Posted on 09/24/2013 5:49:12 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
The campaign of Terry McAuliffe is getting tripped up in the stretch run of the race for Virginia governor over the Democrats perceived lack of substance on issues, but the unfavorable ratings of Republican Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II apparently have offset the stumbles, according to polling numbers released Monday.
Republicans, who for months have had only moderate success attacking the former Democratic National Committee chairman for his ties to a controversial and underperforming car company he co-founded, had seen poll numbers tighten amid skepticism about Mr. McAuliffes command of critical policy matters.
In recent days:
The Northern Virginia Technology Councils political arm, TechPAC, endorsed Mr. Cuccinelli, and a subsequent news report indicated offered detailed responses in his interview with the group, while Mr. McAuliffe came across as ill-prepared and superficial.
Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, issued a blistering criticism that six weeks from Election Day, Mr. McAuliffe has yet to outline what he stands for.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch penned an editorial decrying Mr. McAuliffes troubling lack of mastery and odd flippancy on issues, concluding he still isnt ready for the office he seeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
But he’ll still be elected by all those brilliant, intellectual, really-really smart, genetically superior,
Progressive geniuses /s/ in the electorate.
IMHO
I think the polls for public consumption will say whatever the particular media outlet and its ideological soulmate wants them to say.
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