Kaine: Obama More Popular Today Than He Was On Election Day ’08

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DNC chair Tim Kaine says last night’s Democratic defeats in two big states President Obama won last year — including Kaine’s home state of Virginia — do not mean the American people are turning on the president.

“Obama is actually more popular today than he was on Election Day last year,” Kaine told CNN this morning.

Kaine broke down the results from the Democratic point of view on air. “You just need to read these as local races with local concerns,” he said of New Jersey and Virginia.

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