Posted on 01/03/2009 11:52:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
“The RNC needs to nail this piece of garbage to the wall regarding his dealings with Gary Winnick’s Global Crossing vapor of a company.”
It won’t matter. Democrats are “in” in VA, now. The only way McAuliffe won’t be elected is to lose in the primary.
Goode’s district didn’t vote for the False Messiah. Goode lost because he overreacted to his Dem opponent and ran some ads that rubbed the folks in his district the wrong way. A lighter touch, and he would’ve won again. The seat should come back to us in ‘10.
Reading this makes me think I woke up to an alternate universe this morning.
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25 posts and no viable GOP alternative is mentioned. The problem isn’t that MAuliffe is a “punk,” it’s that the GOP is devoid of any leadership within the state.
LLS
The Republican candidate has been decided already. He’s the current Attorney General, Bob McDonnell.
A candidate with great name recognition that is sure to galvanize the electorate. //sarc//
He has been elected state-wide and very few Virginia Republicans can say that today. I’m hoping Peter Pace will run against Jim Webb for Senate next time.
I would not have thought in 1999 that within ten years, VA would be among the most heavily Democrat states in the country, but the pendulum has swung, and Virginians are too conservative, too informed, and too-Washingtonian, to move it back.
Virginians are “conservative” in that they are slow to change directions. If the train is headed left, most simply hop on board for the ride and waiting for the “freebies”.
WV is still liberal too, but it is competitive at the presidential level but hardly anywhere else. I did not think I would live to see the day that WV went Republican for president and VA went Democrat, but it happened with the popular Oprah’s Choice. People are awaiting “change”, they think.
Sounds like Goode erred the way Mrs. EDole did in NC.
He gets in, I’m moving outta this state.
Global Crossings LTD and Terry. He is another Blago. Virginia votes for him? They deserve what they get.
VA is becoming like Illinois - top-heavy in its northern urban area, run by increasingly corrupt politicos known for their proximity to DC. Ugh.
OMG! I hope we Virginians are smart enough to send this CARPETBAGGER packing. If my fellow Virginians vote this dude in, we have truly bumped our heads.
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