Tim Kaine trending on twitter

[Thrill]

Ouch

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. more information, please?

[Thrill]

2. I believe he said something stupid about the 47%

And its spreading like crazy.

All he had to do is ride Obama's coatails to victory. He appears to have made it tough on himself

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. Ew! That's not good at all. Not at all.

[alsame]

3. Here's a link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/20/tim-kaine-open-to-minimum-income-tax-for-all/




Tim Kaine (D) said he might be in favor of “some minimum tax level for everyone” as he squared off against George Allen (R) in their first televised debate Thursday in Virginia’s Senate race.

In comments to reporters after the debate, Kaine noted that he had not actually proposed a minimum income tax. Kaine said he’d only agreed to consider such a tax when asked about it because, as someone running as a bipartisan deal-maker, he’s open to lots of ideas.

After the debate, Allen called Kaine’s openness to a minimum tax fitting for a man who he said raised taxes on people buying used cars and making “as little as 17,000 a year.”

“I don’t think everyone ought to be paying income taxes,” Allen said, noting that low-income workers are already paying sales, payroll and gas taxes.

[DonViejo]

4. Kaine said he was "open to discussing a minimum tax rate on the 47%"

[cash__whatiwant]

10. lollll

why do I like this song?

[johnnyrocket]

6. Yea, these 'moderate' democrats tend to knee jerk into 'moderate' ideas....fools!

Stupid, stupid notion to even make an issue of some people not paying taxes, it plays into the right wing argument about freeloaders.

Really dumb move, Kaine.

[sadbear]

7. "The 47% are macacas..."

Uh-oh.

[fugop]

8. Need more threads about this!!

I don't think this story has been posted enough times yet on DU! Need more threads on Tim Kaine FAST!!

[Orangepeel]

9. I don't get the angst about this

It sounds like the media being desperate for a counterweight to Romney's remark.

How is Kaine saying that everyone already pays taxes but he'd consider a proposal that everyone pay some minimum income tax going to cost him the election? Who's vote will he lose? Most people think they pay more income taxes than they do because they don't differentiate withholding from FICA, and I'll bet the idea that "everybody should pay at least something" is a pretty popular position among political independents.

[TroyD]

11. As I said earlier today, it's a lesson of the need to be cautious

We've been getting overconfident this week because of all the good poll numbers, and I think Tim Kaine was a product of this. He didn't realize you need to think before you speak.

I don't think this will be fatal, but it's an important reminder not to take anything for granted for the next 6 weeks.

Better that this happened now rather than a week before the election.