Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine answers questions about yesterday's elections, Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2009 in Richmond. Kaine says Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey had more to do with local issues than the first-year performance of President Barack Obama. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine answers questions about yesterday's elections, Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2009 in Richmond. Kaine says Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey had more to do with local issues than the first-year performance of President Barack Obama.

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  1. CORRECTS SPELLING OF MUHAMMAD - A Corrections officer walks past a guard tower at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be executed at the facility. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine refused to spare the life of Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution for the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead.
  2. A Corrections officer walks past a guard tower at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammed is scheduled to be executed at the facility. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine refused to spare the life of Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution for the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead.
  3. Media set up to cover the execution of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine refused to spare the life of Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead.
  4. RICHMOND, VA - NOVEMBER 04: Virginia Gov. and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine holds a press conference at the State Capitol complex November 4, 2009 in Richmond, Virginia. Kaine discussed the results of yesterday's election results during the press conference.
  5. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine answers questions about yesterday's elections, Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2009 in Richmond. Kaine says Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey had more to do with local issues than the first-year performance of President Barack Obama.
  6. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine answers questions about yesterday's elections, Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2009 in Richmond. Kaine says Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey had more to do with local issues than the first-year performance of President Barack Obama.
  7. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speak to supporters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds, after Deeds' loss in the Virginia governor's race against Republican Bob McDonnell, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at the Democratic election results event in Richmond, Va.
  8. Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds speaks during a campaign stop at Market Square, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Alexandria, Va. With Deeds are from right, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Jim Moran, Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Jim Webb, back far left.
  9. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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