RICHMOND — Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, offering a glimpse of what’s to come in his campaign for the U.S. Senate, said Wednesday that he has no intention of backing away from his friendship with President Obama or his support for big-ticket Democratic initiatives, as so many others in his party tried to do in the 2010 midterms. In embracing his connections to Washington and national Democrats, Kaine is attempting to blunt Republican efforts to turn those ties against him during the campaign. Though Kaine only announced his candidacy Tuesday, Republicans are already blasting him as a “cheerleader” for the unpopular Obama and tying him to massive spending initiatives favored by Democrats, including the economic stimulus package and the health care overhaul.
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