OMG Jerome, let's hope it's not Tim Kaine. And I say that as a Virginia voter.
Kaine was elected largely because of Mark Warner's incredible coattails. And standing next to Jerry Kilgore, he could do no wrong.
Kaine's a war hawk, he's anti-gay rights, and his views on choice are closer to George Bush's. And the only thing I remember about his response to the 2006 SOTU was how boring it was compared to Jim Webb's the following year.
Also, he has zero foreign policy experience (unless Obama is relying on Kaine's Peace Corp experience and Spanish language skills). As if the Democrats aren't already tagged as being weak in that area.
The only reason Obama would pick Tim Kaine is Kaine won't, heaven forbid, potentially overshadow him.
He opposes a gay marriage ban, dude.
They say he's very, very high on the list.
And Obama is heavily courting the faith-based vote, which could be helped if he picked Kaine.
NYT reports Obama camapign is confident no backlash will occur.
