Governor Tim Kaine joined Delegates Poisson, Caputo, and Plum, as well as retired Senator Waddell, at Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling for a rousing rally for Democratic Candidate Mark Herring (33rd senate district). Delegate David Poisson opened the rally with stories from the floor of the House of Delegates--describing, at one point, his freshman experience as almost a "hazing." Nevertheless, he reported on the great progress he's making in advancing regional concerns. 
Governor Tim Kaine took over, telling of his appreciation for area voters, his plans to give the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union Address (Kaine's stipulation: he'd write it himself) and his long relationship with Mark Herring (amazingly stretching back to the days when Kaine taught a law school class and Herring was his student). Finally, Mark Herring took the stage, firing up the crowd with a speech that promised to bring better policy to the district, which includes Loudoun and parts of Fairfax county.
The rally ended enthusiastically, with Herring's stepfather, Senator Waddell singing a customized version of the Carter family classic song, Wabash Cannonball to the packed house of 450 supporters. Folks cried out for Kaine to bring out his harmonica--but unfortunately, he had left it at home!