By Bob Gibson
Daily Progress political blogger
The 100th anniversary Mock Convention at Washington & Lee University set for later in January expects to hear from some interesting political figures, from Charlie Wilson to Jim Webb and Tim Kaine.
Wilson, whose support of American CIA-led efforts to knock Russians out of Afghanistan, is a former Texas congressman made somewhat famous in the movie about his exploits in which he is played by Tom Hanks.
Webb, Virginia’s freshman U.S. senator, and Kaine, the Richmond Democrat in the Governor’s Mansion, will be joined by some national figures at the Jan. 25-26 event in Lexington.
Richmond Mayor and former Gov. Doug Wilder is set to speak, along with former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, former Georgia U.S. Sen. Max Cleland and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden.
Up-and-coming Texas state Sen. Patrick Rose and former Memphis Rep. Harold Ford Jr. are among the talented younger speakers on the W&L roster.
In a prediction announced today, Mock Convention organizers said they think that Hillary Clinton will take Iowa, in Thursday night’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.
The Lexington event Jan. 25 and 26 will predict the winner of the 2008 Democratic Convention this summer in Denver. The W&L students have been correct in 14 of the school’s last 15 conventions in picking the nominee of the party out of power in the White House. About 95 percent of W&L’s students participate.
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Posted by ( ) on January 03, 2008 at 2:45 am
This year would appear to be a tough one to call. I will be interested to see the choice. I wish more colleges has something similar to this.
However, being that Iowa is likely to shake things up a bit I wonder where we will be by the end of January. Read my Top Ten List for why the Iowa Caucus sucks!
http://vacollegerepublicans.blogspot.com/2008/01/top-ten-list-why-iowa-caucus-sucks.html
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