The Case For Mark Warner
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 ElectionThe former Virginia Governor is back in the news, and this time we’re hearing whispers about his chances for becoming…a VP?
Anticipating that Sen. Hillary Clinton will clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, some supporters are beginning to argue against her choosing her principal rival — Sen. Barack Obama — for vice president.They maintain Obama provides no general election help for Clinton. As an African-American from Illinois, he represents an ethnic group and a state already solidly in the Democratic column.
This school of thought advocates a Southerner as Clinton’s running mate. The last time Democrats won a national election without a Southerner on the ticket was 1944. Prominent Democrats from the South are in short supply today. The leading prospect: former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.
Yes, but let’s say Hillary does get the nomination and doesn’t pick Barack…would African Americans stay home out of disappointment?
In any event, it’s nice to hear Mark Warner back in the news. My guess, though, is that he has other plans.
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August 20th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Whoever the Dems pick won’t affect the African American vote. They are sadly rather uniform in their voting, I say sadly because it only hurts them as an ethnic group. I would wish that many would embrace smaller government, and more of a politics based on personal responsiblity, I really think all racial groups, white, black, latino, etc. would adopt this ideology, because if you look at all our communities across the board, change is needed, and this change is not going to come from our government. Our government cannot stop you from having babies you can’t afford, our government cannot stop people from being bad parents, our government cannot make neglectful fathers responsible fathers, other than financially, but money does not instill virtue and knowledge in kids. Frankly that is where much of our problems come from and now a quarter of our income goes to government, instead of opening the flood gates for charity and letting each community take care of its own. Frankly if Hillary says it takes a village, why is she going the Federal route? Please don’t confuse my call for limited FEDERAL government by thinking I mean 90% of the Republicans running for President, because they do not espouse the beliefs that I laid down, and please in no way consider this a talking down to African Americans because I understand the historical reasons for their political party support and it is a unique case.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Novak misses the point about Barack’s support. The constituency he brings to the Democratic ticket is not racial or geographic. It is generational, which cuts across both racial and geographic lines. From my February post - Obama declares candidacy for Vice-President & launches pre-emptive strike on Boomers:
August 20th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
African Americans won’t stay home. There is a two party system. It is either Democrats or Republicans and after watching the Republicans mismanage Katrina, I would think African Americans would be streaming to the polls to vote Democrat regardless of the nominee. African Americans are used as tokens in the Bush Administration while the many are forgotten even after a major hurricane. African Americans will vote as long as the Republicans don’t try any dirty tricks and let them get to the polls.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am
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