Ready for changes in politics?
No doubt, 2008 will be a year of big changes in politics. One has to go all the way back to 1952 to find the last presidential election in which there wasn’t an incumbent president or vice president in the hunt. In Virginia Sen. John Warner is going to retire, which means we’re going to […]
No doubt, 2008 will be a year of big changes in politics. One has to go all the way back to 1952 to find the last presidential election in which there wasn’t an incumbent president or vice president in the hunt. In Virginia Sen. John Warner is going to retire, which means we’re going to get another new senator, like it or not.
Here’s an excerpt of the story at SLANTblog:
…Presently, Democrats are having little trouble unifying behind Mark Warner, who left the Governor’s Mansion two years ago with soaring approval ratings. His predecessor, Jim Gilmore, finished his term as governor under more difficult circumstances. Warner still enjoys good numbers in opinion polls, Gilmore’s remain less than flattering. Both men flirted with running for president, early in the going, then dropped out if the field. It’s hard to say whether either of them changed their standing with Virginia voters, due to those aborted campaigns.
The Virginia Republican Party has lost two consecutive gubernatorial races. More recently, George Allen — a supposedly invincible incumbent — lost his seat in the Senate to newly-minted Democrat Jim Webb, who once worked in Ronald Reagan’s administration. Arguing over the blame for those losses, especially Allen’s stumble, has put some Republicans at odds with others.
Click here to read, “There’ll be Some Changes Made,” fresh political analysis at SLANTblog, .”
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