected as a Democrat in Virginia Freddie Stubbs Feb 2012 #3
Bingo [n/t] Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #4
Tim Kaine isn't non-conservative on any major issue. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #33
Yes, and one year after Obama carried Virginia Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #38
The loss in Virginia in 2009 was largely Kaine's fault Ken Burch Feb 2012 #39
He is opposed to capital punishment Freddie Stubbs Feb 2012 #52
OK..fine...on that one issue...which won't even come up in the U.S. Senate Ken Burch Feb 2012 #55
He supported Obama's stimulus plan Freddie Stubbs Feb 2012 #68
We were in massive debt at the time, so it was a no-brainer... Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #70
It wasn't a no-brainer for conservatives Freddie Stubbs Feb 2012 #72
Virgins in Virginia don't need contraception nt julian09 Feb 2012 #5
yeah better a DINO than a RINO...or are those the same thing? nt msongs Feb 2012 #7
The only real diffrences is the sway of who holds majority party power and committee power Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2012 #18
And if Kaine gets to be a commitee chair, we can assume Ken Burch Feb 2012 #49
freshman will not be a committee chair karynnj Feb 2012 #67
True, I'll take him over any Republican. I just hope that he doesn't pull an Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #14
Seems like every dem.... dennis4868 Feb 2012 #23
By persecuting women? Ken Burch Feb 2012 #32
By running as a Republcan? Ken Burch Feb 2012 #45
Or, at least he think he knows Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #59
Hmm kenfrequed Feb 2012 #10
Read my post #14 above. I don't think it'll be a good strategy to distance Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #15
Hmm kenfrequed Feb 2012 #19
I think this may loose Obama the election. JoyN62 Feb 2012 #17
A majority of Catholics support birth control. Just because the leadership of the church Arkana Feb 2012 #21
Most catholics... dennis4868 Feb 2012 #25
K&R red dog 1 Feb 2012 #28
Like millions of my fellow Americans I choose to leave the Catholic Church over birth control. olegramps Feb 2012 #29
But this fight is not about birth control in the mind of the church JoyN62 Feb 2012 #51
I could not disagree with you more. olegramps Feb 2012 #53
Interesting perspective JoyN62 Feb 2012 #54
People, especially the younger people will be the deciding element. olegramps Feb 2012 #71
so this is about Tim Kaine getting elected in Virginia. got it. Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #6
Damn WaPo got it wrong, elleng Feb 2012 #8
Obama is not forcing anything on anyone.... dennis4868 Feb 2012 #26
First of all it is insurance companies, NOT religious institutions. Second, and most important, I still_one Feb 2012 #9
This is why Debbie is running things now, Tim. MjolnirTime Feb 2012 #11
OH Sick from the bottom of my socks harry23 Feb 2012 #12
Cancel all coverage for male impotence and we'll call it even perdita9 Feb 2012 #16
the Catholic church is pro-boner, anti-women Skittles Feb 2012 #27
Eh, Kaine is anti-choice too Arkana Feb 2012 #20
The real question is...is he with us MORE than against us? Ken Burch Feb 2012 #34
If you can't accept the guys who are with us on 90-95% of issues, Arkana Feb 2012 #43
Kaine isn't with us on 90-95% of the issues. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #47
I don't know if you're a Virginian or not Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #60
Solution is very simple. The feds offer birth control coverage to anyone whose employer won't. McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #22
ingenious! (n/t) a2liberal Feb 2012 #30
Kaine is not the issue. Obama's re-election is the issue. red dog 1 Feb 2012 #24
Kaine should be barred from running for any Democratic nomination Ken Burch Feb 2012 #41
Who gives a damn what this DINO thinks. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #35
It can't be good for Obama for our nominee in Virginia to be sharply to Obama's right Ken Burch Feb 2012 #40
It's his reward for being a good soldier Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #61
Kaine was practically invisible during his DNC leadership years in the Shrub regime Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #48
And every special election loss we had in 2009 was Kaine's fault. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #50
Including losing his own state Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #62
If you can send me some more info about the internal party foolishness in a pm, I'd be much obliged. Ken Burch Feb 2012 #64
pm sent Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #66
gotta love these right wingers in the Dem party... such Pragmatists, aren't they??? fascisthunter Feb 2012 #56
No one is forcing the Catholic church to do anything DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2012 #57
Tim just cut the legs out of this non-issue with the Republican nominee underpants Feb 2012 #58
Which would mean something if it weren't for the fact that, on every issue besides the death penalty Ken Burch Feb 2012 #63
"...Kaine criticized the Obama administration’s new policy..." unkachuck Feb 2012 #65
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