National Democrats Can’t Wait to Sack Kaine
By Shaun Kenney | Monday, March 14th, 2011 | PoliticsLooks like national Democrats are just giddy with the prospect of Tim Kaine getting mauled by the eventual Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in ’12. From the Politico:
“I think it ought to be somebody like Ted Strickland or Jennifer Granholm,” said Democratic lobbyist and strategist Steve Elmendorf, referring to the former governors of Ohio and Michigan. “You need a former elected official with stature who can be a surrogate on TV and elsewhere in the news media, and who comes from a state that will be important in the 2012 election.”
Strickland and Granholm are the names that come up most frequently. Whether this line of thinking is shared by the White House isn’t clear. President Barack Obama’s political advisers aren’t tipping their hand, nor are DNC officials. But that hasn’t tamped down speculation.
…and somewhere in Washington, an eyebrow is raised.
Nice to see that people are carving up Kaine’s DNC legacy before they give him the heave-ho. With that sort of confidence, I’m sure national Democrats will be more than willing to smile and give him a thumbs up, before they send The Brow off to certain defeat.
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Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, former Communications Director for the Republican Party of Virginia, and an active blogger since 2002. Shaun lives in Thomas Jefferson's backyard with his wife, six children, and a modest attempt at a farm in Kents Store, Virginia.
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3 Responses to "National Democrats Can’t Wait to Sack Kaine"
Strickland and Granholm? Granholm spent her eight years depopulating Michigan.
Ohio voters just figure out Strickland’s a boob and sent him packing.
You misunderstand the leftists. These folks (Granholm & Strickland etc) did what the left wants: create a semi skilled intermittently employed non govt workforce that storms the offices not to demonstrate but to get a handout. Leftists are prepared for a few bumps in the road before they produce a CA RI or IL where the population votes for the machine alive or dead. (Kaine had a higher hill to climb in VA but did try.)The residents have been educated so to speak to hate the policies that made the US number 1. “Green jobs” brought 20% unemployment to Spain. Do you see Spanish Civil War Part 2 breaking out? No no no – they are all waiting around for the EU handout. The Dems look at that docility and devotion and sigh.
“…and who comes from a state that will be important in the 2012 election.” So according to Mr Elmendorf, Virginia won’t be important to the election in 2012? How refreshing to see Dem ‘strategists’ conceding so early with respect to the Commonwealth. Does he actually think Virginians would be more enthusiastic about ‘dethroned’ governors transplanting themselves like Hillary Clinton did to NY? Perhaps they could arrive in plastic packaging emblazoned with the words “Instant Senator! Just add water.”
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