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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/8/2009
Tim Kaine Reportedly To Head DNC
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Granted, it's been an unusually active political weekend, but there's been surprisingly little reaction to today's news that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine will become chairman of the Democratic National Committee. My first reaction is that this is all very ... predictable. Kaine was facing a very ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/4/2009
Va. Governor Kaine to Become DNC Chairman
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Va. Governor Kaine to Become DNC Chairman

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Gov Tim Kaine Answers Your Questions (video)
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Gov Tim Kaine Answers Your Questions (video)
— youtube.com — Gov. Tim Kaine responds to questions submitted from all over the country. Watch what he has to... say about about fighting for jobs, reaching across the aisle ... (more) Gov Tim Kaine Answers Your Questions (video)

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mydd.com - 1/5/2009
: Should Tim Kaine be the Next DNC Chair?
— mydd.com — Re: Should Tim Kaine be the Next DNC Chair? ( 2.00 / 2 ) I agree with... your points, except for McAuliffe. I wouldn't vote for Kaine. But good luck organizing the DNC against the President's choice, there is no way the committee would go against a newly ... (more) : Should Tim Kaine be the Next DNC Chair?

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Firedoglake:  Tim Kaine to Head DNC; Will the Fifty-State Strategy Survive?

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Tim Kaine to Head DNC; Will the Fifty-State Strategy Survive?
Firedoglake — ... Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight: "Kaine does strike me as being a pretty good fit for this position, though. He oozes a certain sort of optimistic sincerity that ought to play pretty well on television, where he's liable to be deployed ubiquitously on the Sunday Morning talk circuit, perhaps sometimes playing 'good cop' to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. It seems probable that Kaine's role is going to be more about public relations than tactics, with the latter function to be fulfilled in large part by elements of the Obama apparatus itself." ...

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