Interesting column in the WSJ by Jerry Seib on a Mark Warner candidacy in 2008:
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"Democrats ... may want to remember that there is a particular kind of leader who in the past has succeeded in shepherding them out of the political wilderness: a moderate Southern governor who knows how to win in those red states, who is able to win over Republicans and who can speak to the middle on social issues.
"In this hour of their gloom, the good news for Democrats is that they have precisely such a figure within their ranks. He is Mark Warner, the governor of Virginia. In the party's search for fresh faces to guide it now, his may well be the most appealing."
We could do worse.