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Second in a series 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…
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First in a series 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.
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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.
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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…
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The Tim Kaine Senate campaign released a web video on Friday highlighting opponent George Allen’s spending record. The video, “George Allen: Big Spender,” highlights the stark discrepancy between the fiscal message George Allen shares on the campaign trail and his long record of fiscal irresponsibility and big spending. And no day better represents his term…
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The news on Monday that a Super PAC has formed to back the Senate campaign of Republican George Allen was met on Tuesday by a challenge to Allen from Democrat Tim Kaine to accept a “no secret money challenge.” The word from the Allen campaign with regard to the challenge: “gimmick.” “It’s difficult for voters…
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The black-white debate on energy production between Republicans and Democrats generally speaking comes down to the merits of oil production vs. clean energy. It doesn’t have to be an either-or proposition, though. “We need to use every domestic source that we have. But I think we ought to be preparing for a long-term shift toward…
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The Tim Kaine U.S. Senate campaign announced today that it raised $1.65 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 and has $3.3 million cash on hand. Since the campaign kicked-off on April 5, 2011, Kaine for Virginia has raised more than $5.2 million from over 12,000 supporters. “I’m overwhelmed and sincerely grateful for the enthusiastic…
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United States foreign policy could use an overhaul. “With the close of the war in Iraq and the drawdown in Afghanistan, we need to be focused more on our international economic strength,” said U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine in an interview with AFP editor Chris Graham. Graham had asked the former Virginia governor to think…
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Tim Kaine didn’t run for governor in 2005 promising to cut the state budget to the bone, but that’s pretty much what he had to do as the state faced down the recession a year into his term. The key lesson that he learned: You can’t do across-the-board cuts. “Everything isn’t worth everything else,” said…
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