On Mark Warner Perhaps you have heard, Mark Warner (D-VA) has decided not to pursue the Presidency in 2008.  I have posted about Warner quite a bit on this blog, and he was by far my favorite of the "likely" candidates (I still consider Al Gore, my top choice, as unlikely to run).  So I am quite upset by this news.  Among the group of likely candidates, Warner was the only one who, in my opinion, had a firm grasp of the New Economy and how embracing new technologies early was the key to creating growth and widespread prosperity in America.  His initiative to set-up "insourcing" centers in rural Virginia, bringing high-tech jobs to the rural poor, is truly visionary.  Furthermore, he is not a typical "back to the future" anti-free trade isolationist Democrat.  He understands the concept of the Global Community and the need to be "at the table" when discussing trade agreements, to both ensure no one is left out and to help the people of the developing world gain access to America's famously restricted markets.  Not to mention, he is an alumnus of a great school.

So, the Warner-less race leaves me surprised and unsure of whom to support.  Hillary Clinton will never win my support in the primaries; she must pay the price for continuing to support the Bush-Lieberman position on Iraq.  John Edwards is right on many issues, but his position on trade is a relic of the last century.  The rest of the pack has done little to distinguish themselves.  Ergo: Al Gore must run. 
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