Warner Links McCain to Bush and the Past in Keynote Speech

In his keynote speech at the Democratic convention, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner described this year’s presidential election as a race for the future that can’t be won with John McCain in the White House. “Yes, the race for the future is on, and it won’t be won if only some Americans are in the running,” Warner said. “It won’t be won with yesterday’s ideas and yesterday’s divisions. And it won’t be won with a president who is stuck in the past.” The selection of Warner to deliver the keynote address highlights Democrats’ effort to win the traditionally Republican state for the first time since 1964. Warner, who is a favorite to win his state’s open Senate race, was given the featured role that Obama used in 2004 to spring himself to national prominence. In his speech, Warner cited global warming, America’s war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Bush’s economic policy of borrowing money from China “to ... (link)