DENVER, Colorado (CNN)  -- Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner told the Democratic National Convention that the most important race facing the country is the "race for the future ... and it won't be won with a president who is stuck in the past." "This election ... is about the future vs. the past," former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said Tuesday. "We need a president who understands the world today, the future we seek and the change we need. We need Barack Obama as the next president of the United States." Warner was delivering the keynote speech at the convention, the slot that Obama himself filled four years ago.
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Mark Warner says America needs leader who understands "the future we seek"
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Bush never asked Americans to step up, Warner says
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Much of Warner's address focused on bipartisan rhetoric
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