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JI7

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13. Kaine Endorsed Obama early in 2007 so she may not have looked at it that objectively

Reply to HeartoftheMidwest (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:31 AM

Jul 2016

this is one reason i'm impressed with her picking him now.

and Kaine's endorsement was one of those things which could have made a difference in such a close race. for example while Clinton won the hispanic vote big in the 2008 primary in most states, Virginia was one of the few states where Obama beat her with hispanics and cut into her support among other groups she was mostly winning with.

Kaine's endorsement may played a big role in that. plus he was one of the earlier major endorsements for Obama .

plus she never reached the point where she actually did a VP search as she did this time and seriously consider him.

it speaks well of Clinton and Kaine that she picked him now.

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Tim Kaine has belonged to a black church for more than 30 years. [View all] kwassa Jul 2016 OP

He walks the walk, gotta give it to him. nt MADem Jul 2016 #1

Kaine just gets better and better the more you find out about him. brush Jul 2016 #2

Yes, he does! Love this man! Tess49 Jul 2016 #5

His Democratic credentials are promising, even impressive. HeartoftheMidwest Jul 2016 #10

Kaine Endorsed Obama early in 2007 so she may not have looked at it that objectively JI7 Jul 2016 #13

Sounds like the real deal. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #3

I like him bravenak Jul 2016 #4

His comfort zone-props! nt babylonsister Jul 2016 #6

Someone tonight said I should weep at our VP choice. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #7

Sounds like good people, good citizens. mountain grammy Jul 2016 #8

Hmm. I don't hear much about Donald Trump's church, or him going to church. tclambert Jul 2016 #9

Hahahaha. narnian60 Jul 2016 #20

I didn't know many details about Tim Kaine prior to him being selected as Hillary's running mate.. -Steph- Jul 2016 #11

I knew the major points ... BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #14

Who wouldn't want to go to an integrated church if your only other option applegrove Jul 2016 #12

The frozen chosen joke was about us ... kwassa Jul 2016 #17

Okay. I thought it applied to all old europe protestant churches. applegrove Jul 2016 #21

He comes across as very authentic. brer cat Jul 2016 #15

kick kick kick~ lillypaddle Jul 2016 #16

Love this! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2016 #18

is it just me--can just hear how the pukes are going to spin this. niyad Jul 2016 #19

Yeah I love this about him it's more than I can say about some so called progressives who never bigdarryl Jul 2016 #22

How the hell does this thread have almost 250,000 views? nt MrScorpio Aug 2016 #23

That's insane! JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #24

amazing, my guess is it was around the time of VP announcement and the thread has a lot of recs JI7 Aug 2016 #25

Whoa...what an interesting guy. Stellar Aug 2016 #26