Warren and Sanders endorse Tom Perriello for Governor

[Nanjeanne]

Unlike Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Terry McAuliffe etc. who put their support behind Ralph Northam

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-tom-perriello_us_58fe651ae4b00fa7de16d3b6?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Go Periello!

[LexVegas]

1. NARAL Virginia endorsed Northam.

Go Northam!

No to pro-gun, anti-choice Perriello!

[Nanjeanne]

2. Good for NARAL. That's what makes horse races. Virginia will make a decision in the meantime

I posted that Warren is supporting Periello. You can contact her about your opposition.

[LexVegas]

3. Yes, we will. Hopefully we reject the NRA / anti-choice candidate.

[Nanjeanne]

7. Should be interesting. Obama campaigned for Periello in 2010 and Republicans

Hate him for voting 90% of time with that devil Pelosi. He voted for cap and trade and Obamacare and all those bad things. He did apologize for his vote re abortion (like Clinton apologized for her vote for the Iraq war) and since voted against defunding Planned Parenthood. He opposes the pipelines planned for VA unlike Northampton who supports them. He did get a 2019 endorsement from the NRA but since then supports tighter regulation in Virginia and a ban on high-capacity magazines.

They are both good candidates I think, but I tend to lean away from establishment candidates so will be curious how this plays out.

[Demsrule86]

14. I might...he voted for the Stupak amendement as I noted on another post.

[underpants]

4. I think Northam is a better pick/better chance

Anything to have of off Gillespie. He'll probably go right after the state employee retirements.

[FSogol]

5. Northham is the better candidate & his funding comes from in state. I predicted this back in Jan

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12512680832#post10

But someone did undermine our candidates. How about adopting this unoffical rule:

When running for office as a member of the Democratic party, how about running AGAINST the Republicans and conservatives instead of attacking the party?

Look at what is about to happen in Virginia. McAullife's term as Governor is up and he's prevented from running again due to VA law.

Lieutenant Governor, Ralph Northam is running and Tom Perriello, former U.S. Representative is entering the race. Both are excellent candidates. Both would make great Governors. Both have solid progressive records. At some point, the national far-left will notice this race, select one candidate, and begin to demonize the other. An inter-party fight might lead to Republican Puke, Ed Gillespie winning.

[hrmjustin]

6. Kaine, Warner, and McAuliffe know their state better.

I trust their judgement on this one more.

[Nanjeanne]

8. Dispise McAuliffe and don't agree with many of Warners votes so I trust my judgement more

But should be interesting

[FSogol]

9. Despise McAuliffe? He's been a great Governor and has moved farther left than his past would have

indicated. It is ridiculous to bash him.

[Nanjeanne]

11. I bashed him? I don't like him. Given I don't live in VA - only my sister does, i

May have a different perspective than you as you live there. But disliking someone ifor their support of TPP or his messy finagling into directing a union into legal and financial "noodling" or leading the DNC into a more corporatist donor base isn't bashing. Im not a big fan of the DLC. Or are we no longer allowed opinions different than yours?

[FSogol]

12. DLC? They closed their doors over 6 years ago.

[Nanjeanne]

13. Oh jeeze. So DLC ideology is dead. Good to hear.

[Cha]

16. Gov. Terry McAuliffe helpled restore Voting Rights to felons..

Virginia, ex-felons find empowerment in the voting booth

snip//

Three months later, Virginia's Supreme Court overruled McAuliffe, saying he didn't have the authority to grant "blanket, group pardons" and that he would have to do so individually.

McAuliffe quickly vowed to do so, and has restored the rights to more than 67,000 former felons since the July decision, according to Sam Coleman, his spokesman. Coleman added that of these, nearly 21,000 have registered to vote.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/05/politics/virginia-felons-voting-rights/

Good on Gov McAuliffe..

[Demsrule86]

15. You know if Perriello had his way insurance companies on the ACA exchange would have been

forbidden to cover abortion ...this is what the Stupak amendment was... That is a deal breaker for me.

[Cha]

18. Wonder what Sen Warren is thinking on this endorsement?

[Demsrule86]

19. I have no idea why she endorsed him...she is not my Senator but I may still

call her office and ask why.

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. "Obama team lines up behind Perriello"

Politico 3/22/17
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/obama-staff-tom-perriello-virginia-236367

"Seeking to drape himself in the mantle of Barack Obama in his Virginia gubernatorial race, former Rep. Tom Perriello on Wednesday began circulating a letter showing support from more than two dozen members of the former president’s staff, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO.

Among the 29 signers: Obama’s 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe; former White House deputy chief of staff Nancy-Ann DeParle; former White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer; former White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri; former White House deputy senior adviser, Stephanie Cutter; former White House social secretary Julianna Smoot; former White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz; and former White House director of political affairs, Patrick Gaspard, fresh off a stint as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa..."

"Perriello lost in 2010 to GOP Rep. Robert Hurt by 4 percentage points. Obama campaigned for him the weekend before the election, making Perriello the only House member to get a personal political visit from the president.

Other signers of Wednesday's letter include: Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff to Michelle Obama; former White House director of legislative affairs, Amy Rosenbaum; former White House Office of Public Engagement Director Jon Carson; former White House director of Media Affairs, Christina Reynolds; former Obama campaign Digital Director Teddy Goff; and former Obama campaign director of Paid Media, Larry Grisolano."

[PatsFan87]

17. Perriello seems to have all the energy around him and has Obama, Sanders, and Clinton people backing

him. I also respect that he's been visiting southwest Virginia which people often forget about. Go Tom!