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Mark Warner sees his political star rise - Los Angeles Times

Mark R. Warner is expected to reignite his political career with an easy election to the Senate in November in much-watched Virginia. But he already was viewed as a prime presidential contender at some future date.

His selection as keynote speaker for the upcoming Democratic National Convention will only intensify such chatter. At Politico.com, for instance, Mike Allen rates Warner, 53, a "rising star" in the party with "a post-partisan message" resembling Barack Obama's.


Warner's Senate campaign, not surprisingly, sent out an e-mail calling the upcoming address "an amazing opportunity."