Reactions To Marsden's Stunning Victory

Washington Post ^ | 1/12/10 | Anita Kumar

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Virginia's incoming governor Bob McDonnell (R) congratulated Virginia's newest senator Dave Marsden (D) tonight on his upset against Steve Hunt (R) in Fairfax County.

"I look forward to continuing to work with him in the years ahead in his new capacity,'' McDonnell said. "In these tough economic times, Virginians need leaders in Richmond who will work together to create new jobs and more opportunities. While we may not agree on every issue, I know that Dave and I share a commitment to making this a better Virginia for all our citizens."

Marsden will be sworn in tomorrow at noon when the General Assembly convenes its 60-day session. His victory leaves Democrats with a solid two-seat advantage in the Senate, 22-18.

Earlier, C. Richard Cranwell, chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, said the victory sends "a clear message: Virginians want moderate, bipartisan leadership that keeps our Commonwealth the best state to do business and the best state to raise a child."...

[pissant]

You likey democrats?

[Nonstatist]

What are you gloating about ?

[Galtoid]

As Tip O’Neil said: All Politics Is Local. Period.

[Galtoid]

Are Local. Sorry

[Nonstatist]

Tonight, Marsden pledged to focus on tax relief for middle-class families and help small businesses grow jobs

Was this a big victory for you people?

[ryan71]

Guess VA is not on the Tea Party roll.

Shame.

[advance_copy]

You mean a Democrat won an election in Fairfax County?

[hinckley buzzard]

Was this an upset, like the story said? What happened?

[advance_copy]

Fairfax County is a liberal suburb of Washington, DC. Most of its residents work for the government. So, I don’t consider this an upset.

[jwalsh07]

Democrats control Fairfax County and this guy eeks one out. I wouldn’t be too damn happy Steve.

[VeniVidiVici]

Why was it an upset? Hunt wasn't the incumbent.

[boomstick]

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see any gloating on his part. The title is the actual title of the article, he didn’t insert any commentary there or in the body of his post. Seems like a straightforward post on a relevant political event; what am I missing?

[FlipWilson]

Sure, stunning upset. Just like it will be a stunning upset if Coakley eeks it out in Mass.

[whatisthetruth]

WTH? Can someone please explain to me how this Dem-RAT got elected last night?

http://citizentom.com/2010/01/12/we-cannot-coast-to-victory

[freekitty]

Because the left always does this. They have to have someone counter Scott Brown who is a conservative. It’s one of their games and he most likely wasn’t elected legally.

[Corin Stormhands]

From what I understand (at least from early reports last night), Marsden had a 2-1 advantage in absentee ballots.

But this shocked even some of the lefty bloggers.

[bmwcyle]

Only 18% of the register voters came out to vote.

[Thrownatbirth]

Funny, the vote was almost 50/50, but the absentee ballots went 2-to-1 for Marsden (800 to 394) which was the margin of victory.

That really stinks.

[whatisthetruth]

Wonder if the Hunt guy ran a lackluster campaign or if there's nothing going on there locally to bring the more than 100,000 registered voters who didn't bother to vote out to vote. They certainly had little problem coming out for McDonnell. The Repubs just can't ever seem to win these close elections with these stinkin' Rats.