Difference.

Given what we've accomplished together this past month, the difference between our party and Republicans leaders couldn't be any clearer.

As President Obama noted yesterday, we've done more to advance health care coverage in this last month than we have in the last decade.

As a result of expanding SCHIP, 11 million children are now guaranteed health care. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we've made unprecedented investments in health care, education, renewable energy, and transportation.

That Recovery plan will also create or save 3.5 million jobs and jump-start our economy through projects that will repair America's crumbling infrastructure.

That's a far cry from what Republicans leaders have been up to.

Nearly every Republican in Congress voted against the Recovery plan. Instead, they're following Rush Limbaugh, who last week reiterated his hope that President Obama fails.

And yesterday, after doing the right thing and denouncing Limbaugh's comments, the chairman of the Republican National Committee called Limbaugh to apologize.

Following Rush Limbaugh and the failed attack politics of the past -- as Republicans are doing -- is not the kind of leadership that's going to get America back on a path to strength and prosperity.

So it's going to be up to us to lead the way.

Thanks,

Gov. Tim Kaine