Posted on 11/03/2013 1:02:34 PM PST by mdittmar
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats attempted on Sunday to tap into voter anger about a 16-day U.S. government shutdown and turn Virginia's upcoming governor's election into a referendum on Tea Party conservatives.
With Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe leading polls over Republican Ken Cuccinelli before Tuesday's vote, Obama and Democratic speakers at a rally in the Washington suburb of Arlington pressed party activists to focus on turning out the vote.
Northern Virginia's Washington suburbs, where many government employees and contractors live, was hit particularly hard by the government shutdown last month that resulted from a stalemate over the U.S. budget and debt ceiling that Americans for the most part blamed on Republicans.
The Tea Party conservative wing within the House of Representatives was a key bloc in Republicans' failed push to defund Obama's signature healthcare law in exchange for approving spending bills to reopen the government.
"This election is going to say a lot about Virginia's future, and the country's future," said Obama.
Addressing a crowd of about 1,600 people in a high school gymnasium, Obama said the Tea Party was "willing to hijack their party, the country and the economy and bring progress to an absolute halt if they don't get 100 percent of what they want."
Speakers tried to tie Cuccinelli, a conservative who is the Virginia attorney general and an opponent of abortion, to the Tea Party movement by pointing out he had Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, speak at an event for him two weeks ago.
"He refused to speak out and tell Ted Cruz to stop the government shutdown, stop hurting Virginia families," said Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, himself a former governor. "He stood with the Tea Party and not with Virginia families."
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If Cuccinelli wins, will it be the first time in history that a winning candidate failed every single pre-election poll? I think Virginians are just too predictable for thaqt to happen.
If both sides turn the election into their favored referendum, Cucinelli wins.
If Cuccinelli loses we are OUT of this state. OUT!!
I REFUSE to have any more of my income siphoned off for these moocher/parasite slut invaders enveloping Virginia. 1/3 of my income is already enough!!!
It’s a beautiful state ...we will miss it. Obviously it’s about to get ruined, much like neighboring hellh*le Maryland.
I hope I can eat my words come Tuesday. We will be out at the polls at the crack of dawn ourselves.
President Barack Obama, fellow Democrats and Establishment Republicans attempted on Sunday to tap into voter anger about a 16-day U.S. government shutdown and turn Virginia's upcoming governor's election into a referendum on Tea Party conservatives.
The truth of the matter is that spending laws originate in the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives did their job and sent a bill to keep the government open. The Senate DEMOCRATS rejected the bill and blamed the Republicans.
That was nothing more than the blame game by the Dems. The problem is that we have too many low information voters and low information Democrat lawmakers!
The government shut down, done and over versus the ongoing and future catastrophe of ObamaCare. This is a slam dunk.
You are absolutely correct my friend!!! I apoligize for my mistake!!! Thanks for picking it up!!!!
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