Terry McAuliffe blazes different Virginia trail

May 29th, 2009
Politico
Jonathan Martin

Brian Moran served for 20 years as a local prosecutor and in the Virginia House. Creigh Deeds has been in the Virginia House and Senate for 17 years.

But they’re both being outpaced in most polls by a man who has never served a day in public office and, until a few months ago, had few ties to Virginia besides his mailing address.

What would have seemed implausible a year ago, maybe even laughable, doesn’t seem so far-fetched anymore: Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and Clinton First Friend, as Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

That a son of Syracuse turned Washington operator might claim the party’s nomination in the June 9 primary speaks to the sea-change under way in Virginia.

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