(crossposted from Cobalt6)
"There has always been a question about whether Terry McAuliffe would really stand behind President Barack Obama if he were elected Governor of Virginia. It’s one thing to say you will, but by having a fundraiser with Ed Rogers he’s proven that he won’t," said former Virginia Beach City Councilwoman Louisa Strayhorn. Strayhorn was elected to be a national delegate to the historic 2008 Democratic National Convention pledged to Barack Obama.
She continued, "Ed Rogers and Rush Limbaugh led and defended the nastiest and most divisive attacks against Barack Obama, and if Terry McAuliffe stands with him, then Terry McAuliffe is standing against Barack Obama just as he did during the presidential primary."
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And McAuliffe operatives respond to this with a double-slime attack: "Look, Mark Warner did it too!" and accusing the Moran campaign, by extension, of doing what they themselves are doing: opening the most pouplar politician in Virginia to criticism in order to redirect some of the well-deserved heat from their own candidate.
Note that the attacks on Barack Obama came while Rogers was debating Joe Trippi, who McAuliffe has publicly called an "ass."
And...certain people...question whether Brian Moran is ready to be Governor of Virginia?
Please.
Or.....we could go back to the way things were in 2002.....
The policies, morals and tactics of the "New" Democrats and the conservative DLC have failed the party and the country as dismally as their GOP counterparts' have. At this critical moment, our nation needs Progressive leadership from the party of FDR; not the rehashed fear-mongering and regulatory soft-pedaling that should be the sole domain of the Republicans.
McAuliffe should resign, and Real Democrats should demand it. His presence at the party helm is an embarrassment and a liability.
...but I'd really rather not.
"It is incredibly disappointing that Terry McAuliffe would raise money from people who led incredibly divisive attacks against President Obama during last year’s election," Chesapeake City Councilman Bryan Collins said. "I know this will cause a great deal of skepticism about McAuliffe’s candidacy among the activists who worked so hard to elect the President."
"Terry McAuliffe has been telling Virginia Democrats how much success he will bring with his fundraising prowess," Norfolk Commissioner of Revenue Sharon McDonald said. "The Washington Post’s coverage of his fundraiser at the firm founded by Haley Barbour certainly begs the question: Why does he need to raise money from Ed Rogers, a Republican operative and Lee Atwater protégé, in the first place? Virginia Democrats find this offensive, and not the kind leadership we want in our next Governor."