I was a delegate at the convention in Roanoke. This was a coronation by the GOPe. There was just token opposition. I don't know how much you know about politics in VA, but if you think Gillespie is any better than Mark Warner on immigration, the defining issue of our time, then you are dead wrong. We are being given an echo, not a choice.
Your issue is illegal immigration. I vote pro-life. The issue is easy for me.
I personally know at least five Tea Party convention-goers in Roanoke who voted for Gillespie. This was not “RINO coronation as usual” and you surely MUST know that!
We’ve been losing badly in VA because of bad candidates from both the Tea Party and the RINOs. Both. George Allen was a disaster. Cuccinelli should have won, but his down ticket didn’t help. The conservative convention-goers chose poorly.
Immigration is not the only issue, and I sincerely hope amnesty never passes. But it surely WILL with Mark Warner, along with other horrible government grabs. Mark Warner votes with the socialist 97% of the time.
Maybe you two should talk. You’re telling totally opposite stories.