Unlike republicans, our folks are able to separate their personal philosophical views from the people they are elected to represent.

Tim Kaine has never done one thing legislatively to impose his moral convictions onto the populace. Read that again. Never.

Andrew Harnik/AP
Hillary Clinton announced Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate on Friday, making what's widely seen as a safe pick by choosing a man with deep political experience, but one who might not have much potential to generate new excitement for her campaign. She announced the decision in a text message to supporters, informing them, "I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate."

Tim Kaine
Read about Tim Kaine's past as a civil rights attorney.
Kaine backed Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary but was an early booster of Clinton's 2016 bid and has long been seen as a front-runner to be Clinton's vice presidential pick. While he doesn't have a loyal following among the Bernie Sanders crowd, as someone like Elizabeth Warren does, it's easy to see why Kaine appealed to Clinton. He has an extensive political résumé, as a former mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor and governor of Virginia, and head of the the Democratic National Committee, and now as a senator from an important swing state.

Kaine isn't a rhetorical bomb-thrower. He still carries the reserved Midwestern persona that he gained growing up in the Kansas City suburbs. A former civil rights attorney who won a major redlining verdict against Nationwide Insurance before he launched his political career, Kaine, much like Clinton, offers a quieter version of progressivism than Sanders or Warren, with an emphasis on finding compromise and achieving incremental progress. During his first few years in the Senate, Kaine has focused on foreign policy, seeking to impose limits on the president's powers to conduct war.

Got any links to his claims that abortion should be illegal?

Links showing that he thinks Roe V Wade should be overturned?

Please, enlighten us.

You seem so very knowledgeable on this topic.

And don't get me wrong. Im with her. NO BS. I have a feeling this thread is gonna be a bumpy ride but I really don't care.

The media dangled a shiny object in front of you ... and you took off with the bait, and asked the rest of DU to come along.

Its only a bumpy ride if you swallow what the media tells you and you know little else.

I think your trying to say he's anti-abortion. And yet you're still wrong.

BTW, it's pro choice, not pro abortion.

The kind of people who get the opportunity to pick vice presidential candidates can't afford to be single-issue obsessives.

He is still a reasonable choice. Not liberal enough for my tastes, but neither is Hillary.

Hillary has a clear advantage in this race. A safe choice is probably a good choice.

Besides, nobody can argue that he could not serve as President if needed. Plus, he has served in The Senate. Helping in Virginia is a good thing too.


This seems like a pretty good choice.

Tim Kaine has a 100% rating form Naral and PP. He is pro choice.

He is "pro life" in his personal decisions and pro choice legislatively. Same as Joe Biden.

Please delete your account

https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/50772/tim-kaine

Why?

He is 100% pro choice.