Story from CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/13/warner.virginia/index.html
This story is from CNN.com and reports that Fmr. Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is entering the U.S. Senate race to replace current Sen. John Warner (no relation to Mark). Gov. Warner announced his candidacy through an email video to his supporters yesterday. Gov. Warner in early 2007 flirted with the idea of running for President, deciding not to run. Many considered his decision not to run, as a move to place him on the ballot as the Vice Presidential candidate, but now that he has announced for Senate, that has effectively removed him from the Vice Presidential race of probable nominees Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Gov. Warner ran against Sen Warner several years ago and lost in a very close race, and after his election as Governor, Mark Warner decided to never run against John again. But last week Senator Warner announced his retirement from the Senate after three decades, and the speculation soon turned to Gov. Warner as a possible candidate to replace him; Mark Warner has since confirmed that speculation.
Warner left the Governor's mansion with one of the highest approval ratings of any Governor in America, in the high 70s and low 80s. Despite the Democrats holding a majority of the seats in the U.S. Senate, most of the seats up this year are held by Republicans, several are retiring, leaving competative races in Colorado, Nebraska and Virginia (all formerly solid red states). The only Democrat in trouble is Louisiana Senator Mary Landrou. With Warner in, it is looking even more probable that the Democrats will hold their majority in the U.S. Senate, and will likely add to it.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Markell v. Carney
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709070346
This is a News Journal article that appeared about my former boss, State Treasurer Jack Markell and his Democratic primary opponent Lt. Governor John Carney. Both men are seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of the State of Delaware.
The article outlined that fact that both men have been building up lists of supporters. Earlier the News Journal had compared Carney's list of public supporters (everyone from Governor Minner to John Smith-average citizen) which was 600 names long to Markell's list of Campaign Co-Chairs, not average supporters. This was gross incompetence on the part of the News Journal to compare two totally unrelated lists. But now, Markell has released his own list of grassroots supporters...1600 names long, compared to Carney's only 600.
This is surely going to be an exciting primary, one which has started months before normal races start. Markell is seen as the outsider with experience, Carney is seen as the insider, not prone to change, who has been waiting in line for the Governorship since taking over as Lt. Governor in 2001. In my view, it will come down to the man who has worked for it, and the man that has "waited in line for it."
This is a News Journal article that appeared about my former boss, State Treasurer Jack Markell and his Democratic primary opponent Lt. Governor John Carney. Both men are seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of the State of Delaware.
The article outlined that fact that both men have been building up lists of supporters. Earlier the News Journal had compared Carney's list of public supporters (everyone from Governor Minner to John Smith-average citizen) which was 600 names long to Markell's list of Campaign Co-Chairs, not average supporters. This was gross incompetence on the part of the News Journal to compare two totally unrelated lists. But now, Markell has released his own list of grassroots supporters...1600 names long, compared to Carney's only 600.
This is surely going to be an exciting primary, one which has started months before normal races start. Markell is seen as the outsider with experience, Carney is seen as the insider, not prone to change, who has been waiting in line for the Governorship since taking over as Lt. Governor in 2001. In my view, it will come down to the man who has worked for it, and the man that has "waited in line for it."
Thursday, September 6, 2007
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Brother Against Brother
Here is the first entry for my Contemporary Political Issues Class:
LINK TO ARTICLE: HERE
I recently read a New York Times article chronicling the story of two New Jersey brothers, Bryan and Steve Lonegan. Both are American born citizens of the U.S., although they are the grandsons of two Italian Immigrants, and both have vastly differing views when it comes to the issue of Immigration. Bryan is the liberal, a 48 Immigration Law Attorney who views this as an issue of compassion. The conservative, Steve, is 51 and is the Mayor of Bogota, NJ.
Since childhood they have both been staunch opponents of each other when it comes to politics, climaxing when Steve was elected as the Mayor of their hometown. According to the brother's mother, the boys have not spoken since. Especially since Mayor Lonegan forced McDonald's to take down a billboard in spanish. But this rift really represents a much larger difference between the immigrant community and the first and second generation Americans who still have memories of their parents and grandparents who came here legally. According to polls, immigrants are rather divided on the topic of illegal immigration. Some taking the line that, "If they had to come here and go through the process, so should the illegals." While other relate to the troubles and bias' in the current Immigration and Naturalization Services in the U.S., and hold a more compassionate line.
It is interesting to see how hot this issue is; that it would separate a family which has no particular personal interest in it (not to mention a family who lives in New Jersey and not AZ, TX or NM) is unbelievable. The hatred between these two brothers is similar to the stories you hear from the Civil War, which pitted "brother against brother," too.
LINK TO ARTICLE: HERE
I recently read a New York Times article chronicling the story of two New Jersey brothers, Bryan and Steve Lonegan. Both are American born citizens of the U.S., although they are the grandsons of two Italian Immigrants, and both have vastly differing views when it comes to the issue of Immigration. Bryan is the liberal, a 48 Immigration Law Attorney who views this as an issue of compassion. The conservative, Steve, is 51 and is the Mayor of Bogota, NJ.
Since childhood they have both been staunch opponents of each other when it comes to politics, climaxing when Steve was elected as the Mayor of their hometown. According to the brother's mother, the boys have not spoken since. Especially since Mayor Lonegan forced McDonald's to take down a billboard in spanish. But this rift really represents a much larger difference between the immigrant community and the first and second generation Americans who still have memories of their parents and grandparents who came here legally. According to polls, immigrants are rather divided on the topic of illegal immigration. Some taking the line that, "If they had to come here and go through the process, so should the illegals." While other relate to the troubles and bias' in the current Immigration and Naturalization Services in the U.S., and hold a more compassionate line.
It is interesting to see how hot this issue is; that it would separate a family which has no particular personal interest in it (not to mention a family who lives in New Jersey and not AZ, TX or NM) is unbelievable. The hatred between these two brothers is similar to the stories you hear from the Civil War, which pitted "brother against brother," too.
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