Mother of Presidents with child? Assessing Warner’s, Allen’s chances at White House in ’08

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham The big winner in last week’s Virginia gubernatorial election was Democrat Tim Kaine. Or was it Democrat Mark Warner? “Mark Warner created the conditions for a Democratic victory in this state for Tim Kaine, no doubt about it,” George Mason University political-science professor Mark Rozell said.

Warner pushing Dems to center: But is that the right move for national party?

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham   Virginia Gov. Mark Warner wants to take the national Democratic Party back to the political center where it enjoyed success in the 1990s. A Shenandoah Valley political analyst, for his part, isn’t so sure that is the right course of action for the party’s future.

The Weicker connection: Warner, Potts refute Connecticut newspaper report

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham The conspiracy theorists have been having a field day with the report in the Feb. 25 edition of The Hartford Courant that offered up details into how Virginia Democratic Gov. Mark Warner apparently helped to introduce independent gubernatorial candidate Russ Potts to former independent Connecticut governor Lowell Weicker and…

Was the governor ready for his closeup? Warner makes national debut with speech on big night at national convention

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   Gov. Mark Warner was able to deliver one particularly good line in his brief speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. Noting that the Old Dominion hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, Warner went Old Testament, invoking images of the Israelites fleeing Egypt to…