Thanks to Raising Kaine for posting the following excerpts from an otherwise firewall-hidden Roll Call article on Tom Davis.
*"Davis said unambiguously that he will run for the Senate in 2008 if five-term Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) decides to retire."
*On the other hand, if John Warner runs, Davis says he "would stand out front and take a bullet for him."
*"...regardless of Warner's decision [Davis] has doubts about seeking an eighth term in the House."
*Davis "has little to no interest in other statewide offices such as the governorship."
*Davis almost retired last year, but decided not to do so because it would have gone to the Democrats ("I think had I left last year, which we contemplated doing, [the seat] would have gone. I don't think there's any way you would have held the seat last year")
*Davis argues that "Republicans' old formula for getting elected - managing losses in Northern Virginia and then making it up with large margins in the rest of the state - is outdated and that his party will continue to lose if it does not accept that."
First off, Democrats have to field the best challenger possible for Warner's seat, whether he's running or not.
Secondly, not that I should have to say it, but Davis's continuing diva schtick ought to be ignored ("take a bullet," "the seat would have gone," "old formula"). If Davis ever was worthy of our votes, it's clear he is not now.
Finally, please please please, take the first step this November to boo this horrible Hamlet off the stage by voting for Chap Petersen.
