Has anyone ever helped themselves by giving the opposition speech? The president is supposed to report to Congress, by giving the opposition talk you look totally political and you can't compete with the presidential address.
Gosh, I had forgotten all about that. I recall watching that convention and hearing the news anchors talking about how Clinton had just killed his political future with that speech.
Kaine was basically elected by Northern Virginia and the state's large African American population. For whatever reason, the state is mostly conservative, but the strong conservatives bypass the Governor's mansion to try to get a more "permanent" position in the senate. I wish we could have kept Gilmore. The term limits don't always work the way we'd like them to.