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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Uspolitics" title="Template:Uspolitics">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Uspolitics" title="Template talk:Uspolitics">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Uspolitics&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Timothy Michael Kaine</b> (1958–) (not to be confused with former <a href="/wiki/GOP" class="mw-redirect" title="GOP">GOP</a> governor of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kean" class="extiw" title="wp:Tom Kean" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Tom Kean">Tom Kean</span></a>)<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> attorney and politician serving as the junior <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. Kaine was elected to the Senate as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party">Democrat</a> in 2012 and was the nominee of the Democratic Party for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 U.S. presidential election">2016 U.S. presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChuckToddKainePicked_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChuckToddKainePicked-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Bona_fides"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Bona fides</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Vice_Presidential_run"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Vice Presidential run</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Political_ideology"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Political ideology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Bona_fides">Bona fides</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Kaine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bona fides">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Kaine took a break from Harvard Law School in 1980 to work in Honduras for nine months, helping Jesuit missionaries who ran a Catholic school. As a result, he is fluent in <a href="/wiki/Spanish" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish">Spanish</a>. He delivered the first-ever senate speech all in Spanish, which hypothetically could have helped Clinton get Hispanic votes in crucial states such as <a href="/wiki/Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida">Florida</a>. </p><p>Kaine served on the Committee of Armed Services, Committee on the Budget, and Committee on Foreign Relations. He first entered the national spotlight in 2007, receiving applause for his response to the Virginia Tech shootings as Governor. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Vice_Presidential_run">Vice Presidential run</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Kaine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Vice Presidential run">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>On July 22, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> announced that she had selected Kaine to be her running mate in the 2016 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-ChuckToddKainePicked_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChuckToddKainePicked-2">[2]</a></sup> He was officially nominated for <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> on July 26, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Kaine is a devout <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> and "a battleground-state politician with working-class roots and a fluency in Spanish".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>When Kaine ran for governor in Virginia, he ran radio ads calling himself a <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservative</a>. He declared his opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion while supporting a ban on "<a href="/wiki/Partial_birth_abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Partial birth abortion">partial birth abortion</a>", defunding abortion clinics, and the <a href="/wiki/Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a><sup id="cite_ref-CampAd2005_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampAd2005-6">[6]</a></sup> (despite personal opposition to the death penalty, Kaine reluctantly carried out 11 death sentences whilst Governor of Virginia, being one of the few Democrats in recent years to do so);<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> this, he claims, is because although his "faith teaches life is sacred" and that he "personally oppose[s] the death penalty", he would "carry out death sentences handed down by Virginia juries" as Governor of Virginia "because that's the law".<sup id="cite_ref-Atkinson2006_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atkinson2006-8">[8]</a></sup> As governor, he was given a "mixed record" by NARAL for his support for <a href="/wiki/Abstinence" title="Abstinence">abstinence</a> education and making parental consent a prerequisite for abortion access.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> Yet Kaine also has a 100% approval rating for <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> and maintains a <a href="/wiki/Pro-choice" title="Pro-choice">pro-choice</a> position with regards to abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>Kaine's snooping into the private lives of other couples may have come at a cost to the Clinton campaign though: in 2002, Kaine said that former president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> should have resigned for his misconduct during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> (i.e. getting blown by an intern, which is exactly nobody's business but that of the intern, Bill and Hillary) </p><p>The choice of Kaine annoyed many progressives, who were hoping that Clinton would pick either a prominent left-wing voice in the US, such as <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> or Sherrod Brown, or an ethnic minority candidate such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Perez" class="extiw" title="wp:Thomas Perez" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Thomas Perez">Tom Perez</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Castro" class="extiw" title="wp:Julian Castro" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Julian Castro">Julian Castro</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker" class="extiw" title="wp:Cory Booker" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Cory Booker">Cory Booker</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> Kaine was most likely picked in order to galvanize the important minority vote in swing states like <a href="/wiki/Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida">Florida</a>, not to mention his home state of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> (which could have gone better).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_ideology">Political ideology</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Kaine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political ideology">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>I'm conservative on issues of personal responsibility. As a former Christian missionary, faith is central to my life. I oppose gay marriage, I support restrictions on abortion — no public funding and parental consent — and I've worked to pass a state law banning partial birth abortion.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Campaign ad for Virginia governor, 2005<sup id="cite_ref-CampAd2005_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CampAd2005-6">[6]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As a senator, Kaine voted in favour of fast-tracking the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership" title="Trans-Pacific Partnership">Trans-Pacific Partnership</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> which some have suggested may dissuade <a href="/wiki/Populist" class="mw-redirect" title="Populist">populist</a> swing voters;<sup id="cite_ref-NYTTaylor_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTTaylor-15">[15]</a></sup> indeed, many <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Sanders</a> supporters at the 2016 Democratic National Convention held up signs against the TPP in protest of Clinton's support for the partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> Kaine came out as opposing TPP after Clinton appointed Kaine as her running mate (Clinton herself went through a similar conversion), less than two days after speaking about the benefits of TPP to <i>The Intercept</i> and previously voting in favour of "fast-tracking" authorities in the Senate, allowing deals like TPP to be passed through quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p><p>Kaine strongly supported Virginia's "<a href="/wiki/Right_to_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to work">right to work</a>" law and was against giving public employees collective bargaining rights.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> He was one of 13 Senate Democrats who didn't sign a letter in support of strengthening regulations on payday loans.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> He has voiced support for offshore oil drilling and voted in favour of fast-tracking the construction of natural gas pipelines; despite that, he was against the Keystone Pipeline and supported the Clean Power Plan.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> Kaine also criticized Obama's operations against <a href="/wiki/ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIL">ISIL</a> as an "undeclared war"<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> and believes that Obama should have established a "no-fly zone".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> Hours before he was chosen as Clinton's VP, he wrote two letters in favor of financial deregulation.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> </p><p>Although considered a "<a href="/wiki/Populist" class="mw-redirect" title="Populist">populist</a>-leaning <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a>" by OnTheIssues.org,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> Kaine is considered even by his supporters to be a <a href="/wiki/Centrist" class="mw-redirect" title="Centrist">centrist</a> politician.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTSchnur_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTSchnur-27">[27]</a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/FiveThirtyEight" class="mw-redirect" title="FiveThirtyEight">FiveThirtyEight</a></i> gives Kaine an average score of −37 (−100 is the most liberal, and 100 is the most conservative).<sup id="cite_ref-538Splashy_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-538Splashy-28">[28]</a></sup> <i>FiveThirtyEight</i> characterizes him as a "mainstream Democrat" and notes that his ideology score is very similar to that of Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-538Splashy_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-538Splashy-28">[28]</a></sup> Three conservative groups, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" class="extiw" title="wp:American Conservative Union" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Club_for_Growth" title="Club for Growth">Club for Growth</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Action" class="extiw" title="wp:Heritage Action" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Heritage Action">Heritage Action</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> gave Kaine zero percent ratings in the few years before 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-GearanLiberals_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GearanLiberals-29">[29]</a></sup> while the liberal group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action" class="extiw" title="wp:Americans for Democratic Action" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Americans for Democratic Action">Americans for Democratic Action</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> gave Kaine a 90% rating in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> The <i>New York Times</i> wrote that "in hyperpartisan Washington, he is often seen as a centrist" while also describing him as an "old-fashioned liberal...driven by <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> ideals."<sup id="cite_ref-StolbergSharpElbows_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StolbergSharpElbows-31">[31]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Kaine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Politico staff (July 27, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-confuses-tim-kaine-226283">"Trump confuses Clinton's running mate with former New Jersey governor"</a>. <i>Politico</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChuckToddKainePicked-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ChuckToddKainePicked_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ChuckToddKainePicked_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2708880">/* Errors processing stylesheet [[:Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css]] (rev 2708880): • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 44 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 50 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 55 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 64 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 96 character 9. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 100 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTodd2016" class="citation news cs1">Todd, Chuck (July 22, 2016). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-s-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate-n614811">Tim Kaine Is Hillary Clinton's Pick as Vice Presidential Running Mate</a>". NBC News.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2016-election%2Ftim-kaine-hillary-clinton-s-pick-vice-presidential-running-mate-n614811+Tim+Kaine+Is+Hillary+Clinton%27s+Pick+as+Vice+Presidential+Running+Mate%5D&rft.date=2016-07-22&rft.aulast=Todd&rft.aufirst=Chuck&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFMcCaskill" class="citation web cs1">McCaskill, Nolan D. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-kicks-off-roll-call-vote-to-nominate-clinton-226239">Hillary Clinton breaks the glass ceiling</a>". <i>Politico</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Politico&rft.atitle=%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2016%2F07%2Fdnc-kicks-off-roll-call-vote-to-nominate-clinton-226239+Hillary+Clinton+breaks+the+glass+ceiling%5D&rft.aulast=McCaskill&rft.aufirst=Nolan+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Missing or empty <code class="cs1-code">|url=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#cite_web_url" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Unknown parameter <code class="cs1-code">|dat=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#parameter_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">McEvers, Kelly (July 22, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npr.org/2016/07/22/487120976/tim-kaines-pastor-describes-the-veep-picks-life-as-a-devout-catholic">"Tim Kaine's Pastor Describes The Veep Pick's Life As A Devout Catholic"</a>. <i>NPR</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chozick, Amy; Rappeport, Alan; Martin, Jonathan (July 22, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-vice-president.html">"Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator From a Swing State, as Running Mate"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CampAd2005-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-CampAd2005_6-0">6.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-CampAd2005_6-1">6.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Kaczynski, Andrew (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/listen-to-tim-kaines-im-conservative-radio-ads-from-2005">"Listen To Tim Kaine's "I'm Conservative" Radio Ads From 2005"</a>. <i>BuzzFeed</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">McDaniel, Chris (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismcdaniel/tim-kaines-complicated-history-with-the-death-penalty">"Tim Kaine Has A Long, Complicated History With The Death Penalty"</a>. <i>BuzzFeed</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Atkinson2006-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Atkinson2006_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFFrank_B._Atkinson2006" class="citation book cs1">Frank B. Atkinson (2006). <i>Virginia in the Vanguard: Political Leadership in the 400-year-old Cradle of American Democracy, 1981-2006</i>. Rowman & Littlefield. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BqputiyLQ3QC&pg=PA287">287</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-5210-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-5210-4"><bdi>978-0-7425-5210-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Virginia+in+the+Vanguard%3A+Political+Leadership+in+the+400-year-old+Cradle+of+American+Democracy%2C+1981-2006&rft.pages=287&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-7425-5210-4&rft.au=Frank+B.+Atkinson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Samuelsohn, Darren; Straus, Daniel (July 7, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/tim-kaine-abortion-predicament-225053">"Tim Kaine's abortion predicament"</a>. <i>Politico</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Kaplan, Thomas (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/us/politics/tim-kaine-death-penalty.html">"On Death Penalty Cases, Tim Kaine Revealed Inner Conflict"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Woodruff, Betsy (August 17, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/17/tim-kaine-once-said-cheating-politicians-should-resign-including-bill-clinton.html">"Tim Kaine Once Said Cheating Politicians Should Resign—Including Bill Clinton"</a>. <i>The Daily Beast</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brand, Donald (July 25, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fortune.com/2016/07/25/hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-elizabeth-warren/">"Why Hillary Clinton Chose Tim Kaine Over Elizabeth Warren"</a>. <i>Fortune</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-23/tim-kaine-swing-state-senator-with-foreign-policy-clout/7654968">"Tim Kaine: A swing state senator with foreign policy clout"</a>. <i>ABC News</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jiliani, Zaid (July 21, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theintercept.com/2016/07/21/hours-before-hillary-clintons-vp-decision-likely-pick-tim-kaine-praises-the-tpp/">"Hours Before Hillary Clinton's VP Decision, Likely Pick Tim Kaine Praises the TPP"</a>. <i>The Intercept</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTTaylor-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NYTTaylor_15-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Taylor, Stephanie (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/07/22/is-tim-kaine-the-right-running-mate-for-hillary-clinton/picking-tim-kaine-wont-attract-populist-swing-voters">"Picking Tim Kaine Won't Attract Populist Swing Voters"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nieberding, Mareike (July 25, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mic.com/articles/149726/what-does-tpp-mean-and-what-did-the-anti-tpp-signs-mean-at-the-2016-dnc-opening-night">"What Does TPP Mean, and What Did the Anti-TPP Signs Mean at the 2016 DNC Opening Night?"</a>. <i>Policy.Mic</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFKimEverett2016" class="citation news cs1">Kim, Seung Min; Everett, Burgess (July 22, 2016). "Kaine praised TPP as recently as Thursday".</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Kaine+praised+TPP+as+recently+as+Thursday&rft.date=2016-07-22&rft.aulast=Kim&rft.aufirst=Seung+Min&rft.au=Everett%2C+Burgess&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|access-date=</code> requires <code class="cs1-code">|url=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#accessdate_missing_url" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFFlores2016" class="citation news cs1">Flores, Reena (July 23, 2016). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-kaine-changes-course-on-tpp-after-vp-nod/">Tim Kaine changes course on TPP after VP nod</a>". <i>CBS News</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CBS+News&rft.atitle=%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Ftim-kaine-changes-course-on-tpp-after-vp-nod%2F+Tim+Kaine+changes+course+on+TPP+after+VP+nod%5D&rft.date=2016-07-23&rft.aulast=Flores&rft.aufirst=Reena&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|access-date=</code> requires <code class="cs1-code">|url=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#accessdate_missing_url" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(February 25, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2011/feb/25/christopher-peace/del-chris-peace-says-tim-kaine-lock-step-obama-opp/">"Del. Chris Peace says Tim Kaine is trying to stop 'right to work' laws in Wisconsin"</a>. <i>PolitiFact</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(July 21, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/clinton-vp-favorite-pushes-for-bank-deregulation.html">"Clinton VP Favorite Just Gave the Left Two More Reasons to Distrust Him"</a>. <i>New York</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Reporter, Zach Carter Senior Political Economy; Post, The Huffington (20 July 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tim-kaine-clinton-vp_us_578fc8e3e4b0bdddc4d2c86c">"Tim Kaine Calls To Deregulate Banks As He Campaigns To Be Clinton's VP"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Herzog, Katie (July 21, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/07/why-fossil-fuel-industry-really-likes-one-clintons-potential-running-mates">"Why environmentalists aren't sold on Tim Kaine"</a>. <i>Mother Jones</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(October 31, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npr.org/2015/10/31/453393878/sen-tim-kaine-criticizes-obamas-syria-strategy">"Sen. Tim Kaine Criticizes Obama's Syria Strategy"</a>. <i>NPR</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Beauchamp, Zack (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9780136/isis-tim-kaine-interview">"Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's VP pick, told us why he wants the US doing more in Syria"</a>. <i>Vox</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dayen, David (July 20, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theintercept.com/2016/07/20/tim-kaine-possible-hillary-clinton-pick-for-vice-president-signals-support-to-banks/">"Tim Kaine, Possible Hillary Clinton Pick for Vice President, Goes to Bat for Banks"</a>. <i>The Intercept</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Tim_Kaine.htm">Tim Kaine</a> on OnTheIssues.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTSchnur-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NYTSchnur_27-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shnur, Dan. (July 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/07/22/is-tim-kaine-the-right-running-mate-for-hillary-clinton/a-boring-centrist-is-a-good-pick-for-clintons-vice-president">"A Boring Centrist Is a Good Pick for Clinton's Vice President"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-538Splashy-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-538Splashy_28-0">28.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-538Splashy_28-1">28.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFHarry_Enten2016" class="citation web cs1">Harry Enten (June 22, 2016). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-vp/">Hillary Clinton Picks Tim Kaine, Betting She Can Beat Trump Without a Splashy VP</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/FiveThirtyEight" class="mw-redirect" title="FiveThirtyEight">FiveThirtyEight</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=FiveThirtyEight&rft.atitle=%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ffivethirtyeight.com%2Ffeatures%2Fhillary-clinton-tim-kaine-vp%2F+Hillary+Clinton+Picks+Tim+Kaine%2C+Betting+She+Can+Beat+Trump+Without+a+Splashy+VP%5D&rft.date=2016-06-22&rft.au=Harry+Enten&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Missing or empty <code class="cs1-code">|url=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#cite_web_url" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GearanLiberals-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-GearanLiberals_29-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFAnne_Gearan2016" class="citation web cs1">Anne Gearan (July 22, 2016). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/22/clinton-teased-liberals-with-elizabeth-warren-and-gave-them-tim-kaine-she-should-be-fine/">Will liberals be upset with Tim Kaine?</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-fix%2Fwp%2F2016%2F07%2F22%2Fclinton-teased-liberals-with-elizabeth-warren-and-gave-them-tim-kaine-she-should-be-fine%2F+Will+liberals+be+upset+with+Tim+Kaine%3F%5D&rft.date=2016-07-22&rft.au=Anne+Gearan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3ATim+Kaine" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">|title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; 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