Just throwing it out there...?

WV GOVERNOR PREDICTS KAINE AS VP

Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:08 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC's Alex Wall

Despite all the talk of Biden for VP, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) said he predicts that Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) will be Obama's No. 2.

Speaking to a reporter from WSAZ in Charleston, W.V., Manchin made the case for his "dear friend."

"I am predicting that Tim Kaine will be the VP pick, and I think that this country will be blessed if that happens, and I know Barack will have a strong, strong ticket," he said. "Tim speaks very eloquently about the balance that's needed for energy and the compassion for people and the things that we believe in. It just resonates."

Manchin said he had just spoken to Kaine on the phone and that the Virginia governor still didn't know who the VP will be.

"Fingers are crossed," Manchin said. "He don't know. We just talked, he says, 'To be honest with you, Joe, I don't know.'"

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