Posted on 11/01/2013 1:57:13 PM PDT by Maelstorm
On a conference call with reporters Friday afternoon, Republican Ken Cuccinelli said his campaign was closing aggressively and was "positioned to shock the political world" in Tuesday's Virginia election. Cuccinelli, who trails Democrat Terry McAuliffe in polling, said his campaign was beating their turnout and grass roots goals.
Cuccinelli stressed repeatedly that President Obama's decision to campaign on Sunday with McAuliffe was a "great opportunity" for the Republican's campaign. "[The Democrats] are having a rally to celebrate ObamaCare," Cuccinelli said. He noted that he was the "first person in the country" to fight ObamaCare, referencing the fact that he was the first to file a lawsuit challenging the health care law, and welcomed the introduction of the issue into the Governor's race.
He dismissed the possibility that Obama's appearance would energize Democrats to turn out for McAuliffe. He noted that McAuliffe has released very few specifics about his proposals, making it difficult to increase interest in the campaign. "Voters want to be for something," Cuccinelli said.
McAuliffe has maintained a steady lead in recent polling. The Democrat has been helped by a significant fundraising advantage. In recent weeks, McAuliffe has enjoyed a 3 or 4-1 advantage on the airwaves. In the closing days of the campaign, union and Democrat interest groups have poured additional resources into McAuliffe's campaign, but additional ad spending at this stage in the campaign delivers diminishing returns.
"We may be out raised," Cuccinelli said. "But, we won't be outworked."
Tuesday's election is expected to have a very low turnout, certainly much lower than the turnout in 2012. The electorate in odd-years tends to be older and more conservative than in presidential years, giving the Cuccinelli campaign hope of a strong finish.
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Hoping and praying he’s right!
ONWARD!
If we win this race, that is the tone-setter heading into 2014. Virginia Freepers, roll! Sweep turd Terry out of the state!
McAwfull has about ten times the funds that Cuccinelli has—McA’s running TV ads up the kazoo.
Start the avalanche of contributions to Ken....he needs to run last minute-ads to get over the top.
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I really like this guy. I don’t live in his state but I think he’s great. He’s good looking, personable (trivial matters but important in our media driven society) and can promote conservative ideas in a way that doesn’t scare ignorant people.
Here’s hoping that he wins! Our best presidents have been governors.
Jesus, please!
You’re right about him, livius. He’s sincere and humble, as well. Stand him next to McAwful and the obvious character difference is like day and night. No thinking person could possibly vote for the crook.
GO GO GO!
Thanks for the update — have been wondering how it is going.
did make a small contrib and many prayers
GO GO GO!
done
yes, Liv. he IS good looking....yummy looking actually. :-)
I would normally say that McAullife is a slimy as the worst of the used car salesmen, but I see no need to insult these used car salement.
I’ll just say, McAullife is one of the slimiest politicians around and I did donate money and win or lose, it is money well spent to oppose the sleazebag.
The whole country will be watching this race.
This looks like a replay of the 1992 Presidential elections. The leading candidate only has support of 42% of the people. The Republican candidate is being hurt by some fringe candidate (like Ross Perot did in’92).
I hope the results aren’t the same as ‘92. I hope the supporters of the 3rd party candidate are proud of themselves...
On behalf of everyone who will be IN-directly affected by this vote, thank you for your efforts.
If Cuccinelli wins, it'll go in the memory hole in an instant.
Just like the Wisconsin situation and Governor Walker did.
Meanwhile, McAullife will retreat to Clinton-land to make more sleazy money and plot his next attempt.
I hope you live there and you can vote for him!
I thought he was pretty yummy, too...sort of a non-leftist, non-smarmy George Clooney.
Is Cuccinelli really just now introducing the Obamacare issue?
Levin was right yesterday when he said that people will still vote for McAuliffe even though they know he's no good, just to keep a Republican from getting a win.
-PJ
Yet since Obama's little campaign stop, McAuliffe has lost his double-digit lead and is no longer a lock to win. Nothing would make me happier than for Obama to get his wish in making this race a referendum on ObamaCare and then seeing him lose. That is the headline I would like to see.
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