Goode won with something like 58% in ‘04. What has happened is that a bunch of ultra-liberal Northeastern elites have poured $$$ into the Democratic Party and were able to buy this election at every level. I think this is why Dole lost in NC too - Hagan got money from some creepy Boston atheist. I like to think that Obama is a decent enough guy that he will try to control the more extreme leftist elements in his party, but some how I doubt it, since they created him. Hopefully people will wake up and we can restore some sanity in 2010...
What happened? A very bad choice of campaign, where Goode kept hammering that TP was a “New York lawyer”. Well, guess what, he isn’t. The nail in the coffin have been the radio and TV spots with Tom’s parents, IN VIRGINIA ACCENTS, saying their son is a native.
Not cool.
Also, Goode voted against some of those bills for veterans because of all the junk attached to them and the Dems turned it on him.
Goodlatte won because he didn’t run negative ads, and his opponent’s name is Sam Rasoul.