Stand slightly corrected. ;-) Nevertheless, the top race is what sells headlines but it does fall back to what RKBA Democrat stated. Run a competant conservative campaign, helpful more so if the person is really conservative, and you win in Virginia. The lesson the Republicans should, I hope, learn from this is that pursuing the "moderates" is a losing strategy. If they want to win, they need to make conservatives happy. They need to run optimistic conservative campaigns, they need to govern conservatively, and they need to defend conservatism when it is challenged. Voters will choose the real deal over the fake, IF given the option.
"If they want to win, they need to make conservatives happy. They need to run optimistic conservative campaigns, they need to govern conservatively, and they need to defend conservatism when it is challenged. Voters will choose the real deal over the fake, IF given the option."
Rush has regularly said the same thing many time - people that are conservative and run as a conservative win elections.