Days away from the Iowa caucus, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine joins presidential candidate Barack Obama as the senator travels from Sioux City to Council Bluffs, reports today’s Baltimore Sun. Along the way, he is introduced by Kaine, who received help in his 2005 election bid from the Illinois Democrat and returned the favor when Obama made stops in Virginia last year, including in Charlottesville on October 29. “If he were our candidate, we could get the 13 electoral votes in Virginia,” Kaine said in Sioux City. “We could put the Virginia votes— and other state’s votes—in the Democratic column and win this race. Virginia is a red state, but we’ve got a lot of independents and a lot of moderate Republicans who don’t like what the Republican Party is doing.”
 Kaine greets Obama on the Charlottesville Pavilion stage during the presidential candidate’s visit to Charlottesville. |
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