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Article: KAINE'S SHORTFALLS COUNTER BENEFITS

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July 31, 2008
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Tim Kaine for vice president?

He played that one right.

The Virginia governor had absolutely nothing to lose -- and everything to gain -- when he became one of the first governors in the nation to back Barack Obama over then-front-runner and presumed nominee Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race.

"I didn't endorse Senator Obama to get anything or get appointed to anything," Kaine said this week.

Maybe not, but his name is rumored to have landed on Obama's short list for vice president.

Kaine is an impressive politician. In a GOP-dominated state, he

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