Dems versus Dems
How better to prove you're a team player than to take a couple of good swipes at your potential ticket mate and the leader of your party?
Del. Viola Baskerville, one of the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, is under fire from some in her party because she has criticized Tim Kaine's tax-cutting proposal. Today, her campaign manager insisted that she's a good team player, but in the process gave the back of his hand to both Kaine and Gov. Mark Warner (D).
In the e-mail, B.J. Neidhardt writes that "Kaine certainly knows from experience that Democrats can win statewide office even when they don't agree on everything ... or has he forgotten being stiff armed by running mate Mark Warner the day after his primary victory in 2001?"
Stiff armed? That probably refers to Warner's decision in 2001 to distance himself from Kaine's position on capital punishment and guns. Now, however, Warner's fully in Kaine's camp, and Kaine has spent much of the campaign wrapping himself in Warner-style rhetoric.
The Kaine response to all of this? "We are completely mystified by what [the Baskerville campaign] is talking about," said Communications Director Mo Elleithee. "Mark Warner and Tim Kaine were total partners in 2001, since 2001 and in 2005."
By Michael Shear |
June 2, 2005; 2:17 PM ET
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Here is a reminder for the Kaine campaign:
And when Richmond Mayor Timothy M. Kaine, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, said he supported a moratorium on the death penalty, Warner stepped forward to say: "I disagree. I believe we need to make sure the death penalty is carried out fairly. But I believe at this point there is not undue bias."(Washington Post, 6/14/01)
In response to reporters' questions, Warner said he disagreed with his running mates' stands on the death penalty and gun control. (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 6/14/01)