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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Ep. 90 - Tim Kaine

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

CNN

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Tim Kaine, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and senator from Virginia, talks to David about his experience doing missionary work in Honduras with the Jesuits and the liberation theology he was exposed to there, why Congress should pass a new military authorization to fight ISIS, and why it’s better to choose optimism over pessimism. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your

0:12.5

host, David Axelrod.

0:15.6

Here's a disclaimer right at the top of this podcast.

0:21.1

Tim Cain is a friend of mine.

0:22.6

I've known him since 2008 when he was a really supportive Barack Obama and his presidential

0:28.6

race. He was a candidate for Vice President, even then, and had a chance to talk with him

0:34.0

in that context and get to know him.

0:37.6

He is one of the most ebullion public spirited people that I've ever met.

0:42.8

So I was happy to catch up with him on the campaign trail last week to talk about his

0:47.6

life, his career, this campaign, and what the future holds should Hillary Clinton get

0:53.9

elected president on November 8th.

0:58.6

We're here with Tim Cain.

1:05.0

Welcome.

1:06.0

We're coming to you, by the way, from the boardroom, and for you, apprentice fans, not that boardroom,

1:11.4

but a boardroom at a hotel in North Carolina where you're about to begin your campaign

1:17.6

day.

1:18.6

And I want to talk to you about the campaign, but first I want to talk to you a little

1:21.4

bit about yourself.

1:24.2

You come from Kansas.

1:25.6

You were mainly raised in Kansas City.

1:27.7

I do, and David, all my family is still there.

1:29.7

I'm kind of the one that got away 32 years ago moving to Virginia.

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