Tim Kaine should resign . . . he won't, but he should. We saw what happened here in Virginia back in 2001 when Jim Gilmore tried this with disasterous results for Virginia at a very challenging time. Then and now, Virginia more than ever needs a full time governor. Of course, Democrats have been trying to have it both ways concerning two GOP governors - Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford. They mock Sanford for not resigning when he should, but also mock Palin for resigning we she decided that her interests were in conflict with her direct gubernatorial duties. And kudos to Delegate Hugo for stepping up and calling Kaine out, too many in our party don't call out Kaine and the Dems.
As for Kaine, this particular quote caught my eye from the DCVA Blog over at the Post.
Kaine will spend tomorrow in Minneapolis on DNC business. He will travel to Los Angeles Wednesday to attend the ESPY Awards, an annual sports awards ceremony created by ESPN, with a friend. He will then fly to Colorado for the DNC before spending two days in Biloxi, Miss. for a National Governor's Association meeting.
Seriously? Near 10 percent unemployment, a state budget terribly managed by Kaine and Jody Wagner, serious problems that need to be dealt with on a daily basis. And what part of being DNC Chairman has to do with going to the ESPY awards?!?! If Kaine wants LeBron's autograph thats fine, he can get it when the Cavs come to DC next fall. But this is ridiculous! Now I understand that he is entitled to some free time but this is a terrible show of leadership, that Kaine would rather be anywhere else than Virginia. Sarah Palin is doing this and decided that perhaps its best to hand the reigns over to someone who seriously wants to run the state every day. His job is full time.
Now, I have no doubt that Kaine will never resign. He just won't, but it shows you what sort of "leader" he is, that he is more interested in being Obama's partisan toady than anything else. And if Creigh Deeds wants to a governor in the mold of Warner and Kaine, does he approve of this? And furthermore, has anyone even asked Deeds what he thinks about this? Is this what we can expect from another term of Democrat "leadership."
To shill for a moment, I'm pretty sure that Bob McDonnell won't be spending 30% of his term doing something other than creating jobs. Maybe thats why the latest poll shows a twelve point swing to the former attorney general. What we are seeing is a strong argument by McDonnell essentially campaigning against Kaine and exploiting his weaknesses, and then using Deeds own words to attach the two at the hip.
Awesome post!
Posted by: wise guy | July 10, 2009 at 06:55 AM
I agree. But Virginia is probably better off with Kaine out of the state. Even when he is here, he is ineffective.
Posted by: Tom White | July 11, 2009 at 06:16 PM
Yep. I'm happy when the Governonr leaves. I just wish we could dock his salary.
Posted by: Absolutely! | July 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM
This is Bush's fault.
Posted by: The Arbiter | July 14, 2009 at 10:01 AM
hey...what about Bobs flip flop on the Governors opportunity fund? he's touting it as a "great opportunity" now but voted three times to cut its funding while a Dem. was in the highest office in the land...
Posted by: Jordan Butler | July 19, 2009 at 02:37 PM