This is a tough loss for us, but I'm bouyed by the House of Delegates victories. That will stem some of the damage Warner can do, but I don't think they will be able to do anything about the damaging appointments Warner will make to cabinet positions such as the Board of Eduction and the liberals he will place at the state universities. After eight years of Republican governors, conservatives were finally starting to show up on college governing boards.
George Allen once said that we can't win unless both wings of the party "flap together." If a lot of conservatives stayed home this election, then it probably had an impact. Hopefully, everyone can find a candidate to rally around in four years. I won't be joining the "get John Warner" bandwagon. I already supported former Reagan OMB Director Jim Miller to unseat Warner, and it's a waste of time to try again. I'd rather spend my time going after Democrats than popular Republicans.
Keep the faith!
The conservatives didn't stay home; the liberal/moderate/country clubbers/blue bloods/(a lot)hager supporters/whatever they are calling themselves today RINOS are the folks who stayed home election day and the entire election cycle. They didn't lead, they didn't follow and they didn't get outta the way at the end. We have some serious house cleaning to do in the RPV and there is a common denominator with a lot of these traitors- mccain!