Just days after the presidential campaign season ended, another campaign is about to gear up.
McLean resident Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday he intends to run for governor of Virginia in 2013, when Gov. Bob McDonnell's term ends, Politico reports.
McAuliffe, the former DNC chairman and co-chair of Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, wrote in an email to supporters on Thursday:
"I realize that after any election some people’s immediate question is about the next campaign. I want to be straightforward with you: I plan on running for Governor of Virginia in 2013.
Over the past four years, I’ve traveled to every corner of Virginia for over 2,400 meetings and events. It is absolutely clear to me that Virginians want their next Governor to focus on job creation and common sense fiscal responsibility instead of divisive partisan issues. If we want Virginia to be the best place for business, we need leaders who prioritize economic growth and move beyond the political issues that are designed to divide us."
A full copy of the email is published on Politico.
For more about Terry McAuliffe, read:
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Or any other race. In his own words, if it were possible to run for pope he'd be there.
Regarding McDonnell, I fail to see why you call him our best governor. IMO he is a total failure. His main campaign promise was to fix transportation issues in Virginia, especially in Northern Virginia. We all see how well that has worked. Our roads and infrastructure are in worse shape than when he took over. His foolhardy attempt to sell off the ABC stores? That went nowhere. My respect goes for two really great governors, Mark Warner and Tim Caine, who actually managed to leave Virginia in better shape than when they started. As for Allen, he was a total fool (and the rest of Virginia acknowledged that, as he failed to win in his recent election bid). Allen is a racist, and everyone I know thinks he's an idiot for creating the SOLs (which discouraged innovative teaching and replaced it with rote, teach-to-the-test memorization). I have no respect for anyone who idealizes Cuccinelli, McDonnell, and Allen.
Of course, I did that once, and now can't get away from the mail and the phone calls. Will it be worth it? I'm thinking it just might be.
I frankly do not understand the mentality that one party = good and the other = bad. All the candidates Lynn Lacey mentioned, as well as McAuliffe, are bad for Virginia.
Sandra and the others are prime examples of the brainwashed hate-filled moronic lemmings of the Uber-Left! They refuse to acknowledge reality, even if it hits them over the head! Let's send them all to Iran or China! And maybe they can take McAuliffe, Obama, and their crooked cronies with them!