Tim Kaine for VP?

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So the hot name coming out of DC today is Tim Kaine. Kaine, the Governor of Virginia, is being mentioned pretty heavily as being "very, very high" on the short list for Senator Obama. Kaine was the first Gov. to endorse Obama. Just some facts taken from the Governor's official site: * Birth Date: February 26, 1958 * Birth Place: St. Paul, Minnesota * Undergraduate Degree: University of Missouri, 1979 * Law School Degree: Harvard, 1983 * Family: Married to Anne Holton; three children - Nat, Woody, and Annella * Religion: Catholic * Party: Democrat A Lifetime of Public Service Governor Kaine’s career of public service began when he took a year off from law school to volunteer with missionaries in Honduras. There, he served as the principal of a small Catholic school that taught teenagers basic carpentry and welding skills. Governor Kaine practiced law in Richmond for 17 years, representing people who had been denied housing opportunities because of their race or disability. He won many precedent-setting cases in this area and was recognized by local, state and national organizations for his fair-housing advocacy. Kaine also taught legal ethics for six years at the University of Richmond Law School. Governor Kaine entered political life in 1994 and was elected to four terms on the City Council, including two terms as Richmond’s mayor, where he worked to build Richmond’s first new schools in a generation, cut taxes and slash the city’s crime rate. Richmond’s success in reducing violent crime won national recognition from Presidents Clinton and Bush and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The improvements in Richmond’s economy during Kaine’s tenure earned the city its first-ever listing in Forbes Magazine’s annual ranking of the top 10 cities in America for doing business. Governor Kaine was elected Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor in 2001. He worked for four years with Governor Mark Warner to reform the state’s budget and invest new resources in education. Governor Kaine has been elected to become Chairman of the Southern Governors Association in the summer of 2008. What do you think?