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posted by John Nichols on 08/27/2008 @ 01:28am Email Print Share Buzzflash del.icio.us Digg Facebook Newsvine Reddit What is this? Take Action Comments (1) Subscribe Now Text SizeAAAHere 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...

Senate Candidate Jim Gilmore Pushes Drilling and Clean CoalThe crowds are getting bigger folks and Jim told me that campaign contributions have really picked up with over 5,000 new donors to the campaign. I told him we are pushing for him. We can't afford to lose this seat to liberal Mark Warner. Please keep helping and if you live or know some one in Virginia strike up a conversation and make sure they know about Jim Gilmore. He cut taxes, signed into law some of the most Pro-Life legislation in the nation, brought the state through the 9-11 economic...

When Gilmore got into the race for U.S. Senate, he thought it was going to be about taxes. Instead, everywhere he goes, people talk to him about one issue: gas prices. "We're gonna drill here, drill now, and reduce these prices," said Gilmore. It's a line that pleases people who gather to hear him speak. Along with drilling, Gilmore wants to tap deep into Virginia's coal seams. "This is a national asset for us, and if we use clean coal technology and push that forward, you can use coal consistent with the environment," said Gilmore. The latest polls show Gilmore...

Gilmore Slams Mark Warner for Opposing Drilling! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgUS10bPYPlease take a moment to listen to this. The video isn't great because I took it with my cell phone camera. I took my three kids with me to an event yesterday in Hanover county and had a chance to meet Jim Gilmore and Eric Cantor. It was a great experience and they are two strong conservatives. Eric is still fighting liberal Pelosi and gave a great update and Jim gave this great speech on energy and the differences between him and liberal Mark Warner. The kids posing at the beginning of the...

  Political Director's Update 6th Edition August 19, 2008 Working Families Tour 3 & Super Saturday!   In This Edition: Update From The Road Yard Sign Signup Working Families Tour 3 Super Door Knock Saturday A Very Bad Day For Mark Warner, Olympic Edition     Jim Gilmore goes door to door in Fairfax County. Update from the Road Governor Gilmore has been hard at work this week, starting with some door to door in Northern Virginia, and hitting the Prince William and Rockingham County fairs. Want to know how you can help? Check out our volunteer calendar on...

Smart voters know, however, that campaign "promises" are no such thing. They represent a wish list and should be characterized as goals. Because they want to sound authoritative, candidates will sound as though they are promising this or that. Voters need to understand that circumstances change, and that such pledges hinge on a legislature going along with an idea and funding it if necessary. Senate candidate and former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore has charged that his successor and opponent, former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner, promised during the '01 gubernatorial campaign that he wouldn't raise taxes but then saddled Virginia taxpayers...

    Political Director's Update 5th Edition August 14, 2008 Go Door to Door with Jim Gilmore! No summer slow-down for the Gilmore campaign this weekend!! Join us and our fellow GOP candidates as we go door to door around the Commonwealth! Details on staging locations are below. Also, for those in Fairfax County in the Braddock District, you can join Jim Gilmore for precinct walking at 10:00 am this Saturday. Information below. Join Jim Gilmore at Fairfax Republican Headquarters 4246 Chain Bridge Rd in Fairfax 10:00 am Click here for a map Albemarle CountyCharlottesville Saturday August 16th 10:00...

Eric Cantor Hosting Event for Jim Gilmore!     http://jimgilmoreforsenate.com/downloads/GilmoreCantor.pdf

    Please Join Us For Jim Gilmore's Working Families Tour III On August 20th and 21st, 2008   Day 1......August 20   City Location and Time Colonial Heights Meet & Greet - 9:30 am Swift Creek Mill Theatre / 17401 Jeff Davis Hwy Richmond Meet & Greet - 12:30 pm Rare Olde Times /10602 Patterson Ave Spotsylvania Meet & Greet - 5:30 pm Bailey’s Pub & Grille / 1861 Carl D. Silver Pkwy   Day 2......August 21   City Location and Time Tappahannock Meet & Greet - 12:00 pm Lowery’s / 528 Church Lane Gloucester Reception - 6:00...

Reflecting new Democratic optimism about the South, former Virginia governor Mark R. Warner will keynote the party’s national convention in Denver two weeks from now.Warner appealed successfully to NASCAR Democrats in his election as governor, running strongly in rural areas and with working-class social conservatives. Warner, 53, briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination but dropped out to pursue a U.S. Senate race against another former governor, Republican Jim Gilmore. Warner is far ahead in polls and fund-raising. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is targeting Virginia as a traditionally Republican state that he could turn blue this year. The resources his campaign...

A Voice We Can Trust As a young man, Jim Gilmore volunteered for the United States Army during the Vietnam Era when many people were trying to avoid military service. He graduated with honors from the Army Intelligence School and Defense Language Institute and he was placed in the 650th Military Intelligence Group stationed in Germany. ... After his service in the U.S. Army, Jim Gilmore received a law degree at the University of Virginia and received assistance as a result of the G.I. Bill. As Governor of Virginia, Jim Gilmore reduced Virginia taxes. Later he was appointed Chairman of...

Mark Warner's Broken Promises

Jim Gilmore’s Plan To Increase America’s Energy Resources 1. Drill for oil in ANWR. ANWR is 19 million acres, the size of South Carolina. The proposed drilling site is just one sixth the size of Dulles Airport. And yet ANWR can provide America with more oil than our nation would receive from Saudi Arabia in the next 30 years. This would mean more than one million barrels of oil per day – 27 million barrels of gasoline a day to help increase gasoline supplies and cut prices. 2. Drill for oil offshore. As a result of a 1981 ban by...

A sitting senator resisting to back the party’s choice to succeed him would be extraordinary in itself, but Warner’s seat also is a top target for Democrats next year looking to increase its majority in the Senate. The once-reliably Republican commonwealth has gradually been tilting toward the Democratic column in recent years. Junior senator Jim Webb (D) surprised many by narrowly defeating incumbent Republican George Allen in 2006, for example. Warner has history with both of his potential successors. Democrat Mark Warner, Virginia’s governor from 2002 to 2006, narrowly lost to the senator in a 1996 bid for his seat....

“The old style of politics of saying anything to get elected is not what we need,” candidate Warner said. When his Republican opponent, Mark Earley, warned that Warner would raise taxes if elected, Warner said, “The fact is that I will not raise taxes. My plan states it. I’ve said it throughout this campaign. And no matter how many times my opponent may say otherwise, I will not raise your taxes.” Once elected, Warner proudly presided over the largest tax increase in Virginia’s history. Other than that breathtaking deceit, he accomplished virtually nothing as governor — and now he’s likely...

Warner served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. Gilmore served as governor from 1998 to 2002. He said Warner "opposes drilling in ANWR, and he (Warner) is all over the place on offshore drilling." At the campaign stop in Rocky Mount last week, Warner called for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling and allow states to make their own decision. But Gilmore said that Warner vetoed an offshore drilling bill that was passed by the General Assembly while he was governor. Speaking to nearly 100 people at the campaign event, Gilmore said he is a candidate...

A busy couple of days for Republican Senate candidate Jim Gilmore. He just wrapped up a two day, 14 city tour. It included stops this morning in Martinsville and Wednesday afternoon in Lynchburg. Gilmore's campaign chairman says the former Governor has shifted the scope of his political message. He used to speak mainly about cutting taxes and energy costs. Now, Gilmore has started going after opponent Mark Warner, calling him untrustworthy. Jim Gilmore, (R) U.S. Senate Candidate - "Ask the people of Virginia whether trust actually matters. Whether or not in fact really going into public office and keeping your...

Former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III, the state's Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, submitted false information on two financial disclosure forms that hid his ties to a government contractor embroiled in a legal dispute over allegations that two of its executives had conspired to defraud the federal government. On the forms, the first filed in June 2007 for his presidential campaign and the second in May after he joined the U.S. Senate race, Gilmore said he was on the board of Windmill International. Gilmore, who signed his name attesting that the information on the forms was "complete and...

The former governors are competing for the Senate seat held by Republican John Warner, who will retire after three decades in office. John Warner and Mark Warner are not related. Energy emerged as the dominant policy issue in Saturday's debate. But Gilmore said the election will turn on the issue of trust, and chided Warner for breaking a 2001 campaign promise not to raise taxes. "The question is who do you trust --a person who sticks with it and delivers on the car tax cut and does what he says he's going to do, or a person who casually brushes...

It’s the pain everyone feels from coast to coast: sky high gas prices. This week, President Bush moved to lower those prices by calling for lifting the ban on offshore oil drilling. It’s a move that could have long term impacts, but Bush admits it won’t produce any oil in the short term. So, what’s he up to? “Talk is action in Washington,” said WSLS Political Analyst Dr. Bob Denton. Denton says by stepping up to the mic, the president shows he gets it. “It reinforces the image that I am a leader. I am listening. And, I am doing.”...

Republican Jim Gilmore reported raising $480,000 from March through June, still far from the amount his Senate foe, Democrat Mark Warner (web|bio), raised over the same period. Gilmore, the state's 68th governor, trails Warner, the 69th governor, in both polls and fundraising in their race to succeed Senator John Warner in November.

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore, Republican Virginia candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Warner, will debate his opponent Mark Warner at the first debate of the campaign, this Saturday, July 19th at 11:00 a.m. The debate, which is hosted by the Virginia Bar Association, will take place during their annual meeting at the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA. Political columnist, David Broder, will serve as the debate moderator.

RICHMOND -- Former Virginia Gov. Mark, who lied to the working families of Virginia when he said he would not raise their taxes, unveiled another whopper today when he went on the air on television stations across the state with a 30-second television commercial called “Energy Plan.” The commercial says Warner has proposed a plan to help make America independent of foreign oil including “Expand oil and gas production at home.” And yet, Warner is on the record repeatedly opposing efforts to increase U.S. oil production by drilling in ANWR in Alaska and drilling for oil offshore. Warner’s so-called Energy...

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore, Republican Virginia candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Warner, will debate his opponent Mark Warner at the first debate of the campaign, this Saturday, July 19th at 11:00 a.m. The debate, which is hosted by the Virginia Bar Association, will take place during their annual meeting at the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA. Political columnist, David Broder, will serve as the debate moderator.

After his visit to the Heathsville Farmers Market Saturday, former governor Gilmore's bumper stickers may become more frequently seen. Although GilmoreÕs campaign gave local Republican leaders only a day's notice of his intention to visit Heathsville, "On short notice, we didn't have a bad turn-out," Northumberland County GOP chairman Jeanne Kling said. About a dozen GOP stalwarts, including Lee Ann Washington, who ran unsuccessfully against Albert Pollard for the House of Delegates in February, were at the Republican tent at the market to greet Gilmore. Gilmore had intended to stay in Heathsville only about a half an hour before going...

I served on the House Appropriations Committee during Mark Warner’s term as governor. Here are the facts he would like you to forget. Virginia is a balanced budget state. The General Assembly must pass and the governor must sign a balanced budget. Warner’s predecessor, Gov. Jim Gilmore, submitted a final budget that was balanced as required by Virginia’s Constitution. It was only two years later that Mark Warner decided he needed to raise taxes because he did not have enough taxpayers’ money to spend. A recent Warner TV commercial claims he cut spending, but state budgets rose 24.7 percent during...

Whether effective or not, the energy proposals coming out of Congress have caught fire on the campaign trail. That's why former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore, a candidate for U.S. Senate, has been visiting gas stations around Virginia collecting anecdotes from consumers struggling with soaring energy costs. Gilmore, who rode into the governor's mansion on a "no car tax" slogan, has a new one for his Senate race: "Drill here. Drill now. Cut gas prices." "I believe drilling for oil now is critical," Gilmore said. "I think that will drop prices immediately. International oil markets are very sensitive." His opponent, former...

Jim Gilmore On Message in the Valley  Jim Gilmore pounded home the message that basically the Democrats have failed to deliver on energy after taking over Congress in 2006, and responds to critics of drilling in the ANWR, or off-shore.The SNL highlights his Governor Jim Gilmore's visit to Waynesboro, and his message:"What I'm seeing now is the best thing that I can do as a United States senator is to address these economic issues, which are quite specific in the minds of the people; and that means you've got to have a decisive energy policy, and that means you've got to drill in...

Political Pulse: Jim Gilmore on the Issues   U.S. Senate candidate Republican Jim Gilmore made his way through the region this week. We sat down with him for a one-on-one chat to talk about the big issues. Everything from the economy to the war in Iraq and homeland security were up for discussion. Gilmore, an army veteran, says there is a great deal of danger to the U.S. and this is no time to for people inexperienced in foreign policy to lead the country. "We need to do something to protect the people of this country. I'm certainly well equipped...

Governor Gilmore phased out 70 percent of the car tax during his term as Governor. The 4th and final car tax cut of the remaining 30 percent was supposed to happen under Mark Warner but he blocked it, claiming the state could not afford to finish the car tax cut -- just as he claimed the state had a budget mess when he raised taxes by $1.4 billion. After cutting the car tax by 70 percent so working families would have more of their money, Governor Gilmore left Mark Warner a balanced budget as required by law and more than...

Mr. Gilmore called Mr. Warner an "elite limousine liberal," a "knave" on foreign policy, and a "piranha" hungry for tax money. Mr. Gilmore repeatedly hit Mr. Warner, his successor as governor, for breaking a 2001 campaign promise by raising taxes $1.4 billion.

Last Wednesday, Virginia Democratic Senate candidate Mark Warner proposed an emergency federal crackdown on "oil speculators." "Make no mistake about it: What has happened over the past few months has not been the result of the market," Mr. Warner said, sounding not so much like the level-headed, moderate Democrat he was once reputed to be. Democrats clearly are worrying about high gas prices interrupting their march to landslide victories in the fall. In Virginia, Republican James Gilmore is given virtually no chance to win against Mr. Warner. Mr. Gilmore might be a former governor and offer a clear contrast on...

I need some information from Virginia Freepers. Ex-govenor Jim Gilmore is running for the Senate. Recently, two Virginia Republicans - Former Delegate Vince Callahan and former state Senator John Chichester - have come out and endorsed the Dem. Was Gilmore unpopular as Governor? Didn't Warner raise taxes in Virginia? I have the impression that Gilmore made a promise - to get rid of the car tax - and then fulfilled that promise. Is my impression wrong? I appreciate any information. Thank you.

RICHMOND| - Two Republicans who last year lead state government's budget-writing committees on Monday endorsed Mark Warner, a Democrat, for Senate. Former Delegate Vincent F. Callahan and former state Sen. John H. Chichester, both Northern Virginia, said they're backing Mr. Warner because of how he handled a state budget crisis six years ago. They said the Republican nominee, former Gov. James S. Gilmore III, led the state into a fiscal crisis by presenting rosy economic forecasts as Virginia slid into a recession in 2001. Mr. Callahan and Mr. Chichester praised Mr. Warner, who was Mr. Gilmore's successor as governor, for...

Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) on Friday sought to end recent speculation surrounding his support for former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (R), saying his stance has not changed since a statement last November in which he pledged financial support for Virginia GOP candidates but will not actively campaign. Warner's office issued a statement saluting Gilmore and announcing that he has contributed $2,000 toward his candidacy this month. But he added that he will "defer taking an active role in political campaigns or the district and statewide Republican nominating conventions." Gilmore last Saturday won the GOP nomination to succeed Warner, who is...

Democratic Party of Virginia Dear xxxxxxm Just yesterday, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan accused Dick Cheney of misleading the media and public. Tomorrow - just two days after these allegations hit the air waves - the Republican Party of Virginia will proudly display this architect of the Bush agenda in an attempt to fill their campaign coffers. Vice President Dick Cheney will emerge from his undisclosed location to appear as the keynote speaker at the Commonwealth Gala during the 2008 Virginia Republican State Convention. With the funds raised at that event, he and the Virginia Republicans will try...

While Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hangs in there, locked in a tough race with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Republican undercard is facing obliteration in the 2008 general elections for the Senate. Polling suggests that a massacre may be in the offing — and one that’s possibly even greater than the worst of previous GOP years: 1958, 1964, 1974, 1986 and 2006. Scott Rasmussen, whose site, www.rasmussenreports.com, follows these races closely, is producing truly hair-raising polling data. Of the open Republican Senate seats in contention, Democratic victory seems very likely in Virginia (Democratic former Gov. Mark Warner now has 55...

I know that a lot of Republicans and Conservatives in general have been disgusted, saddened and otherwise disenchanted with our GOP slate of candidates this year. John McCain seems intent upon driving all conservatives from the party and our Congressional Leadership, in the face of a growing national crisis of confidence fueled by historically high oil prices, seems incapable of action. Well with all that said I wanted to share a little good news. There really ARE Conservative Republicans out there who hear what we're saying, aren't afraid to campaign as conservatives and who deserve our strong support. Jim Gilmore...

James S. Gilmore III, who seeks Virginia's U.S. Senate seat, yesterday dramatically distanced himself from President Bush on trade, immigration, spending and energy, and even likened the president's hat-in-hand request of the Saudi government to boost oil production last week to Sen. Barack Obama's call to negotiate with enemy leaders. His sobering assessment of his party's floundering was shared by a fellow Virginian, Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican chief deputy whip in the House. In a separate interview, Mr. Cantor said Republicans are fighting uphill against the reality that "the public looks at the Bush administration in the last seven...

Social Conservatives Rally to Marshall in VA Senate Race By Evan Moore CNSNews.com Correspondent April 11, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - In the race for the seat of retiring Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), a delegate in the Virginia Legislature is mounting a campaign against a former governor and presidential candidate, amassing support from social conservatives, and has an opportunity to win the Republican Party nomination, according to some experts in Old Dominion politics. Bob Marshall, a Republican delegate in the state's General Assembly from Prince William County, is challenging Jim Gilmore, a former Virginia governor and a candidate for the 2008 GOP...

In the 2008 Virginia Senate race, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 38%. Both men are former governors of the state of Virginia.

Republicans hope Delegate Chris B. Saxman will officially enter the Virginia Senate race to become the much-needed new face for the party and attract the independent-minded voters who have backed Democrats in recent elections. "There are energetic conservatives out there, and they just need to be given the opportunity," said James E. Rich, chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republican Committee. "It is time for them to takeover." Mr. Saxman, Staunton Republican who has been a state delegates since 2002, said he started "seriously considering" a bid this week, after several Republican colleagues encouraged him to run for retiring Sen....

RICHMOND -- Former governor James S. Gilmore III wanted to create a Web site and video last week to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, but he didn't have the money. "We did it on credit," said Dick Leggitt, a Gilmore adviser. "We went ahead and ordered the stuff. The bills came in this week, and now that we've formed a [federal] committee, we will pay for it." TOOLBOX Resize Text Save/Share + DiggNewsvinedel.icio.usStumble It!RedditFacebook Print This E-mail This COMMENT washingtonpost.com readers have posted 1 comment about this item. View All Comments » POST A...

RICHMOND, Va. - Former GOP Gov. Jim Gilmore announced Monday that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Republican John Warner. Gilmore's announcement sets up a campaign with another former governor, Democrat Mark R. Warner — a clash between two men with vastly different views about government and little affection for the other. Mark Warner announced his intent to run for the seat in September and raised more than $1.1 million in just 17 days.

A long-brewing confrontation between Virginia's past two governors appears certain to be played out before voters next year, as Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Jim Gilmore move toward a show down for the U.S. Senate. Warner, 52, announced his candidacy in September. Gilmore, 58, is expected to toss in his hat before Thanksgiving, according to several of his political advisers. "These men don't like each other, they don't respect each other, and there should be a lot of fireworks," said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. The winner of the November 2008 election will succeed...

In the 2008 race for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Democrat Mark Warner leading Republican Jim Gilmore 53% to 37%. Both men are former Governors of Virginia and both considered running for their party’s 2008 Presidential nomination.

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is expected to announce that he will not be running for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. John Warner, according to a senior Virginia Republican familiar with Davis’ plans. The seven-term congressman began telling close friends of his intentions last week. His decision would leave former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore as the only GOP Senate candidate left in a state that had been reliably Republican but where Democrats have won two consecutive governor’s races and, in 2006, unexpectedly nabbed the other Senate seat.

RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, once considered a potential candidate for president, announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate next year. Mark Warner, 52, ended speculation about his political future in a video e-mailed to supporters and media. The Democrat said he hopes to replace Republican Sen. John Warner, no relation, who is retiring from Congress after 30 years. "Our country is at a crossroads," Mark Warner said on the video. "We're dealing with a mismanaged war. Our stature in the world is declining. We have no national competitiveness plan, and no thoughtful approach on...

2006 was the lowest point for Virginia Republicans, a decent that began in 2004. Why do I say 2004? Becasue that was the year Gov. Mark Warner bamboozled the state and passed a historic tax increase that fueled his high approval ratings. Nevermind that the state suddenly realized the recession wasn't as bad as thought and was really all about the e-bubble bursting in Northern Virginia. In the end, Mark Warner's governorship was lacking signifigant achievements. Jim Webb's defeat of George Allen still hurts today. Webb flew into the perfect storm were an axis of national anxiety and Allen's own...