“McAuliffe couldn’t even get the Democrats to vote for him ... Must be a streak of masochism in him.”
Hard to understand. He was never a charming or endearing person. After he lost the primary some years ago, he went underground and hadn’t been heard of by the general public until this past month when his gubernatorial ambitions again came to light.
That is in marked (if you will ) contrast to Mark Warner who took advantage of his race against JOHN Warner to build name ID, and then stay in the public eye until there was a viable race for him to run and win.
McAuliffe doesn’t seem to have contemplated a long term strategy to be elected governor. Perhaps he’s counting on the same voting public as Obama enjoyed in ‘12. I don’t see that happening. (but what do I know?)
McAulife will undoubtedly draw the Democrat voters who showed up in 2010!