[beejaa]

Ken Cuccinelli said this morning that Republicans lost because 1. Democrats were motivated by Trump; 2. Republicans were not motivated by Republicans (in the swamp); and 3. NOVA (Northern Virginia) is inhabited by those same swamp dwelling creatures. I would add Charlottesville and the City of Richmond to the list.

[ptsal]

The GOP leadership (sic & "sick") has lost touch with the voters.

[kempster]

The establishment better wake up because we are on to their game.

[dfwgator]

Amen. Get on the Trump Train or perish.

[Mouton]

To those who have not had the “pleasure” of having been through the swamp recently, let me point out my last pass through that pit: Driving to a funeral up in the North East, I went around the DC Beltway in 2008. While the rest of the country was mired in a virtual depression, the freeway was jammed with new mostly upscale foreign autos of the Lexis, BMW, Mercedes (most of the all) and Volvos. It was like a different country. Restaurants jammed, people well dressed seemingly without a care in the world. It was like the Eloi world.

[TexasGurl24]

We can’t just brush this aside. We need to use this as a rallying cry for 2018. The fight must begin NOW. The left is energized. We need to be energized.

The media is going to continue to lie, connive, cheat, smear and fight.

We need to get into the trenches and NEVER surrender.

This is a fight for our nation. Let’s rally and win.

[Vaquero]

Low energy candidate. Dizzy, that Gillespie.

[rawcatslyentist]

So most people would rather have a grandslam breakfast vs a bowl of gruel.

Way to go DNCII

[Nifster]

And once again Ken is correct

[G Larry]

its a bigger problem than the VA race.

Dems ran the table in Colorado School Board and Bond issues for all kinds of nonsense.

GOP had weak message, weak candidates.

Douglas County School Board loss means the case we have before the U.S. Supreme Court will be pulled. Regarding vouchers for private schools.
National implications!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Gillespie Ran a JEB! Campaign in a Trump World

Gillespie is a fully entrenched long time swamp creature of the RINO species, who didn't want The President's help until it was too late.

I expect to see a number of his type become extinct in the elections next year, along with corker and flake.

[AppyPappy]

Not true. Gillespie went for the jugular and Northam was boring. But neither candidate was exciting and the Democrats had big numbers at their disposal. We’ll probably never see another Republican governor.

Our Delegate got beaten by someone whose sole political experience was that he was someone’s former boyfriend. But he knocked on every door (including mine) and talked to us. He had a huge number of volunteers, mostly driven by their hatred of Trump.

My prediction is that the Roanoke Times will fold over this election. The paper is doing very poorly financially. My paper arrives after I am at work (we canceled it a month ago)

[Salvavida]

Forget Gillespie, we elected a transsexual over a pro-life Christian, and got clobbered all over the state.

Conservatives and Christians didn't show up. So they shouldn't bitch when restrictive gun laws go into effect, their taxes fund lazy grifters, there is abortion on demand, and their kids are taught how to perform sex acts in grade school.

Shameful not seeing the bigger issues in play and not showing up.

[txrefugee]

And the sizable Democrat felon voter base.

[InterceptPoint]

According to the MSM, Trump popularity is in the 30’s.

Gillespie believed the MSM.

FATAL ERROR!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

For years Virginia politics has been marred by an entrenched establishment, chamber of commerce, good ol' boy network. Every time a conservative candidate wins a nomination, the good ol' boy GOP network works to sabotage him.

Oliver North is a good example of a conservative campaign sabotaged by the GOP. Holier than thou sheisskopf former senator John Warner (Mr. Elizabeth Taylor) and his minions put forth a ringer third party candidate who destroyed Oliver North's chances in the general election.

It was pure vindictiveness on Warner's part. If their guy couldn't win the nomination, then they were hell bent on destroying the chances of anyone else. Cucinelli is an even more recent example.

It's the same problem as Mississippi where the entrenched chamber of commerce good ol' boy RINOs led by Haley Barbour and his fellow Thadites actively work to undermine the true conservatives.

I am looking forward to the day when the Roves, Barbours, Warners, and Gillespies move on to their reward.

The current talk among the RINOs in Virginia is to have Ed "The Patsy" Gillespie run for Senate.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its not new that Ed Gillespie is a total establishment RINO. He was polling 2 pts behind the Democrat. In VA you have to take that as a sign the Republican will lose.

Only the delusional thought Ed Gillespie had a prayer. Why vote for Democrat lite when you can have the real thing?

[Spiridon]

The government has gotten bigger since the 1930’s and this ended up making northern Virginia very liberal and Democrat leaning.

The Republican don’t want to dismantle big government so they have sown their own demise in statewide elections.

[Tucker39]

When that campaign started I opined here on FR that Gillespie would lose. He’s low energy like Jeb. He badmouthed the Trump philosophy. And according to Laura Ingraham this morning he ran on a 21 Point Program. I can see eyes glazing over just thinking about him droning on about his 21 points!

[IamConservative]

Gillespie didn’t try to persuade anyone. He just tried to get people to like him. Trump took bold positions on things that persuaded people to get off their back side and go campaign and vote. Much like the Gipper did.

[I still care]

I’ll be frank, I didn’t know much about the race. But since the election I’ve noticed the establishment elite has been working hard to seize control back from the populist grassroots Trump voters.

The media is willingly making the mistake that simply because Trump endorses someone he is a “Trump” candidate. They aren’t, and the grassroots voters are onto this and simply don’t turn out. In a Democrat state like VA, that was taken over by the bureaucrats in DC in the North, this makes a BIG difference.

I noticed on election night 2016 the MSM anchors kept saying the reason VA was Democrat was because of “latinos”. No.

VA has gone Democrat because since 1980 the DC bureaucracy and regulatory agencies have grown so astronomically that most of these people have relocated to northern VA, and these are the most stalwart Democrat, unionist, protectionist of their job voters you can imagine. They are also ethnic in every way, but they know who signs their checks - Democrat tax and spenders. And they vote that way. The heck with anyone else.