Reply #10: Well, it's all about hyperpartisanship which I realize I don't care for in either party. [View All]

[beachmom]

So they look for the person to say key phrases and to have key things in their resume, and SUDDENLY they are the Darling of the Base. But I believe in voting for full human beings. Mark Warner, for example, is a full human being who represents Virginia and I am sure is hated by many on the Left. He talks like a Rockefeller Republican and is concerned about fiscal discipline, jobs, having businesses flourish. Progressives aren't impressed. But then check key votes: Aye on hcr, supports global climate bill (unlike Webb), aye on the stimulus. IMO, based on everything I have read about Mark Warner, he is a liberal in his heart, but how he gets to those goals is very unconventional. Like how he balanced the budget in Va., freeing up funds to . . . give for heating for the poor, Medicaid, and so forth. Yet it was all said in a business conservative way. Webb, who was initially adored by the bloggers, has proven more disappointing (although not a surprise to me), particularly the fact he is trying to kill the climate bill by offering a lame alternative bill. Webb says he is a Jacksonian Democrat, and I think that is the case. Populist through and through, unlike those hippie tree huggers. Still, I think Virginia has two interesting Senators who might have the chance to serve many, many years to come if they choose. I like that they can't be so easily pegged. I wish we had a few more Republicans like that (Lindsay Graham is one.)