In addition, what makes you think bush is the guy that would matter. Either the state likes the candidate or they don't. You would also have to have proof through polling that public appearances by Bush would make a difference. Do you know that? I am sure the Earley campaign did/does. What have they said about Bush's absence on the stump? Are they complaining? Could it be that Earley ran a bad campaign...had ideas that didn't sell?
Good points. Virginians, of whom I am proud to be (recently )counted[1958]) only got around to electing republicans in the late sixties. Since then they have pretty much evenly split their vote for Governor between the two parties. Since Virginia's Governors may not succeed themselves, it works pretty well. One Governor during that time, and the last one before the first Republican in 88 years (Linwood Holton) was elected, was Miles Godwin. He got around the four year term limit by running the second time (after Holton's term) as a republican. He was elected, and as most Virginians will recall, he was the same conservative Virginian the second time around.
We got J. Sargeant Reynolds, Scion of the Reynolds Tobacco family, and Chuck Robb, husband of the daughter of Lyndon Johnson, as Lt. Governors, both Democrats. Reynolds died before becoming Governor, but Robb did become Governor, then Senator. Someone named Baylillse(as unremarkable as my spelling of his name), and Douglas Wilder, the nations first black Governor. These are the Democrats that I remember as Governors of Virginia.
We republicans had Holton, then Godwin, then Dalton and Allen. Gilmore, our most recent, is now the chairman of the RNC.
The point is Bush didn't even try. He was "brave" enough to go to Yankee Stadium, he can't sit in the oval office and do ONE freaking tv commercial for the two candidates?
He didn't do it because, once again, he wanted to be bipartisan. He wanted to show how nice and fair and "Christian" he is. In reality he's acting like a naive wimp and a big fat LOSER in the literal and figurative senses of the word.
You will never win by ass kissing and laying down and pretending to be a gentleman with liberals! How is it that the (almost) entire Free Republic membership realizes this and he doesn't?
He's doing this with Russia too... and BTW, if I EVER hear him call islam a "peaceful religion" again I am going to vomit blood!
COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM IS FOR LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly. Bill Clinton is supposedly so popular and he endorsed Mark Green.