Who do you see that is young now that might, at some time in the future, become a candidate for the President Of The United States?
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy is a member of congress from Pennsylvania who is an Iraq War veteran and whose father was a Penn cop his entire life. He has an endearing Penn. accent and is a confident speaker.
Here's more from a PM website;
In 1993, Congressman Murphy put on his U.S. Army uniform for the first time. He went on to become a West Point professor, airborne and air assault qualified, a JAG Corps attorney, and serve two deployments after 9/11 - the first to Bosnia in 2002 and the second to Baghdad, Iraq in 2003-2004 as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. For his service, Captain Murphy earned the Bronze Star for service and his unit earned the Presidential Unit Citation.
On Nov. 7th, 2006 Captain Murphy was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District. Sworn into office on Jan. 4th, 2007, Congressman Murphy has pledged to serve his constituents with the same devotion, integrity, diligence and honor he has shown throughout his life. As his term in office has continued he has been selected to serve of the House Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. With his appointment to these prestigious committees, Congressman Murphy has become a leading voice for change in Iraq. Outside of these committees, as a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he has been a strong proponent for fiscal responsibility and improved veterans benefits.
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To me he sounds like someone we will grow to support in the future.
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Looks like a pretty good guy. I tend to really appreciate blue dog Democrats with patriotic backgrounds.
It's also quite possible that in four years we may see a very strong return of Mitt Romney. I think the Republicans are looking at him the way they looked at Ronald Reagan right after he lost the 1976 Republican convention... "Man, that guy really would have been good..."
They couldn't wait to run him against Carter in 1980. And the nation was SO ready for him.
Author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan.
He is a member of the Democratic Party.
A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine
Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War
combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration,
Webb served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve
Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy. Webb won the Democratic
nomination for the 2006 Virginia Senate race by defeating Harris Miller in
the primary, then won the general election by defeating the Republican
incumbent George Allen.
Webb's thin margin in the general election (less than 0.5%) kept the
outcome uncertain for nearly two days after polls closed on November 7,
2006, and provided the final seat that tilted the Senate to Democratic
control. He will become Senior Senator in 2009, if nothing unforeseen
happens, as his counterpart, John Warner, is not running for re-election.
Webb was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri to James Henry Webb and his
wife Vera Lorraine Hodges. He grew up in a military family, descended
from Scots Irish immigrants from Ulster (northern Ireland) who
emigrated in the 18th century to the British North American colonies.
Webb's 2004 book Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped
America details his family history, noting that his ancestors fought
in every major American war.
Webb's father, a career officer in the U.S. Air Force, flew B-17s and B-29s
during World War II, dropped cargo during the Berlin Airlift, and was
later involved in missile programs. He is buried at the Arlington National
Cemetery.
Because of his father's military career, Webb grew up on the move,
attending more than a dozen schools across the U.S. and in England. After
graduating from high school in Bellevue, Nebraska, he attended the
University of Southern California on a Navy Reserve Officer Training
Corps scholarship from 1963?1964 (and was a member of Delta Chi). In
1964, Webb earned appointment to the United States Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Maryland. At Annapolis, Webb was a member of the Brigade
Honor Committee. He also won a varsity letter for boxing, at one point
fighting a controversial match against Oliver North which Webb lost.
He graduated in 1968, in the same class with North, Dennis C. Blair,
Michael Mullen, and Michael Hagee.
After graduating from Annapolis, Webb was commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. As a first lieutenant during the
Vietnam War he served as a platoon commander with Delta Company,
1st Battalion 5th Marines. He earned a Navy Cross, the second highest
decoration in the Navy and Marine Corps for heroism in Vietnam. Webb
also earned the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts.
Webb received the Navy Cross for actions on July 10, 1969. The citation
read:
? The Navy Cross is presented to James H. Webb, Jr., First Lieutenant,
U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Platoon
Commander with Company D, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine
Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in connection with combat
operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On 10 July
1969, while participating in a company-sized search and destroy
operation deep in hostile territory, First Lieutenant Webb's platoon
discovered a well-camouflaged bunker complex that appeared to be
unoccupied. Deploying his men into defensive positions, First Lieutenant
Webb was advancing to the first bunker when three enemy soldiers
armed with hand grenades jumped out. Reacting instantly, he grabbed
the closest man and, brandishing his .45 caliber pistol at the others,
apprehended all three of the soldiers. Accompanied by one of his men,
he then approached the second bunker and called for the enemy to
surrender. When the hostile soldiers failed to answer him and threw a
grenade that detonated dangerously close to him, First Lieutenant Webb
detonated a claymore mine in the bunker aperture, accounting for two
enemy casualties and disclosing the entrance to a tunnel. Despite the
smoke and debris from the explosion and the possibility of enemy
soldiers hiding in the tunnel, he then conducted a thorough search that
yielded several items of equipment and numerous documents containing
valuable intelligence data.
Continuing the assault, he approached a third bunker and was preparing
to fire into it when the enemy threw another grenade. Observing the
grenade land dangerously close to his companion, First Lieutenant Webb
simultaneously fired his weapon at the enemy, pushed the Marine away
from the grenade, and shielded him from the explosion with his own
body. Although sustaining painful fragmentation wounds from the
explosion, he managed to throw a grenade into the aperture and
completely destroy the remaining bunker. By his courage, aggressive
leadership, and selfless devotion to duty,
First Lieutenant Webb upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps
and of the United States Naval Service."
