Word: warner
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...biggest factor in the closely watched Virginia Governor's race last week wasn't even on the ballot. And that's why Democrats are starting to think that outgoing Virginia Governor Mark Warner may finally have figured out what it will take for their party to start winning in the South again. All sides agreed the morning after the election that what carried Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine to victory--in a state that hasn't voted for a Democrat for President since L.B.J.--was Warner's popularity. Part of it is style: Warner won narrowly in 2001 by courting...
...Even Warner, 50, a telecommunications tycoon, admits he had a lot to learn when he arrived in Richmond. At first, the Republican-controlled legislature turned down everything he put forward. Voters rejected his proposal for new taxes to solve the state's traffic congestion. Worst of all, the Governor, who had run promising to help generate high-tech jobs, saw the technology bubble burst, just as he discovered that he had a deficit of more than $3 billion to close...
...Warner has never been one to be discouraged by a stumble or two. A Harvard Law grad, he started out as a fund raiser for the Democratic National Committee, a job that left him so broke he was reduced to sleeping on friends' couches, he recalls, and that he finally gave up to make some money. In the beginning, business didn't work out any better than politics. His initial venture, in energy, failed in six weeks; his second one, in real estate, took six months to fold. But in the early 1980s, Warner saw possibility...
...huge winner is Governor Warner, who by state law cannot seek a second consecutive term and plans to run for President. Turning to Warner Kaine said during his acceptance speech: "May I just say: I'm looking forward to standing with you at your next victory party." Kaine offered himself as Warner's heir apparent, and the two will be seen as political alchemists who can turn conservative and rural voters into Democrats. Analysts said Kilgore hurt himself with some of his own supporters with a heavily negative television ad that invoked Hitler in playing up Kaine's resistance...
...hour-long drop-in by President Bush, who took ownership of the outcome of Kilgore's race with a get-out-the-vote rally for the ages. Bush's approval rating in Virginia is a little better than half that of the current governor, Democrat Mark R. Warner, and it was clear when the President decided to come in that Kilgore was running even at best. A Republican involved in the decision to hold the event said the White House calculation was, "Win or lose, he's to get blamed...