[CedarDave]

Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant) hadn’t pulled 6% of the vote.

[napscoordinator]

Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant) hadn’t pulled 6% of the vote.

That is just an excuse. Conservatives only voted 83 percent for Cuccinelli. 17 percent of conservatives cost him the race.

[Cold Heart]

From article on Drudge; Billionaire Joe Liemandt was a major benefactor to the libertarian candidate.
He's also a major bundler for obama.

[ansel12]

Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant)

He wasn't the "so-called" libertarian, he was the libertarian, representing the libertarians.

[MHT]

Had there NOT been a third party candidate, funded by the Dems, we would have another republican governor tonight.

When are voters going to learn?

[Kozak]

Lots of purists around here have made it plain Libertarians aren’t welcome.

[SeeSharp]

Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant) hadn’t pulled 6% of the vote.

Get used to it until the GOP moves to the right.

[catnipman]

“Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant) hadn’t pulled 6% of the vote.”

Or if the national GOP has actually supported Cuccinelli. Apparently, the national GOP would much rather see an avowed Kommunist in office than an avowed conservative.

[MeganC]

Cuccinelli would have won if the so-called Libertarian (maybe a Rat plant) hadn’t pulled 6% of the vote.

I'll agree with you about the 'rat plant thing but not about the vote. It's possible that absent a libertarian some of those people simply would not have turned out to vote. It's also possible that some of those people voted libertarian because the Democrat was not socialist enough for them.

I don't automatically assume that the libertarian picked up votes exclusively from the Republicans.