Mark Warner: A Moderate Formula for Success in 08

As democrats ponder the future and a winning formula for taking back the White House in 2008, a look back at past elections provides some factual insight into what is needed to win.

In the last forty years, three democrats were elected President of the United States. They were all southerners and moderates (Johnson-Texas, Carter-Georgia & Clinton-Arkansas).

During that same period, six other democratic nominees lost the general election; Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, & Kerry were all hindered and ultimately failed due to the perception they were too liberal, out of the mainstream, and lacked appeal among rural & swing voters.

Al Gore was the only moderate southern democratic nominee that failed in his bid for the big prize on Pennsylvania Avenue. Some attribute Gore's loss to his close association with President Clinton. Others point out Gore's failure to capitalize on President Clinton's tremendous successes and distancing himself from Clinton as a major factor in his defeat. To this day, many democrats believe Al Gore would be president had the Supreme Court not intervened and stopped the ballot counting in Florida. Political operatives and professional pundits will likely debate the 2004 loss to George Bush for years to come.

What is very clear from the history of presidential elections is that Americans favor centrist-moderate leadership. They are more likely to cast their vote for a uniter that does not divide the country into red & blue camps, liberals & conservatives, Christians and non-Christians, and democrats & republicans.

We already know from history what has worked in the past. Finding a democratic candidate that has mass appeal to the nation is not as difficult as it may seem and the opportunity to duplicate the winning formula of the past will come again in 2008.

Governor Mark Warner of Virginia, a centrist-moderate with high approval ratings and an accomplished record of success is the kind of candidate that possesses all the attributes that led the democratic party to victory in past presidential elections.

As president, Mark Warner will lower the poisonous rhetoric that divides this great nation.

As president , Mark Warner will restore honesty, trust, and goodwill at all levels of the federal government.

As president, Mark Warner will bring all Americans, democrat and republican, back to the table of cooperation.

As president, Mark Warner will make us all proud to work together again for the common good of the country.

As president, Mark Warner will revive our international standing in the world and develop global solutions to issues that alienate us from our friend and allies,

Join the effort to unite America and the world under the leadership of Mark Warner as President of the United States.

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