Excuses, excuses.
The lesson is the good people in Va, the conservatives, the FReepers, must not depend on somebody else. They, their candidate’s campaign, need to build the organization.
I’ve been in 3rd party efforts. They become a threat when the people who care are ignored by other people who care.
Coulda, woulda, shoulda
No excuses, just stating facts. Cuccinelli had a difficult situation. Had McDonnell stayed out of trouble, Cuccinelli could very well have eased into the Governorship.
A bad political environment for a given party can sink excellent candidates. Ronald Reagan was planning to run for the U.S. Senate at the conclusion of his two terms as Governor, but the Watergate debacle poisoned the well for GOP candidates and he chose not to run against incumbent Alan Cranston in 1974, a race he probably would’ve lost.