Mark Warner Turns 50; Raises $ 2 MM

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Thursday December 16, 2004 · 4:31 AM PST

2004/12/16 · 04:31

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3214-2004Dec15.html

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner held a fundraiser for his PAC on his 50th birthday, and raised $ 2 Million. The question is, what will he use it for? Will he run for President in 2008? For Senate against George Allen in 2006? For Senate in 2008 (the seat of John Warner, no relation)?

ROFL: Biden 2008

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Thursday December 09, 2004 · 5:45 AM PST

2004/12/09 · 05:45

Sen. Joe Biden tells Useless Today that he might run for President in 2008: "'Well, I'm going to proceed as if I'm going to run,' Biden said. He said he would make a 'hard' decision in two years, based on whether he thinks the country is ready for him and his ideas. 'I don't want to do this for the exercise,' he said."

Joe is a great guy (though a bit of a gasbag), but who does he think he's kidding? Does he really think the lesson of 2004 is that next time, instead of a guy with 20 years in the senate, we need a guy with 36 years in the senate?

Hill: Specter flap could hurt Santorum

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Tuesday November 23, 2004 · 10:05 PM PST

2004/11/23 · 22:05

http://www.hillnews.com/news/11242004/santorum.aspx

I guess Santorum is in trouble with the wingers:

"Sen. Rick Santorum's (R-Pa.) actions on behalf of his embattled senior GOP home-state colleague, Arlen Specter, have strained relations with some conservative groups that Santorum will need to win reelection in 2006.

"Santorum angered some conservatives by backing Specter in his tough primary battle with conservative Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) earlier this year, and by failing to stop Specter from becoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee after he publicly suggested that anti-abortion judges would have a hard time winning Senate confirmation."

WSJ: Warner '08?

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Wednesday November 17, 2004 · 7:52 PM PST

2004/11/17 · 19:52

Interesting column in the WSJ by Jerry Seib on a Mark Warner candidacy in 2008:

http://online.wsj.com/wsjgate?subURI=%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2CSB110064794870576041%2Demail%2C00%2Ehtml&am p;nonsubURI=%2Farticle%5Femail%2F0%2C%2CSB110064794870576041%2DIBjfoNglaZ3oZyra3mHb6yIm4%2C00%2Ehtml

"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.

Wingnut of the Year

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Tuesday November 16, 2004 · 2:33 PM PST

2004/11/16 · 14:33

Un-fucking-believable:

http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Nov2004/news003.htm

"Hostettler mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69
"By August Wayne, THG News

"John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.

"There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years. While most believe this highway will be good for the state's economy, religious conservatives believe "I-69" sounds too risqué and want to change the interstate's number.

"Hostettler, a proponent of the interstate extension, agrees. "Every time I have been out in the public with an `I-69' button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it. I have had many ask me if they can have my button. I believe it is time to change the name of the highway. It is the moral thing to do.""

NYT: Chris Dodd may run for Governor

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Saturday November 06, 2004 · 6:34 AM PST

2004/11/06 · 06:34

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/nyregion/06dodd.html

"In a sign of growing Democratic powerlessness and despair in Washington after Tuesday's elections, Senator Christopher J. Dodd is considering running for governor of Connecticut in 2006, fellow lawmakers and an adviser to the senator said yesterday.

"Mr. Dodd, who was just re-elected to a fifth term on Tuesday, recently declined to make a bid for the minority leader's post in the United States Senate, after it became clear that Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, had rounded up enough support from his colleagues to be formally elected leader later this month.

"Instead, Mr. Dodd is turning his attention to the idea of helping Democrats reclaim the governorship of Connecticut after nearly a decade of Republican rule in Hartford, according to leading Democrats who have discussed the matter with him."

It would be a real shame to lose Dodd; maybe we could get Joe Lieberman to run instead.

NBC/MSGOP give Ohio to Shrub

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 10:02 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 22:02

It's over.

Packers: 10, Redskins: 0

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Sunday October 31, 2004 · 10:47 AM PST

2004/10/31 · 10:47

As you may know, ever since the Skins moved from Boston to D.C. in the 1930s, if the Skins win their last home game before a presidential election, the incumbent party wins; if the skins' opponent wins, the challenger party wins.

This is a great omen for Kerry!

Of course, there isn't a cause-and-effect relationship, but it's still fun!

Newsweek poll, Bush 48 - Kerry 44 RV

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 8:24 AM PDT

2004/10/30 · 08:24

Newsweek is pimping its new poll on MSGOP, showing Shrub with a 4 point lead; last week they were tied at 46-46.

This really sucks.

Laura Ingraham & Lindsay Graham

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 12:07 AM PDT

2004/10/30 · 00:07

Laura Ingraham & Lindsay Graham were among the guests on Larry King Live tonight. Didn't they use to "date"? If so, why didn't King disclose this to his audience?

(And please, no wise-assed remarks comparing this to the stories about David Dreier pretending to pork Bo Derek.)

Polk, Taft, Ford, Bush Sr., ...

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Thursday October 21, 2004 · 10:50 PM PDT

2004/10/21 · 22:50

There has NEVER been a president with a four-letter surname who won a second term. That pattern will continue on 11/02.

Who will the WaPo endorse?

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 9:41 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 09:41

Traditionally, the Post has endorsed Democrats, but they've been such disgraceful right wing whores lately, that I'll bet they'll endorse Bush.

What do you think?

Anyone have any inside info?

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