Mr. Polyester

Ok. There's an election in a few days, and Mark Warner's not on the ballot.

But let's take just a moment to ponder Warner, who, after all may just be a candidate for something else in the near future.

Warner taped an hour-long, wide-ranging interview on C-SPAN on Halloween. It will run this Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern time as part of the network's "Q & A" series.

According to a transcript of the program, however, the conversation with host Brian Lamb focused mainly on Warner's potential presidential bid and his personal biography.

Some highlights:

On running for president: "Well, I think, Brian, that, you know, regardless of who becomes the eventual nominee, I think the Democratic Party does more than just the party, the country a disservice if the Democrats are only competitive in 16 states and then try to hit a triple bank shot to get that 17th state."

On Hillary Clinton: "I think she has been a great senator. And she will be a powerful voice in this debate if she moves forward. But, you know, one of the things I found is whatever I do in politics, I would rather tell you what I'm for than what I'm against."

On being worth $200 million: "Brian, probably at one point before the bubble burst, that was accurate. It probably isn't accurate - it isn't accurate today. But it's still - I've been very, very lucky and very, very blessed."

On basketball: "I'm an aging hoopster. I still play a little bit of basketball in bringing down 14 of my college roommates and classmates down to Richmond. They come down every once in a while. We all bunk in at the mansion and go out and play a little basketball and then, you know, go out and have a long dinner and tell stories and make fun of each other and talk about how good we used to be."

On the Iraq war: "Where I am on the Iraq war is I think Democrats ought to spend less time re-fighting how we got into the war and more time figuring out where we go from here. I think the president has a responsibility as our commander-in-chief to be more forthcoming about his plan about how we finish."

On working on Capitol Hill: "You know, I had my polyester leisure suit on at that point, which was good if you're riding your bike up because you could kind of squeeze it out afterwards. I thought I was the coolest thing around because I was working on Capitol Hill as a freshman in college."

For more information about the full, hour-long interview, go to C-SPAN's Q & A program here.

By Michael Shear |  November 3, 2005; 4:44 PM ET  | Category:  Mark Warner
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