Opinion of Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)?

[Eric J in MN]

I'm not familiar with him. I've seen him mentioned as a possible VP for Hillary Clinton if she's the presidential nominee.

[peacebird]

1. Former gov, very "moldable". Sen Mark Warner has coopted him into thirdway bull.

Very vanilla, milquetoast. Can't say he would add anything to any ticket, except he appears pretty squeaky clean...

[floriduck]

3. And conservative in nature. He's not big on pushing progressive ideas. Perfect for HRC.

[FSogol]

5. What is up with describing Democrats as milquetoast*? Does everyone have to be a bombastic blowhard?

Kaine sits on the Armed Forces Committee. I'd rather have a peaceful, thoughtful guy there than all the pompous glad-handlers that normally show up mugging for TV cameras.

* Seen this description 3-4 times on DU recently to describe Democrats.

[peacebird]

7. He was my gov, was he yours as well?

[FSogol]

9. Yup, worked on his campaigns. Very thoughtful person. n/t

[peacebird]

10. Thoughtful until Mark Warner moved him hard right for ThirdWayers once he got to the Senate

Now? Yeah, puppet for the corporatists and neocons.

[FSogol]

11. Ridiculous.

[noretreatnosurrender]

2. Auditioning for VP

Well that would explain this statement two days after the NY primary:

Sanders needs to back off on his accusations that Clinton is too much in the pocket of banks and corporations because she benefits from donations to her campaign or to super-PACs that support her, said Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, a Clinton supporter.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-21/time-for-sanders-to-cool-the-rhetoric-u-s-senate-democrats-say

[FSogol]

4. Kaine is a good guy. He was on Obama's short list for VP too.

He's against the death penalty and wants to remove the income cap on social security. He's been pushing the GOP to vote on Obama use of the military against ISIS.

He's a former, VA governor, currently in the Senate.

[winter is coming]

8. Wow.

Could you have maybe used a picture where he didn't look like he's thinking about the bodies in the freezer?