Terry McAuliffe To Run Hillary’s War Chest?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Money
Oh boy…this is not good news.
The Hill (the periodical, not the person) is reporting that Terry “Global Crossing” McAuliffe will be the money guy for Hillary in 2008.
From the story:
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe has told business associates and Democratic donors that he will chair Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign next year, according to several Democratic sources.Together, Clinton, the favorite to win the Democratic nomination, and McAuliffe, the top money man in Democratic politics, have a good chance of raising $100 million before the first official contest, the Iowa caucuses in January 2008.
While Clinton and her staff insist she is focused solely on winning reelection in New York this November, the decision over who will be in charge of getting her elected to the White House is already settled.
McAuliffe told The Hill yesterday that Clinton has not made a decision on running for president and will not do so until after Nov. 7. McAuliffe also denied telling friends that he will serve as chairman, although sources contradict him.
Now this doesn’t necessarily mean he’s going to RUN the campaign, but as The Hill points out, he most likely won’t be satisfied with just raising money. Trust me, he won’t.
People, I don’t want this guy in the White House. Period. He’s got partisan creep written all over his face, and regardless of how much money he raised for the Dems, his brand of politics is poison to the process. Also, if you’ve ever seen him on any of the pundit shows, you know how oily he comes off as. True, he may be a sweetheart, but there are way too many pieces of the McAuliffe puzzle that suggest otherwise. No thank you.
And Hillary, if you’re going to run, you can do so much better than getting in bed with this guy.
Also from the story, it looks as if we have something else to look forward to in 2008. Mr. John Kerry most likely will be running again…
Randlett said donors who have met Clinton leave the room certain that she will run for president. He said the same clear impression is given by two other hopefuls, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D).“For Kerry, for Warner, and for Hillary, they are all a certainty,� said Randlett.
Warner I’m okay with. Kerry, please stay home.
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September 20th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
I still like Kerry. Plus, I still have all my John Kerry t-shirts from the last election. I don’t understand why you dislike him so much. I perceive him to be an honest man who represents my issues. He may not be the greatest orator in the world, but Mark Warner looks goofy. So, you can have a good speaker who looks goofy or a good-looking speaker who is a little wooden. He’s not even that bad of a speaker, it’s just that he looked worse when placed next to John Edwards, who could probably talk me into just about anything.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
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September 20th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Dear God, please let the Republicans pick McCain.
September 20th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Oddly, Kerry was once considered a great speaker. Shows you what too many years in the Senate can do.
As for him running again … I think the Dems should focus on someone who can actually attract and motivate a wider audience. He’s just not a man you want to jump up and support. And, fairly or unfairly, he’s permanently branded as an out-of-touch liberal. His appeal outside the base is almost certainly less now than it was in 2004, simply because he received a lot of “lesser of two evils” votes two years ago. Without Bush around to create anti-Bush votes, the Dems need someone people are willing to vote FOR rather than just someone who is a questionable improvement over Bush.
September 21st, 2006 at 8:13 am
I’m chiming in to second what Amba said. Republicans, please atone for the criminal selection of GW over McCain in 2000 by choosing McCain for 2008.
October 25th, 2006 at 2:06 am
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April 12th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
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