Senator Tim Kaine stands with Elizabeth Warren.... [View all]

[brooklynite]

...in encouraging Hillary Clinton to run for President.

In 2006, when I was serving as Governor of Virginia, I told my friend, then-Senator Barack Obama, that I would support him if he ran for president in 2008. I made my decision early because I figured that the sooner I started helping, the more helpful I would be. It was an historic effort that broke barriers and changed politics forever.

If Hillary Clinton decides to run for president in 2016, I know that she can achieve all that and more. The best thing for our country – our growing, diverse, dynamic, innovative country – is for us to do all we can to help Hillary Clinton get elected as our 45th President. I'll be starting my fifth year in the Senate on Inauguration Day 2017, and she's the partner I know I'll want to be working with in the White House on all fronts.

But we can't just cross our fingers and hope that she runs. There is too much at stake for that. Together, with one voice, we need to send a clear and unmistakable message that America is ready for Hillary.