Then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in January 2018, during his last State of the State speech in Richmond. By Laura Vozzella Laura Vozzella Local reporter covering Virginia politics Email Bio Follow March 20 at 6:00 AM Terry McAuliffe buttonholed Amazon honchos last week at a Washington gala like the go-go-go jobs governor he once was.
A friend of 40 years, Biden would occupy the same center-left, establishment lane. If Biden gets in, McAuliffe would more than likely stay out, some friends say. On St. Patrick’s Day, McAuliffe and his wife, Dorothy, were at the Dubliner, the iconic Irish bar in a hotel near the U.S. Capitol, when he teased the crowd.
“Governor McAuliffe was the most progressive governor in Virginia history,” said former chief of staff Paul Reagan, noting that he removed the Confederate flag from license plates, restored voting rights to 173,000 ex-felons and expanded abortion rights and gay rights. Raj Fernando, a Chicago entrepreneur and major donor to Hillary Clinton, said McAuliffe is the only Democrat he would be willing to back in a primary — precisely because the former governor is socially liberal and business friendly.
“We’ll generate roughly $50 million, $60 million in tax payments to Virginia, and they’ll give us back $4 million or $6 million,” Florance said, referring to incentives such as job training. “I don’t know how anybody can call it anything but a success story.” McAuliffe in February 2017 with Imam Mohamed Magid during a visit to the ADAMS Islamic center in Sterling, Va. A number of Democratic presidential hopefuls say they won’t take money from corporate political action committees or super PACS, including Sanders, Warren, Gillibrand former congressman Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kamala D. Harris .
“He does have a good story to tell in Virginia,” she said. “The question is whether that’s enough for a primary electorate that is looking for the candidate who can beat Trump, which in many ways is the candidate who is not going to come with a lot of baggage. . . .
Never listen to the handlers and persons close to you when deciding whether or not to run. They are biased, they stand to gain in income and stature. Stay home.
Magic 8 Ball says: Not Likely!
Nope
'Left, right, stop this nonsense! These are some of the problems! Health care, equal pay, minimum wage, the deficit, raising taxes, climate change, infrastructure, tuition, union busting, drug prices, women's rights, immigration. If Olive Oyl runs on this platform VOTE for her!
No, he sure can't.
There's no lane for him this election. The entire Dem party doesn't need to run. Pass for me.
No
After funneling $600k to FBI McCabe's wife...
Business friendly? This guy is a crook & a Clintonite who sleazed his way into a governorship by duping a naive electorate.
There’s just too damn many candidates hopefully some of them will drop out sooner than later this is ridiculous
nope, the party is crazy and crazy enough to wreck the country.
“Sell” is an interesting word choice.
Betteridge's law of headlines.
No