Terry McAuliffe

August 27, 2008 - 10:22am

McAuliffe reflects on mistakes of Gore, Kerry

DENVER -- Speaking before the daily breakfast of the Arizona Democratic National Committee delegation, Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, addressed the weaknesses in the campaigns of Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) while expressing high hopes for the 2008 election.

McAuliffe cautioned the Arizona delegates not to pay attention to national polls, which show Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in a statistical tie.

"It's too early," he said, while also adding that he thought Obama could pull off an upset in McCain's home state.

"If we could win Arizona this year, it would set such a milestone for the Democratic Party. We would bury the Republicans for 25 years."

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