GOP Retains Solid Va. House Majority

NBC Washington ^ | Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013 | Larry O'Dell

[Zhang Fei]

Republicans turned back several challenges by Democrats as the GOP retained a solid majority in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Democrat Jeremy McPike narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Scott Lingamfelter in unofficial returns Tuesday, but several other Republicans survived and the GOP kept 10 seats vacated by Republicans.

[ncalburt]

http://m.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/big-donors-for-mcdonnell-kilgore-tepid-on-cuccinelli/article_a107a202-424f-11e3-b4d7-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

read it and stop the astroturf crap

Bolling and the Rove crowd would not donate because there thug Bolling was not the bagman fir them

[xsmommy]

um, Obenshain and Jackson lost also.

[ncalburt]

Your quoting. Rhino Bolling plant trying spreading this talking point laka lie to media to cover there hit job on Ken

[ScottinVA]

You point was entirely valid until you mentioned Romney. He is out if the picture now.... OK?

[ncalburt]

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-07-02/local/40327529_1_cuccinelli-campaigns-terry-mcauliffe-virginia-public-access-project

another article disputing your rhino plant Bs your trying to con people here
with.

just goggle bolling and va gop and see all the articles stating the facts .
the Gop crony capitalist aka lobbyist wanted to run a third party crook they could control since Bolling drop his third party bid.

[Zhang Fei]

read it and stop the astroturf crap Bolling and the Rove crowd would not donate because there thug Bolling was not the bagman fir them

One way to find out would be to get a source who can nail down the number of fundraising events held by McDonnell vs Cuccinelli. I don't think it's astroturfing at all. It's actually the most plausible reason I can think of. A lot of pols don't like active fundraising, which involves essentially begging for money in person, with vague promises of political favors in the future. It's got an air of corruption about it, and some people don't have the personality for it. Straight arrows like Cuccinelli probably think of it as the moral equivalent of selling their souls in bits and pieces.

[Tonytitan]

... he lost while VA GOP legislators prevailed. He was deficient in a way that other VA GOP pols weren't.

Can he, will he learn from this result and do what he didn't before, or will his ego turn him into a "what could have been" memory.

[phartimus_maximus]

Republican candidates have to realize they are on a field of combat battling the equivalent of al Qaeda, ie an adversary that will use any tactic, deceitful method, and plain outright lies to win their campaign. You cannot play nicely with them. That is why I was dumbfounded to see Mitt Romney nominated by the party. Romney's Mormon background inculcated in him the art of public speaking but doing so as a gentleman, never stooping to subterfuge or denigrating his adversary by exposing his lack of skill or lack of candor. Remember the surprised expression on Romney's face during the debate when he gouged Obama? Remember how he backed down after that event? Republicans need to wake up and realize the future for the short term anyway is going to involve nastiness and start selecting political candidates with the ability to slug it out with the ilk of the Democrats.

[Zhang Fei]

um, Obenshain and Jackson lost also.

Obenshain's due for a recount, so we'll see.

[Tonytitan]

Straight arrows like Cuccinelli probably think of it as the moral equivalent of selling their souls in bits and pieces.

Did Reagan personally fund raise or did he have surrogates do it for him? Was there an effect on him personally if he did?

[ncalburt]

Mark levin
the national gop gave rhino Crony capitalist McDonnell 9 million in 2009 and Ken only 3 million in a off year election cycle ,

Bolling told one of the largest Gop pacs to donate to Terry Mvawful ,

Bolling was the Head of the Va Gop !
Bolling controls the state house and controls the stare funds so who do you think the Pacs and business groups would support !
Ken was cut off at the knees .
Your quoting some planted story to blame the victim of this Gop elite hit !
Wake up your spreading the rhino propaganda

[LibsRJerks]

Good. Republican legislature can keep his nuts in a vise for four years. Let the goof stumble around and misspeak and generally behave like the Democratic criminal he is for all to see.

After he adds 400,000K to the Medicaid roles in Virginia (i.e., 400K illegals) . ...well, I suppose I could dream that it might wake some people up. Doubtful though.

[Zhang Fei]

Did Reagan personally fund raise or did he have surrogates do it for him? Was there an effect on him personally if he did?

I don't think donors want to see surrogates. Nobody wants to meet the character who washed out during training in "Top Gun" - everyone wants to meet Maverick or Goose. What I remember is that Reagan was a prodigious fundraiser, and he was frequently criticized for it. The nature of the matching funds system that both parties used until Obama broke away in 2008 (and both parties rejected in 2012) meant that most of Reagan's fundraising was on behalf of other candidates and GOP party organizations.

[bigtoona]

The tea party groups need to fund a hippie green party candidate in every race that has a libertarian. That’s our only hope. Fight fire with fire dammit!

[AppyPappy]

“It appears from the VA legislature’s results that Cuccinelli’s loss was his alone “

BS. He was ahead with 88% of the precincts counted. The fix was in. The Democrats waited to see how many votes they needed and slammed the door shut.

[AppyPappy]

Obenshain was the one the Democrats wanted to win.

We have a Democrat in the WH and Va has 3 Democrats in the executive branch. The Roanoke Times just ran out of people to criticize. The Tea Party demonization just isn’t getting traction. They hammered Cuccinelli and McDonnell relentlessly. Now there is no one to hammer.

[Zhang Fei]

Mark levin the national gop gave rhino Crony capitalist McDonnell 9 million in 2009 and Ken only 3 million in a off year election cycle , Bolling told one of the largest Gop pacs to donate to Terry Mvawful , Bolling was the Head of the Va Gop ! Bolling controls the state house and controls the stare funds so who do you think the Pacs and business groups would support ! Ken was cut off at the knees . Your quoting some planted story to blame the victim of this Gop elite hit ! Wake up your spreading the rhino propaganda

I'm not saying that Bolling isn't a turncoat. I'm saying that Cuccinelli's job was to win regardless. And he came within shouting distance. But that and $2.50 will get you a ride on the NYC subway. Was Cuccinelli fundraising in Texas? What about other red states? Cory Booker was fundraising all over the country, and he was a lock for the US Senate race.

[Zhang Fei]

BS. He was ahead with 88% of the precincts counted. The fix was in. The Democrats waited to see how many votes they needed and slammed the door shut.

Way too complicated. Vote counts in wealthy Democratic areas tend to get done right quick. The reason they're slow in poor Democratic areas is because there's more coordination involved and also because affirmative action means that there are a lot more poll workers who make typical fast food workers look like models of German efficiency in comparison.

[Orangedog]

If tea party groups want to waste their money on that, good for them. But if you’re worried about a (L)ibertarian candidate getting votes from (l)ibertarians, you might want to stop treating (l)ibertarians like sh*t and take some positions where you can find agreement to attract them. Or y’all can keep shaking your fists and stomping your feet when these losses at the polls continue.

[don-o]

Is there a single statewide GOP pol who has won without supporting that exception?

Bill Sponsorship: Sanctity of Human Life Act Source: H.R.212 Declares that: 1. the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is the person's paramount and most fundamental right; 2. each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, at which time every human has all legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and 3. Congress, each state, and all U.S. territories have the authority to protect all human lives.