Ii’m astounded that only 8% more voted against it!
There is only one poll that counts and McAuliffe won it.
He won it because the GOP did nothing to help Cuccinelli.
Obamacare will be seen as a benefit by the time 2014 rolls around. By the time the msm is done, the stupid American public won’t vote Republican for anything more important than dog catcher.
And if the msm doesn’t finish off Republicans, the GOPe will apply the last touches.
We’re going to lose, and lose big, so what’s the difference if we start a 3rd party? At least with a 3rd party, there would be a direction.
Why didn’t Barone, a GOP-e insider, mention that the RNC gave a piddly $3,000,000 to Cuccinelli last summer, and NOTHING since then? The Republican National Committee would rather have a Clinton bagman win VA than a conservative backed by the TEA Party. With “friends” like the RNC stabbing them in the back, why should limited government conservatives vote for GOP.e
candidates?
The libertarian Sarvis took 7% of the vote - from the GOP. We had 53% combined.
Let Obamacare roll out on its own accord. Killing Dems. They will soon do anything to delay it past Nov 2014. Don’t let them.
Could be a nice rout in Nov 2014.
Regardless of the crunching, VA voters got out last night and put the state back in play. Meaning Warner’s not safe. Who will challenge him? That candidate needs to be on the air, TODAY.
Private sector union members in Virginia are likely mostly coal miners. No reason to be fans of the Dems at this point.
Personally...I think Cuccinelli shot himself in the foot when he refused to meet with Ted Cruz. He played it safe, instead. However, I know that a lot of Virginians are very conservative, but trust neither major party. That is the only reason the libertarian fared so well. That was the message, really, that although they probably like the republicans more, they don’t trust republicans who shy away from true conservatism. I realize it is not 1980, or 1984 any longer, but true conservatives win when they stick to their guns and don’t take the gop-e advice. IF you play it safe and try to look middle of the road, it sends the wrong message. I was so angry over this issue, and even though I don’t live there, I know others who do. They are tired of those who are afraid to stand up and hold the line.
What Cuccinelli should’ve done was closely study Bob McDonnell’s campaign tactics and strategies from 2009. McD visited every single area of the state and was meticulous about interacting with as many people as possible. He reached out to hispanics with a “growing the economy benefits us all” message, rather than trying to clumsily address immigration. In each area, to each sector of Virginia’s diverse population, McDonnell stayed on message with a calm discipline rarely seen. As a result, voters could identify with him as a guy who looked at the big picture with a Reaganesque approach that had broad appeal.
Cuccinelli, though a highly effective attorney general who would’ve been a fine governor, didn’t seem to ever be able to establish that connection on the level of success seen by McDonnell four years ago. In the future, any Republican running for statewide office in Virginia should closely review the McDonnell “game film” and emulate if not the man his winning strategies.
Though I’m highly pissed at the stay-at-homes and the SarvisBots, who otherwise could’ve swung this election, Cuccinelli could and should have helped himself by employing a far more effective and comprehensive campaign approach.
The close election last night shows the infrastructural elements such as demographics are not insurmountable after all in Virginia. But the GOP candidate needs to hone his or her message to adjust to it. Cuccinelli failed in that regard.
Blinded immigrants come here to flee their hell holes and then they vote to turn the USA into the place they fled. Simply maddening...
I think another 2 to 3 weeks and Cuccinelli would have won.