Is Mark Warner hiding something?
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Why would a presidential candidate, who seemed to be a front-runner, suddenly decide he needed to come back to Virginia for his family, only to decide to enter another high-pressure election? The New Republic, hardly a bastion of conservatism, asks the same question.
Indeed, what’s become clear at the end of this primary season is that neither Democratic candidate’s appeal is as wide as Democrats would prefer.
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One wonders, in retrospect, if there were some candidate who could have bridged this divide and appealed strongly to both groups. Somebody like Mark Warner, perhaps, whom the Obama coalition might have embraced as an entrepreneurial, somewhat postpartisan, reformist fresh face, and whom the Clinton coalition might have embraced as a culturally moderate, economically savvy governor of a border state.
No worries. Many people already know why…and time reveals all. 
(h/t: Virginia Virtucon)
two words…
FRED PICKER!!!!
I don’t think NR is asking why Warner didn’t run — they’re asking if someone like him had run, if the eventual nominee might have been someone with more across the board appeal.
The only way this issue affects the 2008 election is if someone publicizes proof (and I hope they do). Otherwise, they will remain “rumors.” There were “rumors” about Larry Craig for two decades, but it only had an effect when there was proof, i.e. a court record. So, to any gumshoe readers, amateur or pro, let’s get to work!
A court record, a sworn affidavit, a video, a love letter, any of the above will do.
I have read Mark Warner’s financial disclosure from his last election, and had Virginians known that most of his investments were in multinational, non-Virginia assets, they might have had a different view of the, “Good ol’ Boy from NOVAville.”
In fact, other than a few municipal bonds and his residences, Warner-Collis did not appear to have much interest in Virginia.
I think that this could be a powerful tool to use against Mark Warner in the upcoming election, since he is likely still investing mostly offshore, rather than creating jobs here in Virginia.
Of course, if the nominee on the Republican side is Gilmore, he has the same sort of investment baggage, to a lesser extent. Gilmore is also seen as being tied to the Bush Neocons; a team that has the lowest ratings in modern times.
I would like to see Bob Marshall as our next Senator. Bob is a man of principle and action. Citizens from both sides of politics can rely on Bob to listen to the People and obey the Constitution. As Senator, Bob Marshall would help get the Senate to restore government back to within its Constitutional limits and ensure Liberty and Justice for all of our People.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv4YpGAGOBk