Posted on 01/15/2017 10:36:21 AM PST by simpson96
Does Fiorina reside in Virginia?
I don’t think so.
Fiorina is a resident of Washington D. C.
Residence: Los Altos Hills, Washington, D.C.
You forget the GOP had the added baggage of McDonnell’s corruption allegations along with a fake Libertarian candidate designed to take votes from Republicans while serving McAwful.
Ingraham worked for the U.S. Supreme Court. I believe under Scalia. A bright gal.
Laura would kick ass
Excuses, excuses.
The lesson is the good people in Va, the conservatives, the FReepers, must not depend on somebody else. They, their candidate’s campaign, need to build the organization.
I’ve been in 3rd party efforts. They become a threat when the people who care are ignored by other people who care.
Coulda, woulda, shoulda
I think KellyAnne Conway should run for President! Although, Laura would be good as well, and tough!
“play well with others”
Times are different! The GOPe “played well” by caving on most, if not all, issues. And YOU want MORE of this!? We want fighters! FIGHTERS! Lead, follow, or get out of the way!
No excuses, just stating facts. Cuccinelli had a difficult situation. Had McDonnell stayed out of trouble, Cuccinelli could very well have eased into the Governorship.
A bad political environment for a given party can sink excellent candidates. Ronald Reagan was planning to run for the U.S. Senate at the conclusion of his two terms as Governor, but the Watergate debacle poisoned the well for GOP candidates and he chose not to run against incumbent Alan Cranston in 1974, a race he probably would’ve lost.
When the D turnout is exactly the same as previously and the R turnout is 80,000 less lack of GOTV is obvious.
I’ve worked elections since 1962 for and against candidates where others in the same party had baggage. Others with baggage has never been a problem when the candidate had a smart campaign with GOTV being an important part of a smart campaign. A candidate can always separate from the predecessors... if a smart campaign is run.
It is quite different than when the candidate has the baggage.
We lose because we are too quick with lame excuses. When I was in sales, lame excuses were unacceptable. In IT lame excuses are unacceptable in well run shops.
Kaine needs to go.
But first, we need to win the VA Governorship (and LT Governorship, and AG) this November.
To many Washington DC libs have moved to Northern Virginia!
McAuliffe has a couple of unsavory and unethical scandals (if not illegal) scandals dogging him. He has a lot of questions to answer.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/30/virginia-lawmakers-pressure-mcauliffe-over-greentech-scandal/
http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/mcauliffe-fbi-hillary-payoff-scandal-explodes/
I strongly disagree with your point that a candidate “can always separate from the predecessors.” When there is a negative climate against the party and an unpopular incumbent, no matter how “smart” a campaign is run, it is extraordinarily difficult to overcome that. As one who has researched countless campaigns, I can attest to that. You can almost predict like clockwork the likely victor based on that formula, and very few buck it.
I will say that Cuccinelli’s contest had two competing formulas. Based on history, he should’ve won. Since 1977, every victor hailed from the opposite party to that in the White House. However, he ran up against McDonnell’s baggage and the Democrat chicanery related to the Libertarian nominee. This year, those two formulas will be on display again, the Dems should have an advantage with Trump as President, but they have a corrupt and unpopular Dem incumbent in McAuliffe. If the formula of 2013 holds, the GOP should prevail.
Maybe the Trump administration can stop the voter corruption in and about Fairfax County.
Kaine was obviously one of the worst V.P. nominees ever; wonder what the silly Virginians ever saw in him?
Maybe she’s a one-termer who goes on to something else—governorship, president, whatever.
To be effective in the Senate coming out of 2018 you need to be a reliable conservative vote who helps to get Trump to 60 votes when needed. I have no question she would provide that.
She also immediately would be one of if not the best communicators in the Senate.
i best remember her as our keynote speaker at FRiva Las Vegas back in the day (2004?)
She’d get my vote!
She’d be a great Senator.
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