A nice history lesson from the NY Observer's Steve Kornacki, who notes that having keynoters and VPs from the same state is not uncommon:

* 1984, when New York Governor Mario Cuomo delivered the keynote address that made him famous, followed a few nights later by the vice-presidential acceptance speech of New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro. Hell, Cuomo and Ferraro didn't just share a home state - they came from the same borough.

* 1988, when Texas state Treasurer Ann Richards keynoted the Democratic convention in Atlanta - where fellow Texan Lloyd Bentsen was subsequently nominated for vice president.

* 1996, when Staten Island's own Susan Molinari was Bob Dole's handpicked keynote speaker at the Republican convention in San Diego, just as Molinari's fellow New Yorker, former Rep. and H.U.D. Secretary Jack Kemp, was Dole V.P. choice.

* And while it's not technically the same, it's worth noting that Al Gore saw not problems in 2000 when, as the Democrats' presidential nominee, he asked his fellow Tennessean Harold Ford Jr. to deliver the keynote address.

Kornacki still agrees with the consensus that Kaine's stock has fallen. He just offers this helpful reminder to all the chattering chatterers.