WP: Outside of Va., Governor Mark Warner's National Ambitions Shine

[DeepModem Mom]

Outside of Va., Warner's National Ambitions Shine
Speech in Arizona Discusses Medicaid, Deficit Reduction -- and the 2008 Presidential Election

By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 11, 2005; Page B01


PHOENIX -- More than 2,000 miles from home, one hardly needs to be coy about intentions.

So Virginia's Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner wasn't.

In front of 400 Arizona Democrats on Saturday night, Warner dropped his familiar, "I'm just focused on being the best governor I can be" routine. That's an applause line in Virginia, where Warner will be chief executive for a few more months.

Instead, Warner gave a speech to the Arizona Heritage Dinner that focused on where national Democrats need to go -- and what kind of person they need to pick -- if they want to recapture the White House and the Congress from Republicans.

"Americans want somebody who is going to be straight with them even if telling the truth may not be what they want to hear," Warner said as he called for bipartisan efforts to confront the deficit, Medicaid spending, health insurance and education. "This country is ready for a party and leaders to reclaim the sensible center. My fellow Democrats, it ought to be us."...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000827.html

[Melodybe]

1. Been there, heard that, sorry but dems say that shit so often it has

no effect on me.

Former MS Gov. Ronnie Musgrove gave the same speech about a month ago, I wanted to barf both times, considering that Musgrove left MS about 40 million dollars richer, this little speech is completely worthless.

Talk about an auditable and transparent voting system, talk about breaking up the media monopoloies, talk about ending the Bush tax cuts, then maybe I'll listen but until then they are just wasting our fucking time.

[BornLeft]

3. when we lose the

ability to believe and have hope the repugs have won.

[Melodybe]

5. I have plenty of hope, I am just loosing my ability to depend on elected

Democrats for anything.

End this retoric that Americans have heard 50 million times already and then maybe we could win.

[OneBlueSky]

2. Warner was at this year's Bilderberger conference . . .

that tells me all I need to know about him . . .

[Pithy Cherub]

6. And that is all I needed to know... next...

[geek tragedy]

4. Warner's exactly the kind of guy who can throw the Repugs out of the White

House.