Mark Warner as VP for Kerry or Clark?

[Joe the Revelator]

VA governor. Great campaigner, great looks, great resume, no obvious downsides. I worked on his gubernatorial election as a regional press secretary and he was untouchable.He would put VA heavily in play.

[spooky3]

1. I disagree. I don't think he has yet

proven himself for most Virginia voters. A year from now, it would make more sense to me.

[Joe the Revelator]

3. I doubt he'll get the nod this year..

but i hope he runs for John Warner's senate seat when John retires, and set himself up to get on a presidential ticket.

[JI7]

5. would rather get rid of george allen

i would rather see him beat george allen. i don't agree with john warner but i don't dislike him eiter. but george allen makes me puke. i want that asshole out of there.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Yeah but Allen is popular here

and John is retiring. It'd make more sense to go after that seat.

[JI7]

7. that's gross

i can't believe that fool is popular. but you are right, if john warner is going to retire anyways, mark warner should go for it. so there is no hope for getting rid of george allen when he is up for reelection ? i would love to get rid of him and norm coleman.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. Well there's always a chance

but VA still likes its "good ol boys" and Allen likes to run around in cowboy boots so it works unfortunately

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

13. Allen has no more of a right to wear cowboy boots

and pass himself off as "common folk" than Bush* does

[Joe the Revelator]

14. No Shit....

but it works in the western,dumber part of the state

[JI7]

2. he endorsed john kerry

i was a bit surprised by that. i thought he would endorse clark or edwards. but i can see him as vp for any of them. i have heard him speak and he sounds very good.

[Joe the Revelator]

15. Out of curiosity

when did he do that?

[JI7]

18. i think it's planned

the news came out yesterday. but i think they are planning a formal announcement next week.

[mot78]

4. Doesn't have enough experiance

Edwards would fill the same roll as Warner IMO.

[mmonk]

8. Maybe

but he's DLC I think. I would look at it however.

[bhunt70]

10. Thats funny, I was thinking the same thing.

[stickdog]

11. And the DLC just loves him!!!

:loveya:

[Joe the Revelator]

12. I don't care if he'sDLC or not...

he's been the most progressive governor in VA in at least the last 14 years.

[dolstein]

16. Doug Wilder served as governor from 1989-1993

It's interesting that you consider Warner to be more progressive than Wilder. Granted, Wilder was a moderate governor, in the mold of Robb and Baliles before him, but I never thought of Warner as being any more progressive than Wilder was.

[Joe the Revelator]

17. Just a quick comparison

Wilder made a proclamation celebrating Confederate History Month, Warner did not at the risk of alienating half of the state. Thats just a quick and dirty example on the surface,Wilder was not a good governor and he differently wasn't a progressive.

[Joe the Revelator]

19. Warner's actually going to be on CNN in the next half hour eom

[yellowcanine]

20. Too green, needs to establish his "bona fides"

I think he is doing a great job as gov. of Virginia but he is just getting started. I also don't think having him on the ticket would necessarily pull Virginia into the Dem column. Virginia governors are limited to one term and I think VA voters would resent Warner for "jumping" to run as VP.