Poll: Kaine-Allen race still a tossup
Yesterday the news from Public Policy Polling was that Barack Obama had an eight-point lead statewide in his race for re-election.
Today the news is that former Obama vice-president short-lister Tim Kaine is in a dead heat in another PPP survey of Virginians on their preferences for the U.S. Senate. Read more
Kaine campaign hits Allen on Social Security
Today the Kaine for Virginia campaign continued to highlight George Allen’s support for privatizing Social Security with a video entitled “Retirement (in)Security.”
The video spotlights comments made by George Allen over the weekend at a GOP primary debate where he doubled down on his support for President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security. Read more
Kaine sees Waynesboro business working firsthand
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It can be easy for politicians running for office to stay within the bubble of campaign events – shaking hands, making speeches, eating on the run, rinse, repeat.
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine has been making it a point to get out from under the bubble with a series of walking tours of business districts across the Commonwealth, including a tour of Downtown Waynesboro on April 14 that had Kaine’s ear full of talk about Internet sales taxes, technology education and historic tax credits. Read more
Kaine: Senate needs to make ‘hard decisions’
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Tim Kaine had thought, like a lot of us did, that his political career was over.
In January 2010, Kaine finished up his term as governor of Virginia, and looked out a landscape in Virginia politics that featured two Democrats, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, representing the Commonwealth in the United States Senate.
So for Kaine, it was either wait out his gubernatorial successor’s single four-year term and run again for governor, which only one other predecessor, Mills Godwin, has been able to do successfully, or move into the next phase of his life. Read more
Kaine visits Waynesboro, learns about local business community
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Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine learned a lot on his April 14 walking tour of Downtown Waynesboro.
Kaine, a Democrat, met with groups of business owners and city leaders Saturday morning before speaking to a group of 60 local voters about the state of the 2012 U.S. Senate race. Read more
Kaine to tour Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday
Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, now a candidate for the United States Senate, will take a walking tour of Downtown Waynesboro on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Wayne Theatre and ending at 11 a.m. at the Green Leaf Grill at 415 W. Main St.
Kaine outlines economic agenda
Tim Kaine released his economic agenda on Wednesday as he embarked on a two-week tour of Virginia. The roadmap includes strategic initiatives to grow businesses and encourage job creation, develop a talented workforce, and balance the budget by finding common ground on spending cuts as well as investments that will generate new revenue.
“As the global competition increases, we must act now to equip businesses with the tools they need to create jobs, develop a strong and talented workforce, and address our fiscal challenges by finding common ground,” said Kaine. “We can no longer let politics get in the way of what’s best for our economy and this vision lays out a roadmap for our future economic success.” Read more
