Tim Kaine splits with Obama on birth control rule for religious groups

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10. Hmm

If he is foolish enough to think that this kind of differentiation is going to suck in the pro life conservative vote to the point where they cannot discern the difference between the words "Democrat" and "Republican" when the average conservative goes the polls. Of course if it does happen to work then so be it. Oddly though conservative democrats don't always do well in 'red states' and actual progressive Democrats pull upsets more often than these conservadems, but if this is Kaines idea of strategy in his race for the seat he is running for then fine.

What I do not accept is the rewarding of bad strategy with Democratic Party Chairman or giving the position to one of the most conservative members of the party out of some foolish sense that it will have good results.

The continual support of conservative democrats and the constant look out for Republican switch candidates is what is making it impossible to run on a consistent, coherant platform as a party.

I fully expect that Kaine will lose again and be awarded with some other position of prominence in the party. I would only challenge why are we bothering to groom people who disagree with the majority of the democratic party and who do not win elections for positions of prominence?