Obama appears with new DNC chief - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/8/2009 — WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama appeared Thursday at Democratic Party headquarters with his hand-picked incoming chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine , but his predecessor, outgoing chief Howard Dean , was nowhere in sight. Dean, who has clashed ...

Obama Anoints Kaine, Praises (And Snubs?) Dean
thenation.com 1/9/2009 — Barack Obama continued to put his own stamp on the Democratic Party today by officially announcing his pick of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Howard Dean will step down as chair on January 21 and Kaine ...

Kaine: Dems Will Court All 50 States 'Now and Forever'
briefingroom.thehill.com 1/21/2009 — Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, installed Wednesday as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), vowed to continue aggressive campaign efforts for Democrats in all 50 states, while vowing to use a less ideological approach to the ...

Kaine Formally Appointed to Head DNC
voices.washingtonpost.com 1/8/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama looks on as Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine speaks at the Democratic National Committee, where Obama announced Kaine as the new DNC chairman. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) By Chris Cillizza President-elect Barack Obama ...

Barack Obama: Tim Kaine 'ideal leader'
swamppolitics.com 1/10/2009 — by Mark Silva Stop the servers. The Democratic National Committee has circulated an email, in the name of President-elect Barack Obama, that doesn't ask for a penny for the party. Obama, who built his record-setting nearly billion-dollar ...

Passed Over For VP, Tim Kaine Gets Powerless Post - News- msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com 1/7/2009 — Virginia Governor Tim Kaine will be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, huzzah! Of course Barack Obama will be the "real" head of the Democratic party, so Kaine's position will be of the "fairly useless figurehead" variety, but ...

Dean says goodbye as Kaine takes over DNC
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/22/2009 — WASHINGTON (CNN) – After a four-year term that saw Democrats take control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, Howard Dean bid farewell to the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, but not without offering a hearty endorsement ...

Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — Thursday, January 08, 2009 Valued Voters by digby Since I've rudely called out the Democrats and the Republicans today, it seems unfair for me not to call attention to their uber-enablers. Today, before the Tim Kaine announcement: Nora O'Donnell: This ...

VA: Tomorrow could be a good day for Steele and a bad day for Kaine
thenextright.com 2/2/2009 — Swing State Project sees tomorrow's special election to fill Rep. Gerry Connelly's seat as a proxy fight and preview of the fall Republican and Democratic gubenatorial match up: If the Dem wins, I expect we'll see all kinds of competing claims over who deserves credit. Of course, the GOP will ...

Kaine: We Will Continue a 50-State Stategy (of some sort)
openleft.com 1/17/2009 — Newly appointed DNC Chair Tim Kaine has released a video where he responds to about a dozen questions submitted by citizens. Credit where due: not one but two of the selected questions concern the 50-state strategy advocated and pursued by Former DNC ...

Obama appears with new DNC chief (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
AP - President-elect Barack Obama appeared Thursday at Democratic Party headquarters with his hand-picked incoming chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, but his predecessor, outgoing chief Howard Dean, was nowhere in sight.

Kaine to Succeed Dean at DNC — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/8/2009
Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to succeed Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Obama formally announces as Kaine as DNC chair — CNN Political Ticker 1/8/2009
President-elect Obama announced Thursday that he's chosen his friend and supporter Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to run the DNC. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama formally announced Thursday that Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, one of the ...

Obama names Virginia gov as Democratic Party head — Reuters: Politics 1/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama named Tim Kaine as head of the Democratic Party on Thursday, rewarding an early supporter with a high-profile political post even as he continues to serve as Virginia governor.

Lei-off: Obama snubs Dean (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/9/2009
Politico - The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursday’s press conference announcing Tim Kaine’s appointment as Democratic National Committee chair was no accident, according to Dean loyalists.