[Zhang Fei]

Cucinelli will lose 836,000 to 822,000

I predict he loses by 40K votes, which is just over 2%. I think the result was baked in when the shutdown occurred. Outside of the DC area, nobody cared. But anyone who worked in DC had his life disrupted by the shutdown. I bet enough were inconvenienced to either vote D or stay home. The small margin of the defeat is heartening. If the D's could only manage a 2% victory after the shutdown, despite outspending the R's 2 to 1, going up against an uncharismatic candidate in the midst of a corruption scandal, and being in the heart of the region affected negatively by the shutdown, things do not look good for the D's in 2014.

[listenhillary]

Didn’t the government workers affected get a 3 week paid vacation?

Must be horrible.

[mrs9x]

Having McAuliffe as Governor might actually be a plus for us come 2014 and 2016. He is a buffoon of the first order. He will remind everyone of what a sleazebag Dems are, and he is not going to get virtually any of his agenda through the General Assembly.

[ArmstedFragg]

Add running a third party shill to that list...

[11th_VA]

If the D's could only manage a 2% victory after the shutdown, despite outspending the R's 2 to 1, going up against an uncharismatic candidate in the midst of a corruption scandal, and being in the heart of the region affected negatively by the shutdown, things do not look good for the D's in 2014.

EXCELLENT SUMMARY - The press went Macaca over CUCC !!!

(You win post of the night !!!)

[redgolum]

The government shut down hurt.