WARNER FOR SENATE: THE SPECULATION IS OVER EMAIL CONFIRMATION RECEIVED HERE! YES!!!
To: ed.dickau@shadowpolitics.us Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:27:48 +0000
Dear Friend,
Thirteen days ago, my friend, Senator John Warner announced his retirement from the US Senate. He has served Virginia and our country with distinction, and brought an independence and civility to office we need to see more of in public life.
After his announcement, I said that I would make my future plans public in the coming days. After a great deal of reflection, talking with my family and friends, I've reached my decision.
I hope you will watch my announcement video -- and join us in this effort.
With best wishes,
Mark Warner
Paid for by Friends of Mark Warner.
201 North Union Street Suite 350
Dear Friend,
Thirteen days ago, my friend, Senator John Warner announced his retirement from the US Senate. He has served Virginia and our country with distinction, and brought an independence and civility to office we need to see more of in public life.
After his announcement, I said that I would make my future plans public in the coming days. After a great deal of reflection, talking with my family and friends, I've reached my decision.
I hope you will watch my announcement video -- and join us in this effort.
With best wishes,
Mark Warner
Paid for by Friends of Mark Warner.
201 North Union Street Suite 350
Alexandria, VA 22314
September 12, 2007, 7:53 pm
Warner for Senate: Mark, Not John
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/warner-for-senate-mark-not-john
http://www.draftmarkwarner.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200510.html
The Associated PressWarner for Senate: Mark Not John - 12 hours ago
Mark Warner of Virginia has told fellow Democrats that he intends to run for the seat being vacated by Senator John Warner, a Republican, who is retiring ...
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By David M. Herszenhorn
WASHINGTON — Former Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia has told fellow Democrats that he intends to run for the seat being vacated by Senator John Warner, a Republican, who is retiring after serving five terms. An aide to Mark Warner said he would announce his decision on Thursday.
The two Warners are not related.
Mark Warner, 52, served as governor from 2002 to 2006 and had briefly contemplated running for the Democratic nomination for president. He had raised $9 million for a potential White House bid before deciding against it last October. Virginia law bars its governors from seeking re-election to a consecutive term.
Early in his career, Mr. Warner served on the staff of Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut. He then went on to make millions in the telecommunications field, and his personal fortune is estimated at more than $200 million.
Virginia will be a key battleground in 2008 as Democrats seek to extend their majority in Congress. Two Republicans have also expressed interest in the Senate seat: Representative Thomas M. Davis and former Gov. Jim Gilmore, who himself mounted a presidential this year before dropping out in July.
by: The Grey Havens
Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 00:56:09 AM EDT
It's no secret, but the whispers are rising to the level of a great roar. Governor Warner will rise for the Senate seat newly vacated by retiring Senator John Warner.
The Virginia Pilot reports:
Former Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, is widely expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, pledging to bring a spirit of bipartisanship to Washington.
Warner, in around-the-clock meetings and phone calls with political advisers in recent weeks, has been weighing whether to run for the Senate seat being vacated next year by longtime Republican incumbent John Warner, or wait until 2009 and run again for governor.
One strategist who asked not to be identified said Warner has put out word to a few that he has decided on the Senate. Many others said Warner had indicated in conversations with them in recent days that he is leaning heavily toward the Senate.
Can you feel it!? That's the electricity of Mark Warner's presence pervading early into the 2007, 2008, and 2009 election cycles...
The Grey Havens :: Mark Warner for Senate 2008
Thursday is the day, but sources say this is nearly a done deal. Mark Warner will run for the US Senate 2008:
"I'd be surprised if he didn't run for the Senate," said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, who said he spoke with Warner on Friday night.
One ally, who spoke with Warner on Monday, said the former governor put his chances of declaring for the Senate at "80-20."
His presence up ballot will raise all ships in 2008, helping Congressional Democrats and putting Virginia powerfully in play for the Presidential election.
Closer to home, Mark Warner's name and image, as the hallmark of Virginia Democrats, will only serve to reinforce the powerful gathering storm that is threatening to give Democrats control of the Virginia Senate, and potentially the House this year.
This is the starting gun for the Brigades of volunteers who helped elect Tim Kaine and Jim Webb in recent years. The wind is at our backs. Every electoral prize in 2007, 2008, and 2009 is within reach if we simply do what we can.
Virginia is the home of Tim Kaine, Jim Webb, and Mark Warner. There's never been a better time to be a fightin' Virginia Democrat!
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I'll admit, victory means momentum (4.00 / 1)
If we can pull off another victory in Virginia, it means momentum. If we can somehow manage to miraculously win turn VA Blue by voting for a Dem President, then we would certainly have the momentum to carry us into 2009's race (as long as we don't have an little spat between Deeds and Moran supporters).
Though I wish Mark not John would run for Governor, I'll do everything I can to help him be elected Senator.
"Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." -Robert E. Lee
by: DanG @ Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 00:00:11 AM CDT
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I wholeheartedly endorse Mark Warner for US Senate.
God Bless the Great Commonwealth of Virginia and God Bless America!!!
by: The Grey Havens @ Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 00:04:21 AM CDT
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It's like a big, blue avalanche (0.00 / 0)
Kerrey, Warner, Shaheen....
Political HayMark Warner's Choice By Liz Mair Published 9/10/2007 12:08:11 AM
In the wake of Republican Sen. John Warner's retirement announcement just over a week ago, focus has shifted away from the Senate maverick to another outside-the-mold Warner of Virginia politics -- Democratic ex-Gov. Mark Warner.
Speculation has been rife for months that if Sen. Warner declined to run for re-election in 2008, the former Governor would step into the ring. However, over Labor Day weekend, Mr. Warner made clear that he is weighing at least two options: running for Senate (as anticipated), or running for Governor again (less so). A third option has also been mentioned: joining the 2008 Democratic presidential ticket in the vice-presidential slot.
Any and all of
On the one hand, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is eager to sign Mr. Warner on as the Democrats' candidate for the 2008 Virginia Senate race. Over Labor Day weekend, on ABC's This Week, he said he hoped that Mr. Warner would run and praised him as "outstanding," and "just exemplary."
Mr. Warner would likely fare better in the race than would current Gov. Tim Kaine, who has also been mentioned as a potential candidate (Mr. Kaine's approval rating currently stands at a rather low 54 percent). Ditto that for Virginia Reps. Rick Boucher or Bobby Scott, whose names have also been thrown into the mix, but who are significantly less well-known across the Old Dominion. But while Mr. Schumer may be angling for Mr. Warner to step into the ring -- his ring, specifically -- a look at the ex-Governor's background suggests that spending six years in the U.S. Senate just may not be his style.
Prior to his election as Governor, Mr. Warner helped to found Nextel, and then venture capital firm Columbia Capital. That suggests a flair for the executive -- and that like his fellow former Virginia governor, ex-Sen. George Allen, the deliberative, stuffy Senate could end up boring him. For a man who seems to like running things, not debating and taking orders from his colleagues, the smart money is on him taking a serious look at running for Governor again.
Virginia law limits gubernatorial terms to one at a time. But, with Mr. Warner's political heir, Mr. Kaine, due to finish his term in January 2010, there is nothing that would prevent Mr. Warner from stepping into the ring again in 2009 to reclaim his old job. However, the question is, for a man who looks like he's itching to get back into elected office, can he wait that long? And what will he do in the meantime?
This consideration probably tips the scales towards a Senate run. However, with his name still in the mix as a preferred vice presidential candidate in 2008, Mr. Warner might just be able to have his cake and eat it, too.
With Sen. Hillary Clinton currently polling 16.8 percent ahead of her nearest rival, nationally, according to the latest Real Clear Politics average, and ahead by a noticeable margin in most early primary state polls, the current presumption is that she will be the Democratic nominee. The probability of that outcome will feature heavily in Mr. Warner's decision-making, with his name remaining at the top of the veep-nominee list.
Certainly, adding Mr. Warner to a presidential ticket would be a smart move for Mrs. Clinton. Yes, he did raise taxes on a bigger scale than ever before seen in Virginia, relying on disarray amongst Republicans to get the hike through.
But he also scored better than five of his fellow first-term governors, including one Republican, and eleven second-term governors, including six Republicans, on the CATO Institute's 2004 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors (19 first-term, and 6 second-term, governors scored better than Mr. Warner). That makes him look more moderate than Mrs. Clinton, who despite all of her efforts at centrist positioning in the Senate, is still perceived as being of the far left by much of the electorate.
But would a Clinton-Warner team work? When Mr. Warner withdrew his name from presidential consideration last year, there was speculation in Democratic circles that Mrs. Clinton forced him out of the race. What is certain is that last year, Mrs. Clinton's assistants sought to smack Mr. Warner down after he commented that she "couldn't win" (without him on her ticket, he might just be proved correct).
In light of that apparent rivalry, the smart money has to be on Mr. Warner not banking on a vice-presidential nomination. And that, combined with his evident desire to get back into the political ring and quickly, suggests that a Senate candidacy on the part of the other Mr. Warner will be forthcoming.
Liz Mair is a political columnist, commentator, and consultant in Arlington, Virginia. She writes daily at
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