Washed. Up. Loser.

Some American political lives deserve no second acts.

Isn't McAuliffe a carpetbagger from NY? His candidacy strikes me as a real overreach.

Danp,

You are correct. Virgina deserves better than a Washingtonian living in McLean.

One would like to think of Obamaism as politics driven and empowered from the bottom up - McAuliffe is very symbolic of top-down politics.

Maybe that's the way they like it in Mississippi, but it would be a step backward for blue-state Virginia.

Just when I thought the Democratic Party saw the last of that clown...

I remember in 2000 there was some rumor of McAuliffe exploring the New York governorship. I don't think there's much chance of him pursuing it.

He represents the part of the Democratic Party that silently admired Rove and his tactics: The Democratic Lemming Council

I'm a Virginian (and a Democrat). We don't want him. The state's fluorishing Democratic party has no need for carpetbaggers; he's not exactly Robert F. Kennedy in 1964 or even Hillary Clinton in 2000. If McAuliffe thinks Virginia Democrats are going to roll over and coronate him...well, isn't that what Hillary thought on her way to the White House?

Ed Rendell, current PA governor, also used to be chairman of the DNC.

Brian

GOV. MCAULIFFE?....

Not if I can help it. I favour Deeds myself (he's a local guy, so we've seen quite a bit of him over the years) but I have nothing against Moran, either. McAuliffe? Over my dead body, to coin a phrase.

And I'm not the only one feeling this way...

Got an invite from the local Dem Chair sometime last week (Wednesday? Thursday? Shortly after the Election Day, anyway)-- a mass e-mail to local Dem activists... Come meet Terry McAuliffe; he'll be in town on Friday, would like to talk to the local "talent"... If he thought to meet us before the euphoria quite wore off, but also before the lease on the HQ expired (today), he miscalculated.

I had to decline because, as I explained, I couldn't guarantee that I'd be able to behave myself in the appropriate, ladylike fashion. Got a reply "You and everyone else. But we need to have someone show up. We'll mount strong primary challenge; promise. But come". I still couldn't thole the idea and didn't go. Heard very few people showed up.

Sounds as deluded as everything else he's done for the past eight years. I will certainly vote against him in the primary and will vote Green if forced to choose between him and a Republican in November.

Ugh. Of everyone on the Clinton team outside of Mark Penn, McAuliffe was the biggest disgrace. There was nothing he wouldn't say and nowhere he refused to go, regardless of how ridiculous.

Let me add to the chorus of Virginians shouting NO!

McAuliiffe is a Carpetbagger but unlike Carpetbaggers Warner and Kaine he's done nothing whatsoever in local politics in the 20 years he's lived in Mclean. He's a bad fit for the state IMO and will fail spectacularly. I think I favor Moran over Deeds (too blue dog for my tastes) but either guy is miles better than McAuliffe.

And I thought I was going to be the only one. I can't stand McAuliffe ..never could. We need more fresh faces and good leadership - not creepy, ultra-partisan hacks.

And I agree, of the Clinton people who were embarrassing and obnoxious, he was right after Mark Penn... and maybe Wolfson.

Damn. Sounds like ole' Virginny, lessn' we find someotherbody, might be swingin' back red before too long. Operative word being "back."

No.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the guy who presided over the 2000 and 2004 election debacles. He and Leiberman should open a cafe somewhere and get on with their lives.

Hokie Annie, @18:25

As such, Moran fits my philosophy better than Deeds does, too. But here, in south-western (and mostly rural) VA, Moran is considered to be a "city boy" and would have a hard time pushing through. Don't know yet (for certain-sure) whom Repubs are going to field but wouldn't want to risk it. Sometimes, half a loaf... etc.

McAuliffe, OTOH, is mouldy crumbs in comparison, and I think most Dems around here agree with that assessment. Though I wonder what the erst-while Hillary supporters think of him; will have to ask Wed, during our first post-election Dem-Hens lunch. He *had* been a staunch supporter, even though he sounded unhinged and slimy to me (my personal dislike goes back to his stint at DNC, not to his stint at Hillary's campaign). Some of our Hillarites are a tad conflicted; on the one hand, they did vote for Obama, on the other they sound a bit put out he'd won, even in VA. They were so certain he was unelectable...

The GOP competition is already programmed -- Bob McDonnell, a NOVA resident and wingnut's wingnut is the agreed nominee. He's the one who ran for AG with those oh so creepy ads with a guy stalking a mother and daughter. WTF?