Not because of his experience, his influence in Virginia, or his poll numbers. No, it’s because of his thirteen year old daughter. (From The Onion)
“Oh, sure, yeah, [Kaine] is definitely ready to fill out the ticket by appealing to white blue-collar workers and Latinos,” said Tim Kaine expert and daughter Annella Kaine, 13. “Not! He’ll probably be like, ‘Vote for me and I’ll make everyone go to bed early. Derr, derr, derr.'” For now, no official decision has been announced regarding the Democratic ticket, and Kaine’s children continue to maintain that nothing short of a high-level cabinet position will convince them to allow their dad to talk to any of their friends.