Great News: Terry McAuliffe to Run for Governor of Virginia

Dear Lord, help us. This abrasive greaseball might be able to raise prodigious sums of money, but his grating personality may not go over well with voters.

It's obvious the Clintons are never going away and now it seems every stooge and lackey that was along for the ride in the 90s aren't going away either.

Former Democratic National Committee chairman and McLean businessman Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that he has decided to run for Virginia governor.

In a three-minute video e-mailed to supporters yesterday afternoon, McAuliffe, 51, said a two-month tour of the state convinced him that his business and political experience prepared him to work on issues of concern to Virginians: creating jobs, improving public schools and working toward energy independence.

McAuliffe did not mention his competitors in the June Democratic primary, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds of Bath County and former state delegate Brian J. Moran of Alexandria. Instead, he sought to contrast himself directly with the Republican nominee, Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, and to portray himself as a natural successor to former Democratic governor Mark R. Warner, who was elected in November to the U.S. Senate, and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D).

Warner and Kaine, McAuliffe said, "know that not every good idea comes out of Richmond. When it comes to fixing our economy, there's no such thing as a Republican job or a Democratic job. It's about bringing people together to create good jobs." McDonnell, in contrast, has opposed the Warner and Kaine administrations for seven years, McAuliffe said.

Democrats always have a funny way of bringing people together. It always seems that involves character assassination and duplicitous behavior.