Actually, SP, it’s a gift FROM Akin who just made it possible for Romney to move to the left on the issue and get away with it, furthering his appeal to disenchanted Obama liberal-lites and moderates.
He already owns ABOs. They told him: “Heart, soul, and mind, Mitty, we have no place else to go.”
ABO's: realists
ABR's: ?
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Seriously, xzins, what is it about Virgil Goode's history running as a Democrat or losing to Democrats that makes him appear so consistent to you?
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 120,323 | 61% | George C. Landrith III | 70,869 | 36% | George R. "Tex" Wood | Virginia Reform | 6,627 | 3% | * | |||
| 1998 | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 73,097 | 99% | (no candidate) | Write-ins | 785 | 1% | |||||||
| 2000 | John W. Boyd, Jr. | 65,387 | 31% | (no candidate) | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | Independent | 143,312 | 67% | * | |||||
| 2002 | Meredith M. Richards | 54,805 | 36% | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 95,360 | 63% | Write-ins | 68 | 1% | |||||
| 2004 | Al C. Weed II | 98,237 | 36% | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 172,431 | 64% | Write-ins | 90 | 1% | |||||
| 2006 | Al C. Weed II | 84,682 | 40% | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 125,370 | 59% | Joseph P. Oddo | Independent Green | 1,928 | 1% | * | |||
| 2008 | Tom Perriello | 158,810 | 50.1% | Virgil H. Goode, Jr. | 158,083 | 49.9% | * |