VA-GOV 2017: Utter Panic and Doom (General election: Nov 7th)

[Kamala]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

Me too! They're both wonderful candidates.

[KingSweden]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

Me too! They're both wonderful candidates.

[Virginiá]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

I don't see a contrast so compelling as to make me really want one over the other. But it's also more than that. We're not looking at a unified state govt here. The Senate will remain Republican at least until after the 2019 elections, and the House of Delegates has an entrenched & gerrymandered GOP majority that may persist well into the 2020s. I'm not sure there will be a ton of meaningful difference in terms of what actually gets done.

I might like Perriello more, but meh. I'm good with either just so long as they are there to force fair legislative/Congressional maps in 2021-2022.

[MAINEiac4434]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

Me too! They're both wonderful candidates.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

It's not that I'd mind Northam, so much as it is that I really like Perriello

[NeverAgain]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

It's not that I'd mind Northam Perriello, so much as it is that I really like Perriello Northam.

[Deblano]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

[Holmes]

I feel the same but lately I've been moving more towards Periello.

[Shadows]

The problem with Ralph is that it is pretty difficult to accept the 2004 Bush vote (maybe you can ignore the 2000 vote). Ignore the massive re-deregulation, environment record, tax cuts for the uber rich, blowing up the debt, torture of innocent people, Patriot Act, etc.

But in 2004,  it was already clear that Iraq was a total disaster. And he still voted for Bush against Kerry after voting for Bush against Gore when Bush was still campaigning of Iraq War being a success & as a war president. That is not just terrible judgement but really calls into question his whole vision, ideas, leadership - What kind of a leader will he really be?

Does he have to wait till 2007, when the Republican party abandoned Bush?

[Skill and Chance]

The problem with Ralph is that it is pretty difficult to accept the 2004 Bush vote (maybe you can ignore the 2000 vote). Ignore the massive re-deregulation, environment record, tax cuts for the uber rich, blowing up the debt, torture of innocent people, Patriot Act, etc.

But in 2004,  it was already clear that Iraq was a total disaster. And he still voted for Bush against Kerry after voting for Bush against Gore when Bush was still campaigning of Iraq War being a success & as a war president. That is not just terrible judgement but really calls into question his whole vision, ideas, leadership - What kind of a leader will he really be?

Does he have to wait till 2007, when the Republican party abandoned Bush?

I actually think a one-time Bush vote in 2004 would be easier to reconcile with the Dem base than a Bush vote in 2000, especially in a state as hawkish as VA.

[Shadows]

The problem with Ralph is that it is pretty difficult to accept the 2004 Bush vote (maybe you can ignore the 2000 vote). Ignore the massive re-deregulation, environment record, tax cuts for the uber rich, blowing up the debt, torture of innocent people, Patriot Act, etc.

But in 2004,  it was already clear that Iraq was a total disaster. And he still voted for Bush against Kerry after voting for Bush against Gore when Bush was still campaigning of Iraq War being a success & as a war president. That is not just terrible judgement but really calls into question his whole vision, ideas, leadership - What kind of a leader will he really be?

Does he have to wait till 2007, when the Republican party abandoned Bush?

I actually think a one-time Bush vote in 2004 would be easier to reconcile with the Dem base than a Bush vote in 2000, especially in a state as hawkish as VA.

No I'm not talking about VA, but about him in general - Him voting twice, in 2000 & 2004 & then claiming to be "progressive". If Bush's carnage in his 1st term wasn't enough & he believed this War President BS & he needed till 2007 odd to realize his mistake, then he has some judgement & leadership issues.

But anyways no1 is perfect & that goes for Tom as well !

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind either Perriello or Northam being governor?

Me too! They're both wonderful candidates.

Northam, who described himself as "conservative on fiscal issues", is most certainly not a wonderful candidate for the left.

[Gass3268]

Perriello raised 2.2 million dollars MORE than Northman in Q1. I'll post a link once I'm back home.

[RogueBeaver]

Er, he raised 700k more.

[Gass3268]

I read that article as "Tom Perriello (whom I profiled last month) had brought in $2.2 million more than his primary opponent."

My bad.

[SoLongAtlas]

The Dem primary will be close.

[Shadows]

OurRevolution endorsed Tom - Moneybomb coming !

[Gass3268]

PCCC, Khizr and Ghazala Khan endorse Perriello

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[heatcharger]

One of his first Virginian endorsements.

[Virginiá]

13 Ways I Will Fight For Virginia’s Environment
- Tom Perriello, Contributor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/13-ways-i-will-fight-for-virginias-environment_us_58fb76f9e4b0f02c3870eac4?s9g

[The Other Castro]

In a rare bit of news from the Republican side, candidate Corey Stewart likens the tearing down of Confederate monuments to ISIS attacks.

https://twitter.com/CoreyStewartVA/status/856506483411910656

[Suburbia]

Corey Stewart is an idiot. Gillespie will win the GOP nomination, and he will give both Democrats a run.

[publicunofficial]

Confederate monuments are basically the world's biggest participation trophies.

[Roronoa D. Law]

This is the text of the monument that was torn down.

"United States troops took over the state government and reinstated the usurpers but the national election of November 1876 recognized white supremacy in the South and gave us our state"

[Babeuf]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-tom-perriello_us_58fe651ae4b00fa7de16d3b6?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Warren endorses Perriello.