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To: Sully- who wrote (10978)	6/14/2005 2:15:16 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Democrat Governor Talking Sense By Rob on Default This, instead of Howard Dean, is who the Democrats should be listening to. <<< WASHINGTON — Acknowledging that Republicans command a national political majority, Democratic Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner said Thursday that his own party needed to do far more to appeal to moderate voters and to offer alternatives to President Bush’s policies — not just block them. Warner, who is in his final year as governor and is considered a possible 2008 presidential contender, argued that Democrats could not simply cater to their liberal base if they were to succeed politically on a national scale. “While we have to do all we can to activate every person who is part of the traditional Democratic family,” Warner told a group of Los Angeles Times reporters and editors, “ultimately we also have to go and convince some folks who have been voting Republican.” His comments come at a time of turmoil among Democrats over the state of their party, which is groping for direction after decisive losses in 2004’s presidential and congressional elections. Warner comes down squarely in the camp of those who say the party must reach to the center to expand its base beyond the 19 states, plus the District of Columbia, that Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry won in the 2004 presidential race. Warner — who is thought to have presidential potential because of his bipartisan accomplishments as a governor in the South — said that his party’s positioning on social issues had left rural and small-town voters with a “sense of some Democrats’ belittling their lives, their culture and their values.” He said he experienced that sentiment during a trip to California, where he felt that some people were condescending because he came from Virginia. ” ‘You little Virginia Democrat, how can you understand the great opportunities we have?’ ” Warner said in characterizing the attitude he encountered. “I came out saying, ‘That’s why America hates Democrats.’ “ >>> Exactly. sayanythingblog.com latimes.com

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