Posted on 11/05/2013 7:33:13 PM PST by randita
Republican Ken Cuccinelli's unexpectedly strong showing in the Virginia governor's race will make it more difficult for moderate members of the GOP to pull the party toward the center, says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Polls had shown Cuccinelli down by 7 points to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, but Cuccinelli, a tea party favorite, led vote counts most of the night, with Clinton administration insider McAuliffe pulling out a late victory as bigger cities were counted.
"Whether it's one vote or a million, you're governor for four years," Sabato said. Still, he said, "The conservative Republicans will certainly take heart from the fact that Cuccinelli has done better than expected."
The big story, Sabato said, is Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's huge re-election win in a "deeply blue state." Christie took 59 percent of the vote. He's the first Republican to win statewide with more than 50 percent since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
The United States is so politically polarized that it is remarkable any time a Democrat can win in a heavily red state or a Republican can win in a heavily blue state, Sabato said.
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As if. The GOPe is pushing Krispy from here till 2016. Cya, Jeb. Thanks for playing.
I sat through this palooka’s victory speech. He sounded like Obama. Honestly, he did, pushing how bipartisan he is and such and such.
Goal#1 in 2016 is to STOP Krispy at ALL costs!!!!
fraud
Smooch it, Karl Rove.
Music to my ears.
From where I sit, Christie can be counted more as a moderate Democrat than a conservative Republican. My guess is that the establishment Republicans - RINOs - will use Christie’s campaign model as the Republican blueprint for future elections.
It is the Rat pattern. Their M.O. Wait until you know how many votes you need to steal the election. One could see this coming weeks ago. Still I am surprised they risked the Rat machine on an off year race. I guess it wasn’t much risk.
The GOP refusal to support it's Candidates Picked and Backed by its own F*****g Base will make it more difficult for me to support the GOP in the future says Kc_Lion of Free Republic.
Let’s not keep ‘em guessing.
Tell them just how pissed the Tea Party is that the GOPe didn’t lift a finger to help Ken!
The GOPe OWN the Terry governorship!!!
So what do we get.. I remember.
In the words of Nelson Rockefeller's public relations head, Stuart Spencer, "We had to destroy Barry Goldwater as a member of the human race."
Palin, Cruz. the Tea Party.. we're all Goldwaters now. That's what we're getting.
The GOPe OWN the Terry governorship
But they don’t own conservatives. At least not THIS conservative.
Rigged election with 3rd party funded by Soros. When will this Nazi judas goat achieve room temperature
Next stop—GOP primaries. Let’s go after the same GOPers who wouldn’t help Cooch.
I will NEVER vote for a candidate who doesn’t regularly fellate Tea Party leadership.
NEVAR.
His initials are TC
That is pretty much the entire point of my post.
Ugh, McAuliffe is hideous. His leer lets on that this scumbag will strip Virginia of every dollar he can, and they deserve it.
Absolutely!
Bipartisanship response from the GOP-E: "OK".
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