On the road again ... Tim Kaine crisscrosses the U.S. for DNC

The media have taken notice of Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine's MIA status in Virginia, something brought to the attention of the public for Republican Party of Virginia's Chairman Pat Mullins. Today he is on the road again in Minneapolis; next week he is scheduled to be in Colorado.

A Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed with the governor's office by RPV requesting travel and expense records. It was denied.

Associated Press (AP) filed an FOIA request. It was denied.

The Washington Post filed an FOIA request. It was denied. They did their own research and determined the Governor was spending 30% of his time outside Virginia on his moonlighting job.

RPV wrote:

The news media these days is doing a nice job of keeping Tim Kaine’s feet to the fire over his obfuscation related to his time, energy and resources spent doing his sideline job of Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The Washington Post – one of the news organizations which filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the governor’s office – has been frustrated in its repeated attempts to learn about the political movements of our elected chief executive. The Post has determined that Kaine spends approximately 30-percent of his work week doing the bidding of his political party rather than seeing to the needs of Virginians struggling with joblessness and the flagging Obama economy. See the Post’s story on this here.

Maybe the DNC Chair has to work so hard because President Obama's job approval ratings have dipped. Again from RPV:

... both Tim Kaine and Barack Obama have dipped under the magic 50-percent mark for job approval ratings. Kaine registers at 49-percent, while Obama comes in at 48-percent, according to a recent poll conducted by the Democrat pollster Public Policy Polling out of Raleigh, North Carolina.

You would think that with rising unemployment, enormous budget deficits and crumbling transportation infrastructure, Kaine would refocus his energies on his many tasks here at home in the Commonwealth. You would think that, but you would be wrong. Instead he is off on another series of junkets to Mississippi, Minnesota and Colorado.

No wonder less than half of Virginia citizens think he is doing a good job.

Bob over at The Journey blog responded to an earlier post with words to the Willie Nelson song that suited Gov. Kaine:

On the road again...
I can't wait to be
On the road again...
The life I love is raising money for my friends!
I can't wait to be on the road again!

Stay tuned to Gov. Kaine's next DNC adventure on the road again....