October 22, 2008 06:46 PM UTC

Governor Kaine campaigns in Colorado

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• by: Jenn at Obama for America in Colorado

From the Colorado for Obama blog:

With less than two weeks left until November 4th, Colorado is shaping up to be one of the most important states in the election. As proof of Colorado’s importance, Tim Kaine, the governor of another important battleground state, Virginia, traveled out west to campaign for Barack.

Speaking to a crowded room in Loveland, the Governor said:

They have me camped out in Virginia all the time because Virginia is like Colorado, we could go either way. Most of my weekends are spent campaigning in Virginia. I said I’ll give you one weekend out-of-state between Labor Day and Election Day and they said come to Colorado.

Governor Kaine described three of the most important issues to Americans today: becoming energy independent, fixing our economy by supporting the middle class and small businesses and establishing universal health care. He outlined Barack’s policies for each of these issues explaining why Barack offers the best solutions for America.

Governor Kaine explained that Barack will give tax cuts to 95% of Americans and will eliminate capitol gains taxes for small businesses.

He said:

I want big businesses and wealthy individuals to do well but they just don’t need our help, they’re going to do well. The people who need our help right now are the small businesses and the middle class. We need to help the middle class and the small businesses that are the backbone of the economy. Small businesses are responsible for the overwhelming majority of job growth in this country, an overwhelming majority of Americans work for small businesses. We ought to be targeting our strategies to them.

Senator Obama and Senator McCain define success differently and their definition of success tells you how they’ll govern. I want somebody who is going to govern by putting the middle class and small businesses first. And that person is Barack Obama.