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Fearing a lost governor’s race, Virginia Republicans confront party divide
The Washington Post ^ | Published: | Paul Schwartzman

Posted on 10/14/2013 8:47:37 PM PDT by Kenny

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To: Gene Eric
I agree.

I was at the Family Foundation Gala in Richmond. Ken provided the “special remarks” at the dinner and then Ted provided the keynote. I must have missed the lack of association somehow.

21 posted on 10/14/2013 9:54:52 PM PDT by 103198 (It's the metadata stupid...)
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To: Kenny

Cuccinelli’s primary deficit is with women who cling to the “right” to a dead baby. Female voters are gravitating to McAuliffe by 20%. Apparently that sentiment overrides EVERYTHING else.


22 posted on 10/14/2013 9:58:08 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: Kenny

Without Virginia, the Republic is lost. I think of the USA in nostalgic, heartbreaking, terms these days.


23 posted on 10/14/2013 9:59:42 PM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

“If the base can’t get behind Ken, the base will be soundly thrashed and kicked out of the positions of power. “the base” captured control, and got their nominee, so they d*mn well better support him and give money and time and effort.”

Exactly. Between Cuccinelli, Jackson and Obenshain, this is the most conservative ticket in modern history. If conservatives won’t turn out for THESE three, then for whom will they turn out??? Or maybe —
and this is my theory — we no longer have the numbers we thought we did. Like most of the rest of America, Virginia is turning hard left.


24 posted on 10/14/2013 10:05:20 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
So, you think Cuccinelli is smart, and great, but is being ‘knifed’ by the republicans, so your response would be to vote for a dumb libertarian?

Personally, I think any prosecutor/DA/AG running for office is a bad thing.

With a "credible" libertarian running, I'd be all over that! But, Sarvis is no Ron Paul and I really like Cuccinelli.

No matter. The country's gone.

25 posted on 10/14/2013 10:08:18 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: 103198

Politico crafted a story that was allegedly bogus.


26 posted on 10/14/2013 10:08:34 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: MattinNJ

“Without Virginia, the Republic is lost. I think of the USA in nostalgic, heartbreaking, terms these days.”

I do to. When people comment on them “American Independence” t-shirt I wear sometimes, I respond, it’s in tribute to what we used to be.”


27 posted on 10/14/2013 10:09:02 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: MattinNJ

“Without Virginia, the Republic is lost. I think of the USA in nostalgic, heartbreaking, terms these days.”

I do too. When people comment on them “American Independence” t-shirt I wear sometimes, I respond, “it’s in tribute to what we used to be.”


28 posted on 10/14/2013 10:12:07 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: Hostage

That is the key. Conservatives are going to find that out sooner or later, but it’s sickening to see Virginia fall to straight up mob Marxists.


29 posted on 10/14/2013 10:27:21 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: Kenny

A couple weeks ago Karl Rove claimed that the fantastic 2010 elections with huge Conservative and TEA Party support was won for Republicans by the independents.

The NE establishment rinos don’t need or want us Conservatives or the TEA Party fine, it’s a shared sentiment.


30 posted on 10/14/2013 10:30:14 PM PDT by RJL (There's no greed like the greed of a liberal politician buying votes with your money.)
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To: Kenny
"Tom Davis, former Republican House of Representative....."

That was enough for me as I know Davis as Republican as say, John McCain, Lindsey Graham or Peter King!

Another big-mouth bloviator, pro-abortion "moderate," who was blown out of office.

One who never missed the opportunity to stab a fellow Republican in the back!

Getting political advice from him is tantamount to getting it from Dafid Brooks!

31 posted on 10/14/2013 10:45:34 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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“He noted Cuccinelli’s decision not to appear with Sen.Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) at a recent dinner in Richmond.”

Was there more than one dinner in Richmond? Cruz and Cuccinelli were both at a dinner in Richmond last week. Or is he saying they were not on the stage together?

“Let me say for a second how proud I am of my friend Ken Cuccinelli,” Cruz said. “Ken is smart. He’s principled. And he’s fearless. And that last characteristic in particular is a rare, rare commodity in elected life.”


32 posted on 10/14/2013 10:51:51 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Kenny

As Virginia’s AG, Cuccinelli was one of the prime plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case against ObamaCare, which went down in flames because the faggot Chief Justice lost his nerve.


33 posted on 10/14/2013 10:58:26 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: 1035rep

A McAuliffe win is the equivalent of a canary in a coal mine. For the country. It’s Rush Limbaugh’s departure for “New Zealand.”


34 posted on 10/14/2013 11:00:37 PM PDT by CT (Obama is the product of a shiftless press, LoFoVo, and the conquest of Soviet style public education)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
I’d vote for Sarvis, but he’s the only dumb Libertarian I’ve run across. That’s another sad story!

Yeah, as if that would get Sarvis elected, as opposed to just FA stamping his foot like a spoiled child.

A vote for the Losertarian is a vote for Obama and the Democrats. Sorry, but that's just how it works.

35 posted on 10/14/2013 11:02:21 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Hostage

Northern VA is a suburb of DC. That sums up the VA problem.


36 posted on 10/15/2013 3:59:50 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

I would be interested in hearing what makes you think Sarvis is “dumb”.


37 posted on 10/15/2013 4:00:41 AM PDT by boomstick (One of the fingers on the button will be German.)
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To: tennmountainman; Gene Eric
"Your understanding is not correct."

The media outlets reporting the shunning of Cruz by Cuccinelli were leftwing., and their source was anonymous. A Freeper who was there said it didn't happen that way. (I wish I could remember his name so I could ping him).

38 posted on 10/15/2013 7:51:20 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: boomstick; Forgotten Amendments
"I would be interested in hearing what makes you think Sarvis is “dumb”."

Sarvis is has promised to do all he can to bring "marriage equality" to Virginia, and he brags about all of his queer friends. He says we need to stop talking about abortion. And he uses his black wife and interracial kid as some kind of proof that he is "open-minded" and would bring "diversity" to the state...in other words, he's a self-satisfied racebaiter. You think all of that is smart?

39 posted on 10/15/2013 7:55:35 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: CatherineofAragon
Ignoring the shrillness of your reply, yes, I think his position is smart, in the context of his goals and (most likely) his beliefs.

I will then ask you, do you think the Cuccinelli campaign has been run in a smart way? Do you think the Republican party has behaved in a smart way?

How, precisely, do you suggest we persuade fiscal/small-govt conservatives who are also social moderates, to vote for Republicans (if that *is* your goal)? Has Cuccinelli -- or, for that matter, has anyone on this forum -- spent time trying to persuade that particular group that they should vote with their wallets? Have the Republicans in Richmond used their majority to limit the size and scope of government?

I hope Cuccinelli wins somehow, but Sarvis's economic positions are substantially better from a conservative, limited-government standpoint.

40 posted on 10/15/2013 3:39:22 PM PDT by boomstick (One of the fingers on the button will be German.)
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