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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_el_pr/gilmore2008
Jim Gilmore, Virginia's former tax-slashing Republican governor, on Tuesday took the first step in a long-shot bid for the presidency.
Gilmore filed papers with the Federal Election Commission in Washington to form the Jim Gilmore for President Exploratory Committee, said his aide, Matt Williams.
Citing the absence of what he considered a true conservative, Gilmore said in interviews last month that he would assess his own chances for a presidential run.
Gilmore was elected governor in 1997 promising to cut the property tax that local governments in Virginia levy on personal cars and pickup trucks.
Critics warned that the reimbursements created an enormous state spending program that would eventually wreck the state's finances.
In 2001, after a recession cut deeply into Virginia tax collections and with reimbursements to localities around $700 million annually and soaring, Gilmore rebuffed efforts by fellow Republicans in the state Senate to stop the car tax phaseout.
The resulting legislative stalemate and GOP infighting left Virginia unable to reconcile its budget for the first time ever, and helped Democrat Mark R. Warner upset Republican Mark L. Earley, whom Gilmore had supported.
Warner also blamed Gilmore and the car tax for budget deficits that topped $6 billion in subsequent years.
Gilmore was among the earliest supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush's 2000 presidential quest, and Bush rewarded Gilmore by appointing him chairman of the Republican National Committee
Yay! A true tax cut and spend Republican. Standing up for massive deficits! Its about time we had someone like this. All the Democratic nonsense about fiscal responsibility will die once Gilmore gets in the race! Just in time to ensure an orderly succession from one tax cut and spend President, Bush to another tax cut and spend President, Gilmore.
Who says the Republican party doesn't stand for anything?
Jim Gilmore, Virginia's former tax-slashing Republican governor, on Tuesday took the first step in a long-shot bid for the presidency.
Gilmore filed papers with the Federal Election Commission in Washington to form the Jim Gilmore for President Exploratory Committee, said his aide, Matt Williams.
Citing the absence of what he considered a true conservative, Gilmore said in interviews last month that he would assess his own chances for a presidential run.
Gilmore was elected governor in 1997 promising to cut the property tax that local governments in Virginia levy on personal cars and pickup trucks.
Critics warned that the reimbursements created an enormous state spending program that would eventually wreck the state's finances.
In 2001, after a recession cut deeply into Virginia tax collections and with reimbursements to localities around $700 million annually and soaring, Gilmore rebuffed efforts by fellow Republicans in the state Senate to stop the car tax phaseout.
The resulting legislative stalemate and GOP infighting left Virginia unable to reconcile its budget for the first time ever, and helped Democrat Mark R. Warner upset Republican Mark L. Earley, whom Gilmore had supported.
Warner also blamed Gilmore and the car tax for budget deficits that topped $6 billion in subsequent years.
Gilmore was among the earliest supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush's 2000 presidential quest, and Bush rewarded Gilmore by appointing him chairman of the Republican National Committee
Yay! A true tax cut and spend Republican. Standing up for massive deficits! Its about time we had someone like this. All the Democratic nonsense about fiscal responsibility will die once Gilmore gets in the race! Just in time to ensure an orderly succession from one tax cut and spend President, Bush to another tax cut and spend President, Gilmore.
Who says the Republican party doesn't stand for anything?
