Mark R. Warner'08 - It is starting already...

[Meshuga]

Popular red state Democratic governor. Sounds like an interesting choice for 2008 indeed.

http://www.draftwarner.com/

[dennis4868]

1. dude.....

i dont know about you but I think we first need to get over our depression over the fact that a criminal, lying, corrupt, and scumbag won the presidency and that 59 million people could be fooled into thinking that he is a good guy before we start thinking about 2008.

[Kahuna]

17. Uhh.. Some us don't need to wallow in our pain.. Some of us need to take

constuctive action. I'm one of those people. If you and others still need time to regroup, fine. Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything.

[montana500]

2. whats his environmental record?

[Meshuga]

3. I don't know

I just saw the site...

[smiley_glad_hands]

4. Better than our last two governors thats for damn sure.

Under Allen (now Senator) the DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) people couldn't tell whether they were coming or going---feds (under Clinton) threatened to take over enforcement from the state. Warner is very wealthy, moderate, and wouldn't be a bad choice IMHOP.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. Is Warner good on basic democratic issues?

I know he's good on a woman's right to choose, what about minimum wage, the enviornment, healthcare, etc. I know you guys have a Repuke legislature so it's hard to judge him entirely by what he's done as governor of VA.

[smiley_glad_hands]

15. He got Tax Reform through a puke dominated Legislature.

National pukes were pissed, but he got it through by framing it in a way that appealed to most Virginians. Hell, if he never did anything else, that should be considered a monumental success as far as I'm concerned. I've heard puke politicians here describe our state gov't being run like a business (efficiently) as a though it were a negative connotation. I think he has some skills.

[ryban]

5. When is his term up in Virginia?

Intriguing. I don't know if he's the one but, he's got the profile of the kind of candidate Democrats should consider: A governor from a red state with an apparent ability to generate the vote of rural conservatives.

What were the big issues in his last campaign? I recall something about a tax issue related to Northern Virginia transportation; and then there was something related to guns.

Also, how's his popularity?

[smiley_glad_hands]

22. He walks a fine line here,

but he's pretty popular. He has brought accountability to VDOT, kept our AAA bond rating, funded education, and balanced our state's budget while most other states were still in shock from the Bush tax cuts and recession.

By the way, Va is meeting its SOL requirements under NCLBA.

[hollywood926]

6. At the risk of offending middle-aged white males...

I love you guys, but...

CLINTON/OBAMA '08!

It is time.

[Abelman]

7. CLARK/OBAMA '08

So deadly serious.

[gavodotcom]

10. i think obama needs more time.

illinois politics isn't an exciting record to run on.

[hollywood926]

27. Neither is TX governorship-OBAMA'08

[gavodotcom]

30. lol, i like your enthusiasm. i love obama, he's my senator!!!

[Abelman]

29. Yeah,

But I couldn't think of anyone else for VP.

[gavodotcom]

32. i'm with you. i love the guy.

but i think it's dangerous to get him on a ticket too early. in all honesty, it depends on whomever the republicans throw up counter our nominee. i want a slam dunk for obama, just because he's too important to us. i know, i know, i'm selfish. ;)

[KittyWampus]

16. God, Two Posters In A Row That Aren't Too Clever....

[Kahuna]

24. That's not nice...

:evilgrin:

[hollywood926]

28. Elaborate, asshole.

[mmonk]

8. Howard Dean

except next time, don't let the media define him. Kucinich would be good as well.

[Abelman]

31. No way, my friend

Dean's going to be DNC chair if I have anything to say about it.

wait...


DAMMIT!

Well, I'm still going to help get him there.

[Kahuna]

34. I don't really think that Dean will be interested in running again..

nt

[librechik]

11. Edwards! n/t

[PopSixSquish]

12. His Term Ends in 2006 and VA Law Only Allows for One Term

stupid law, but there it is.

But guess who has to stand for re-election in 2006? Senator George Allen.

Rumor has it that Warner is being lobbied hard by the Dems to take on Allen.

[Hippo_Tron]

20. Being a senator might fuck his chances at the presidency...

If he wants the job I think that he should go for it. The dems seem to do well with southern governors.

[smiley_glad_hands]

25. I don't think he should run for Senator either.

[PopSixSquish]

37. Don't Know That He Will Run for the Senate

Just what I'm hearing...There are some folks who really want to take down Allen.

[StupidFOX]

13. Mwaahaahaahaa!!! (wrings hands evilly)

He's perfect... perfect... the very image of an cracker/evangelical Christian with a Democrat inside.

:evilgrin:

Next Clinton right there.

[smiley_glad_hands]

26. Exactly.

[NewJeffCT]

14. One thing you can be sure of...

One thing we can be sure of, Republicans are making a list of potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2008 (Warner, Easley, Bayh, Clinton, Obama, Clark, Dean, etc) & writing down or recording every public word they say. That way, when the primaries are over in early 2008, the RW propaganda machine will have a whole arsenal of material to drop on our eventual nominee. If Kerry hadn't won the nomination, it wouldn't have mattered - they'd have unloaded the same crap on Dean, Clark, Edwards or whomever.

So, that said, what are Warner's negatives? He's a moderate, but that only scares the close-minded liberals among us.

[smiley_glad_hands]

18. He's very wealthy.

If you can consider that a negative, but he was a successful business man.

[Kahuna]

19. Absolutely they are already doing their opposition research..

we should be doing the same thing. By the same token, we should start vetting potential candidates right now. I'm all in favor of vetting Warner, any other possible candidates. So far, I'm only slightly familiar with Warner. But I am impressed by what I've seen. I'm very interested in learning more about him.

[Hippo_Tron]

21. I'm a liberal and that doesn't scare me...

I'm realizing more after this election that the country isn't quite ready to accept a liberal. Not that Kerry was a liberal but he was sure as hell portrayed as one. If we put a moderate in, that's fine with me, as long as he's a decent guy with integrity.

[smiley_glad_hands]

23. I think he's a decent guy with integrity.

He has done everything (i think) he's said he was going to do.

[Progressive420]

33. I am from VA and I have met Governor Warner several times he is really

nice likable guy he has charisma too if he doesnt run for Senate I would love to see him run for president only thing is he really lacks in foreign policy but a Warner/Clark ticket would work for me!

[Kahuna]

36. That's the ticket for me. (so far) Warner/Clark...

We're just throwing names and ideas out at this point. But so far, Warner's name keeps popping up. Of course, I like Richardson too. I wish he had run as VP with Kerry.

[fairfaxvadem]

35. Governor Warner is a natural.

Not sure how he'd do going for the White House, but I think he could take on Allen handily. Hope he does. Up close and personal, he has enormous charisma, you just know he is "somebody" when he walks into a room. He ran a damn good campaign for Governor.

And Tim Kaine is going to clean Kilgore's clock next November.

(for you non-virginians, Kaine is LG, and Kilgore is icky AG)

We put alot of fear into the Old Dominion's republican party on Tuesday, no doubt about.

Time to turn Virginia blue.