Friday, November 11, 2011

Virginia the Role Model


Obama's Virginia Defeat

Democrats were trounced in Tuesday's state legislature election, despite the president's heavy investment of time in the state.



Sigh
Mr. Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia since 1964; he beat John McCain by seven percentage points; and he did so on the strength of his appeal to Northern Virginia's many white-collar independents. Along with victories in North Carolina, Colorado and Nevada, the Obama Old Dominion win in 2008 inspired a flurry of stories about how Democrats had forever altered the political map.

Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votes—the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.

Every Republican incumbent—52 in the House, 15 in the Senate—won.
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I stated before my opinion that Virginia has the best government in the union. They are conservatives who ran as conservatives;  and govern as conservatives.  This latest result then is no surprise.  What is surprising is the GOP's insistence on favoring old guard moderates at every turn.
Perry falters, Romney keeps rolling
Newt moves to second

DRUDGE
Despite this latest lesson from Virginia, the GOP's old guard are determined to put an apparatchik at the top of the ticket.  I loved Newt; own his little red book of sayings.  But Newt is essentially a big gummint guy, and to pretend otherwise is  deception.  Cain may not be the best we have to offer, but he is the best we've got. IMO





6 comments:

DougM said...

Yep, it's all over with only a year to go until the election.

Anonymous said...

My Liege, I disagree. The worst one could say of Newt is that he is a pragmatist. He tells a great story of going up to the White House to see Reagan as a freshman rep, and gushing about all they were going to do, and Reagan patting him on the head. RR knew there were limits. Newt is at heart a bomb throwing revolutionary, but age has tempered him with pragmatism. I like that.

I like Herman too, but he's such a pup. We need a warhorse. That's Newt.

Casca

Anonymous said...

My cousin , and her husband tried to get into Arlington Cemetery today to visit his fathers grave . The secret service had shut the place down because obama was having a photo op . Needless to say they were pissed , but they made it in through a side footpath , near the Iwo Jima Memorial . I'd like to say thanks to all of the Barn Army Vets ! ; ) > SMIBSID

Unknown said...

Not to steal Virginia's thunder...

Barring any "hokey" recounts the State House majority in Mississippi will become republican for the first time since Reconstruction 140 years ago.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Good on Mississippi, but it's how Virginia has used that power that counts. Most impressive is how Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has taken the battle for state's rights directly at Obamunism. And has won at every turn! I'm all for putting VA's gummint in Washington D.C. - en masse!

Unknown said...

I never meant to distract from Virginia, I'm just so friggin' proud here.

We're taking baby steps here but Voter ID and Eminent Domain passed too.

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