<![CDATA[Kaine Spurs Curiosity (And Groans) Among Progressives]]>

1.0 link 115699 <![CDATA[Kaine Spurs Curiosity (And Groans) Among Progressives]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/kaine-spurs-curiosity-and_n_115699.html Tim Kaine - once considered the third most likely Virginian to be a Democratic VP contender - has now apparently ascended onto Barack Obama's short list. The Virginia governor, in the midst of his first term, brings natural appeal to the ticket. Both he and Obama are youthful graduates of Harvard Law School who have lived abroad and espouse a definitively 'new-politics' type ethos. And Kaine's geographic pull could prove pivotal in securing the White House.

But the downsides of...

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