(Terry) McAuliffe Files Papers To Run for Governor

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, filed paperwork today to run for governor next year.

McAuliffe said he's still not certain he will formally enter the race, but plans to spend the next two months traveling around the state talking to voters. He will also begin assembling a campaign team.

In an interview today, McAuliffe says he will campaign as a Richmond outsider who will make improving the state's economy his central issue.

'Tim and Mark have done a great job, but they have continually been held back and I think Richmond has been a road block," said McAuliffe, referring to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) and former governor Mark R. Warner (D). "Richmond is not doing what needs to be done in terms of forward thinking, big bold ideas and if I decide to run I will be all about big, bold ideas."

Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/...

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I guess one week off was enough...

[Hawkeye-X]

1. I hope McAwful doesn't get past the primaries.

Or Virginia would be in big trouble again....

Virginia just went solid blue.. Can a DLC fuckwit like McAwful wait about oh, say, 10,000 years, before even thinking about it?

Hopefully a real progressive will challenge McAwful and toss him aside. Isn't Kaine NOT yet term limnited?

Hawkeye-X

[brooklynite]

2. Virginia Governors are allowed ONLY one term...

[B3Nut]

10. Actually, they can serve 2 terms as Governor

but not consecutively.

[BootinUp]

4. The definition of "real progressive"

There are 2 types:

1) Someone who could never win a national election nor a statewide election if their life depended on it.

2) Someone who really hasn't been around long enough and hasn't YET been forced to take the kind of position unpopular with the active wing of the party.

[bluestateguy]

3. This is a joke right?

nt

[zehnkatzen]

5. Oh, Dear Ghod, No.

Someone get McAuliffe a cushy think tank job and a seldom-watched cable news show STAT!

He nearly ran the Democratic party out of business!

Please don't do it, Terry. Someone in Virginia needs to come to their senses now, sit him down, and tell him his 15 minutes are up!

[MBS]

6. Ditto, ditto, ditto, but I'd go even further

Please also keep him off cable (even obscure cable)and any position of visibility. I really, truly, cannot stand the thought of hearing him or seeing him at ALL, ever again.

[judasdisney]

7. (1) Rahm rewarded (2) Dean ousted (3) McAuliffe runs... Is Obama DLC? Did I miss something?

[brooklynite]

12. Dean wasn't ousted...he didn't plan to stay on past '08

[w4rma]

8. No, no, no, please tell me he isn't going to run in Virginia. He's going to cost Dems here. (nt)

[Lucky 13]

9. Oh hell to the NO

I don't see Virginians electing him to anything. Well, maybe dog catcher.

[NikolaC]

11. Oh Heck No

There has got to be a better Dem for the job than him. He sure won't be getting my vote.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. Do us a favor, Terry

Run as a Republican.

[LiberalFighter]

14. At least he waited until after the election to announce.

We had a mayor here that announced he wasn't running for re-election in 2007 right before the election in 2006.

[riverdeep]

15. And next, Bob Shrum to run for a house seat.

Let's get all the milquetoast and comprised losers into a race. Did they learn nothing from a week ago? People didn't stand five hours in line for DLC.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Sometimes you have to flush 3 or four times to get that shit down the crapper.

Something about the counter-clockwise rotation in the Northern hemisphere.