Via the Washington Post. Announcement at 11 a.m.
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Warner just released a statement. I'm still unconvinced as to why he's pulling out. He didn't think before that a presidential run, and being president, would take time away from his family? Hmmm....
I have decided not to run for President.
This past weekend, my family and I went to Connecticut to celebrate my Dad’s 81st birthday, and then we took my oldest daughter Madison to start looking at colleges.
I know these moments are never going to come again. This weekend made clear what I’d been thinking about for many weeks—that while politically this appears to be the right time for me to take the plunge—at this point, I want to have a real life.
