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Article: Kaine state's last hope for role in Obama ticket; Detractors point to lack of successes.(D.C. AREA)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2008
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Byline: Gary Emerling and Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
And then there was one.
Gov. Tim Kaine is the lone Virginia politician remaining on the rumored short list of potential running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama. But while the Democrat, 50, has his share of supporters who would love to see the centrist Southern governor paired with the liberal Illinois senator, an anti-Kaine contingent says he lacks the accomplishments to share the national stage.
"I just think what's going to trip him up is the state of Virginia right now has a lot of problems," said Lowell Feld, a Virginia Democrat and ...