Updated: Mark Warner at the DNC
The former governor of Virginia, Mark Warner, does a great job at painting a picture of the past and the future. One candidate is stuck in the past and the other looks toward the future. This is a solid speech. It would have been the best speech of the night if you could discount Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech.
Update: From John Nichols of The Nation:
Here is a footnote, and nothing more than that, from the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
We’re finally done with all that speculation about former Virginia Governor Mark Warner becoming a national political player.
Sure, Warner drew a bad card when Democratic National Convention organizers scheduled the keynote address on the same night as Hillary Clinton’s address to the convention.
But the Virginian, who this year is likely to win a Senate seat, failed to rise to the challenge. (more… )
