Can someone who knows Virginia state politics enlighten us as to what happened to Virgil Goode?
Last I heard he was all positioned to be the spoiler, taking ~5% of the vote in VA.
That doesn’t look to be the case anymore. Why?
(I’m happy about that turn of events, not disappointed... but I *am* curious.)
Well, this is right up my alley, as I'm not only in VA, but Goode was my representative. Goode has been a Democrat, then an Independent, and then a Republican Representative for our district. I have met him in person. There is a local highway named Virgil Goode Hwy. He is liked well, but little of that matters. I think those that estimated that he would get big support are underestimating the intelligence of the people who used to vote for Goode. This election is too important to those that don't like Obama. As a former Goode voter -- on whether to vote for Romney or Goode -- well Johnny B Goode, but not THAT Goode. My guess is he gets below 2%.
I think the folks in VA are brighter than those on FR who were pushing hard for Virgil. I seem to recall a post last week (maybe two weeks ago) that had Virgil with 1%. In a really tight race it could hurt, but it looks like Mitt has VA under control.