Virginia Democratic Senator Jim Webb is not running for reelection in 2012. Webb beat Republican George Allen in 2006 and would have likely faced Allen in a rematch in ’12 if he were to run again because Allen will probably be the GOP nominee. Former Virginia Governor and current DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is considered [...]

Tim Kaine is now a front-runner to be Barack Obama’s Vice Presidential choice according to many sources. A selection of Kaine would seem to indicate how much the Obama campaign cares about winning Virginia except that Kaine isn’t actually that popular in Virginia. So perhaps there’s another reason? Along with Kaine; Kathleen Sebelius, Joe Biden, [...]

538 made an interesting post early this morning (late last night?) about the possibility of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as Obama’s VP selection. He makes the point that Kaine makes sense for a number of reasons but that he’s not very popular in Virginia so it’s unlikely he would be of much help in winning [...]