Brian Patton

Brian October 30th, 2005

Another large paper in Southwest Virginia has endorsed Tim Kaine and Creigh Deeds.

The ads [Kilgore] ran attacking Kaine’s principled opposition to the death penalty have been shameless and, according to some polls, counterproductive.

. . .

[T]he fiscal recklessness of Kilgore’s campaign is most distressing. He has simultaneously attacked the 2004 budget compromise while making promises that would consume every bit of the revenue it generated, and then some.

Kaine’s campaign has been more serious, and more positive — despite a couple of questionable potshots aimed at Kilgore.

Throughout his campaign, Kaine has made it clear that he understands the wisdom, and the necessity, of investing in Virginia’s future.

A smaller, Southwest Virginia paper, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, has also endorsed Tim Kaine.

These endorsements, along with this one from the Bristol Herald Courier, are proving that Kilgore does not get a free pass in Southwest Virginia just because he was originally from here.

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