It’s finally official: Terry McAuliffe will be running for
the executive mansion in 2013 in what will be his second attempt for that
coveted living quarter.
After McAuliffe was granted “the green light”[1]
by U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the Northern Virginia businessman apparently felt
it was politically safe to finally throw in his hat and begin phoning
Democratic Party big-wigs about his intentions.
Up until this point it was an open question as to whether or
not former Virginia governor and current U.S. Senator Mark Warner would throw
off his senatorial robe for another shot at the governorship. Warner told
reporters that he would make a decision by Thanksgiving as to whether he would
seek Virginia’s governorship again and it seems as though we have received his
answer, even though it’s not yet official.[2]
Assuming Mark Warner decides to stay in the Senate and chum
it up like old times with his new U.S. Senate counterpart, Tim Kaine, Terry
McAuliffe will face a tougher battle for governor than Mark Warner.
Even though McAuliffe is a former Democratic National
Committee chairman known for his close relationship with Bill and Hillary
Clinton and business acumen,[3]
neither of these attributes equate to wide scale name recognition in the
commonwealth. Do you know who Terry McAuliffe is?
McAuliffe will be facing Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling or Virginia
Attorney General Cuccinelli for governor. It will be interesting to see who
“out rights” the other in this unequivocally unfrothy (yes, I made this word
up) political battle.
If it all goes right (pun intended), then McAuliffe may reap
the same benefits that President Obama did when Mitt Romney decided to flank
even his most conservative primary opponents, thereby losing ground with the
country’s moderate voters.
Regardless of who among those two wins his respective
primary, I’m confident that McAuliffe’s intelligence, affability, and vision
will be enough to propel him into the governorship of Virginia.[4]
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