Analysis by Samie Al-Dulaimi
WASHINGTON, July 30 (KUNA) -- Democratic running mate Tim Kaine has added a new dimension to the campaign of his party's presidential nominee Hilary Clinton, while Mike Pence, the running mate of rival Donald Trump, has conceded the Republican duo are "a bit different in style." Kaine compliments Clinton's seriousness with a humble and somewhat humorous approach, while Pence has been seen to contradict his Republican partner on a few occasions.
"Can you serve others? Can you do good for others? It's not about title; it's not about money; it's not about prestige; it's not about popularity. It's not about anything other than serving other people," he told supporters at a rally in Philadelphia on Friday.
Drawing laughter from the crowd on the first day of the bi-party presidential election trail with 100 days left until the general elections, the Virginia Senator critisized the Republican National Convention as a "twisted and negative tour.. through Donald Trump's mind." With the Democrats displaying a unified status the humour seemed almost infectious to Clinton, who about Trump's most recent speech, said, "we might as well have been talking about two different countries or two different planets." Furthermore, US media put a huge spotlight on a speech made by the father of an American Muslim slain soldier on the last night of the DNC on Thursday.
Khizr Khan fiercely lambasted Trump, saying the Republican nominee "smears the character of Muslims.
"He disrespects other minorities, women, judges, even his own party leadership. He vows to build walls and ban us (Muslims) from this country.
"Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution?," he said, adding, "in this document, look for the words, liberty and equal protection of law." He said that people of "all faiths, genders and ethnicities" have died as "patriots" while serving in the army.
Meanwhile, Republican running mate Pence, in a radio interview on Friday critisised President Barack Obama for "name-calling" after the US leader called Trump a "homegrown demagogue" in his DNC speech.
His comments came at the same time Trump, in tweets early on Friday, continued launching his barrage of insults, including "Crooked Hillary" and the newest, "Little Bloomberg", in reference to businessman and media magnate Michael Bloomberg.
Two days ago, Indiana governor Pence at a campaign stop in Michigan, said that he and Trump are "a bit different in style" but share an appreciation for hard work and family values.
Furthermore, the Trump campaign during the RNC a week ago did not see eye-to-eye with the party platform on issues common to America like abortion and women's and gay rights.
Trump was also critisised by Kaine, who in a CNN interview on Friday, attacked the Republican for recently urging the Russian government to launch a cyberattack on Clinton to find emails missing since she was secretary of state.
Kaine called the comments "outrageous" and "something that was just completely out of any historical precedent." The comments, which sparked a national debate that Trump committed treason, were later on Friday described by the Republican nominee as being "sarcastic." In its latest poll on Friday the New York Times showed Clinton slightly edging Trump, 42.6 percent to 42.1 percent percent - the remaining percentage points going to independent candidates.
The numbers show an improvement for the Democrat who had dropped to a 39 percent against 44 percent for Trump in a CNN poll at the beginning of the week. (end) sd