It didn't seem right that we'd just post our list of The Top 25 Reasons Not to Vote for Jerry Kilgore on Raising Kaine. We owe it to our readers to say why we support Tim Kaine for Governor. The real problem with both these lists was paring them down to ONLY 25 items each. Well, we did our best. Here is our countdown of The Top 25 Reasons to Vote for Tim Kaine , counting down one-by-one, here's #17.17. Tim Kaine has actually balanced a budget. First as Mayor of Richmond, then as Lt Governor, Tim Kaine has managed and balanced large municipal budgets. His opponent has no experience in these areas.
Management experience doesn't often come across as sexy or even as important in today's political discourse. In light of Hurricane Katrina, Management isn't just important, it's a matter of life and death:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine is asking voters to think about the sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina as they evaluate him and his opponents in the Nov. 8 election on the most mundane of political topics: their management skills.Gingerly at first, and lately with more gusto, Kaine is making the hurricane's aftermath an issue in the final weeks of the 2005 campaign. In speeches and advertisements, Kaine is betting that voters are ready to care more about how a governor actually governs.
"We have all watched on television the last month or so, and we've all seen the consequences of poor management," Kaine said in a speech to donors last week. "We've all seen the difference that management can make. It's not just about boring details. Management can be life or death."