Comments | liberalrage: Oh-Eight! Oh-Eight!!!

luna_k in liberalrage

Oh-Eight! Oh-Eight!!!

Nov 21, 2005 11:55

Mark Warner is already campaigning, or might as well be.
Warner's stump speech is well-honed for a national audience. He races through his bio: grew up middle class in Indiana, Illinois and Connecticut, was the first member of his family to graduate from college (George Washington University), attended Harvard Law School and helped start two ( Read more... )

elections:2008, democrats:mark warner

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ladyoneill November 21 2005, 17:10:48 UTC

Did you see last week that Time magazine had an article on the top five governors and both of ours made the grade? :)

luna_k November 21 2005, 17:16:28 UTC

I've been boycotting Time magazine ever since they put Ann Coulter on the cover - *shudder* - but I'm glad they gave our governors a shoutout. Although, they pretty much had to give Mark one - he's got a 75% approval rating!

joec80 November 21 2005, 17:48:58 UTC

Oh my, you give him a buzzcut and that's Billy Bob Thorton...

If I were campaigning for '08, I'd simply state 'I couldnt be as bad as Bush!'

anniemoon November 21 2005, 18:12:30 UTC

Reporters who have covered him say that getting Warner to relax, even off the record, is like pulling horse teeth.

HEE. I actually think Warner is sort of attractive but he does have some giant chompers.

I agree that he needs to learn to relax around the media. The only time during his governorship I've seen him truly natural in front of a camera was during the Hurricane Isabel aftermath. I liked him before then but seeing how quickly and compassionately he moved to help the hardest hit areas (of which Richmond was one) made me fall madly in love with him. Warner in '08!