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Warner’s friend problem
Virginia Governor Mark Warner is making the commentaries rounds with
thoughts that his close association with his Lt. Governor Tim Kaine may
scuttle his presidential ambitions. Kaine is trying to succeed Warner as
Governor and his positions are definitely on the liberal side, according to
the Body Politic website:
How much pain will Kaine inflict on Warner’s presidential aspirations?
Warner is in a very difficult position. He can help a liberal like Kaine win
today but cost himself the "centrist" label, or Warner can save his
political future by distancing himself from Kaine. If Kaine loses the race,
will Warner get blamed for not helping enough? Whether its property taxes,
abortion, the death penalty, guns, or gays, Kaine’s positions are just too
liberal for the national stage. Any way you slice it, Warner has a political
price to pay.
Khobar sell-out
Former Clinton strategist Dick Morris says that Clinton sold out on the
Khobar investigation for lower gas prices. Morris claims that through
hindsight he understands why during Clinton’s reelection campaign he would
stress the cost of gas at American pumps [report on
NewsMax ]:
"For Clinton to have picked up the phone and demanded that the Saudis let
the FBI question their suspects would have risked annoying them by implying
skepticism about their toughness on terrorism. And Clinton could not risk
alienating Riyadh."
Instead - even as Clinton was publicly vowing to hunt the Khobar killers to
the ends of the earth - he was signaling the Saudis, Morris said, that the
Khobar probe was not his top priority, gas prices were."
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