John Dickerson has a nice piece on Mark Warner in Slate. we get to see a bit of Clinton (Bill) mixed w/a little, uh, 'W'...but in a good way. For Example:
But then Warner stops his tour guide and short-circuits my [GW Bush 2000] flashback. I expect the perfunctory question or two that Bush asks at such events. Bush uses these appearances not to gain information but to create a scenic backdrop for his programmed message of the day. But Warner starts quizzing his host about advance-placement testing, articulation agreements for credit sharing, and how to educate different student populations. What's he doing? Shouldn't someone step in and save him before he makes a flub?
And this key point that He must sell and the Dems must buy:
Democrats won't take back the White House unless they appeal to a broader constituency. "Democrats started to be more advocates for certain groups than for America writ large," he tells me. As a very popular Democrat in a state that voted twice for George Bush, he has the record and skills to reach out to independents and moderate Republicans. It's an appealing pitch made all the more so when Warner speaks the truth about his own party. "People are not going to take a look at a Democratic Party that is us against them, class warfare, '70s populism."
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