Sen. Mark Warner plans to announce before Thanksgiving whether he'll run for governor again, according to the Associated Press.
The former governor, a Democrat, served as the Commonwealth's chief executive from 2002 to 2006. Virginia is the only state in the country where a governor cannot succeed himself.
Former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe has already thrown his hat in the ring and will face Republicans Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
If Warner walks away from another run for governor, he'll be teaming up in the Senate with the state's soon to be junior senator, Senator-elect Tim Kaine, who served as Warner's lieutenant governor and is himself a former governor of Virginia.
In a poll conducted Nov. 8-12 by Quinnipiac University, Warner "would begin the campaign as the overwhelming favorite," the pollsters said. Warner tops Bolling 53 - 33 percent and beats Cuccinelli 52 - 34 percent, the survey finds. Complete results of the survey are here.
What do you think? Should Warner make another run for governor, and if so why?
“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.” — Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002
Point is, to paraphrase SecretaryRumsfield's comment about military readiness, senior decision-makers and their spokespersons go with what information they have, not with what they wish they had. Even outright lies are often forgiven when the truth becomes known, if the lies were meant to provide cover for sensitive operations. It's a messy world. And if, after nearly four years as Ambassador to the U.N., this Benghazi story is all anyone has against Susan Rice, she deserves to sail through confirmation with hardly a ripple.
There are people to be gone after about Benghazi but not Rice. Why not go after the source of her information, the intelligence community?
Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20100723senator_skipper_skips_town_on_sails_tax
Carol Obama has a full plate does he want to use his good will on getting a conformation ffor a suspect secretary. He used his good will up with Obamacare and rammed that down the republicans throat see how well that 4 years went. I am not saying she is not capable but is she the best choice in the political climate that exists at the moment? Situational ethics aside she should have said we are working on what really happened instead of running interference for Obama and the thought that Al Quada had been decimated.
Obama hasn't even nominated anyone yet. If he thinks she's worth fighting for then he should go for it. He regained a lot of good will and capital in his second election; you might have heard Boehner say that Obamacare is now the law of the land. He wouldn't have had to ram it through had the republicans not been dedicated to stopping every thing he proposed.
They are going to question the CIA, Petraeus, Hillary and probably many more. Rice was just step one and it's time they move on to the real meat and potatoes. The timing of the explosion of the Petraeus sex scandal was no coincidence nor was the timing of Hillary leaving. The truth will eventually come out and America should be fed the truth. I'm glad you are no longer calling Sen. McCain a racist. I never heard him call Susan Rice unintelligent either. I'd have to actually see those words coming out of his mouth to believe something like that. He's not a sexist either - he's just trying to conduct an investigation. On a different note, I feel we should seriously consider a flat tax - same percentage rate for everyone so that no one belly aches about it being unfair. If they want to keep a few things like the mortgage deduction and charitable deductions - I'm sure it would still work pretty well without further hurting the housing industry or charities. We retrain all the IRS employees to handle social issues, maybe even get rid of the Energy Dept. as we aren't getting a great return there for our money. Energy Dept. employees could also be retrained to help out with all our social issues. Just some thoughts.
By the way the embassy in Libya wasn't attacked. It was the consulate in Benghazi.
True--Susan Rice was not involved-except she willingly went out as a spokesperson for the administration and gave the "party" line. Interesting, that the administration's talking points emphasized the video--and, yet, at the debate, Obama said he had called it terrorism from the second day in the Rose Garden. And remember, two weeks after that, he gave a speech at the UN attacking the video. Lets face it, the video was a red herring that gave an excuse to all the unrest in the Middle East after Obama had bragged about decimating Al Queda. As far as Rice, I think the Senators are really just trying to get the true story of what was going on. Rice certainly did not present herself very well on those talk shows and most Americans are not really that familiar with her. It is clear that State really screwed up prior to the event. Benghazi may not be that important to some people, but it is very important to the families of the four Americans who lost their lives serving this country. Unfortunately, secrets and classified information have been lost--and not because of the cover up, but because of documents that were lost during and after the event. We did not secure the consulate or the other building for several weeks. I heard that Sean Smith was killed while he was trying to destroy documents during the attack.