Ok, so I saw another diary promoting a presidential candidate. So I thought, "alright, why not, it's not hurting anybody."
Several Reasons for why Mark Warner should be prez(first somewhat superficial, but important things):
- a young, good-looking self-made man, first in his family to go to college, very successful business guy(so hopefully Wall Street wont go ape).
- A nice family, three daughters, and a wife who appeals to the soccer mom crowd apparently. More like Mrs. Edwards and not like THK(her comments made even me cringe a bit).
-Ok, now to substantive stuff. Helped clean-up Virginia after 8 years of GOP control. very popular in more Republican southern Virginia. With increasingly favorable demographics in the North, he could flip it in 08.
- Handles the social issues well from what I can tell. Pro-choice, pro-death penalty(hopefully not too much of a problem with the base). neutral on gun issues I believe, appeals to rural voters.
-great on base issues like education, jobs, healthcare and the economy. I think he has set scholarships and different charitable groups for needy students.
-ran the campaign of Doug Wilder, America first and only African American Governor.
- biggest knock might be that he raised taxes(although many republicans supported him on that). I dont think the rising to quickly stuff matters. Didnt really stick to Edwards, shouldnt for a governor.
-not very charismatic, but can speak plainly and clearly, again, he seems to reach a lot of voters.
-Please dont let this scare you off: Zell Miller likes him. Im not trying to appease Zell Miller(he used to be a good governor here in GA, but went crazy as senator). But the fact that he has some appeal to ZigZag Zell shows you he can reach people who Kerry just couldnt.
I know, I know, 08 is too far away. We need to focus on 06. But since a lot of people are saying, "ahhhh, no Hilary, who else is there?!!" It doesnt hurt to mention some names.