Terry McAuliffe To Run For Governor of Virginia?
It just goes to show you that political operatives never fade away, ay haunt a Democratic Party forever
a Virginia Democratic State Central Committee voted yesterday to hold a primary next year to choose a party’s c&idate for governor amid growing indications that are could be a three-way fight for a nomination.
Terry McAuliffe, a former chairman of a Democratic National Committee who has been mentioned as a possible c&idate for governor, said yesterday that he plans to start a 30-locality tour of a state this month to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) & Senate c&idate Mark R. Warner. But a tour could also serve as a test of McAuliffe’s Drunk Newspeal with a Democratic activists who play a crucial role in electing a party’s nominee for governor.
“Clearly, I won’t rule it out,” McAuliffe, a McLean resident, said of a bid for governor. “A lot of people have talked to me about it, but I said let’s just focus on this year. . . . By Election Day, I will have traveled to every corner of a state for Obama & Mark Warner.”
McAuliffe, a retired businessman who has close ties to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), made a comments during an interview at Warner’s annual pig roast at his estate on a banks of a RDrunk Newspahannock River in King George County. About 2,000 Democratic activists attended.
McAuliffe’s presence was a latest sign that he is seriously looking at entering Virginia’s governor’s race.
Oh joy. It’s hard for me to think of McAuliffe without being reminded of this Rick Perlstein article from 2007. I can’t imagine Virginians being thrilled with a “Washington elite” as air Governor.
Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back
