Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
Terence Richard "Terry" McAuliffeis an American businessman and the 72nd Governor of Virginia. He served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, from 2001 to 2005, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, and was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 gubernatorial election. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, he was unopposed in the Democratic primary. McAuliffe defeated Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis, in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 February 1957
CitySyracuse, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I think sometimes Richmond, especially the House of Delegates, thinks too small... Richmond is not doing what needs to be done, forward thinking, big bold ideas.
When I decide to do something, I do it.
What the Internet was for the 1990s, green jobs are for the 2000s.
I've got to have 25 balls in the air at the same time.
I could never drive in a great big car; people like me because I'm a man of the people, a hustler.
There is a visceral dislike of George Bush, and it's going to bring these guys together.
George Bush was elected. He's the president today. So we have to deal with that.
George Bush is a son of privilege -- a fortunate son who has spent his entire life receiving special favors and having strings pulled for him, ... He's gone from being a fortunate son who uses special influence to being an unfortunate president who makes especially wrong choices for America.
Apparently, two tours in Vietnam, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and Three Purple Hearts weren't good enough for the folks who never miss a chance to say that military service shouldn't be an issue in this campaign.
It's really the perfect storm for fund-raising: We have a great nominee and Democrats' visceral dislike of the incumbent president's policies.
Cameras will be everywhere, ... Not the bathrooms.
As Dick Cheney said in the 2000 campaign, these types of issues ought to be dealt with by state legislatures...this election, will not be fought on these wedge issues, which I know the Republicans are going to try and do,
It's very important. We are encouraging them to vote early just to get it done.
As we have since the morning of September 11, the Democratic Party continues to stand side by side with President Bush and our armed forces in the war against terrorism. We Democrats also stand with the working men and women of this nation as they struggle to make ends meet.