Virginia Governor's Race 2013 -Who's Gonna Win?

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If the Feds start investigating Kookinelli, just like they started doing with McDonnell, then maybe this race won't have much suspense too.

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What the hell was the VA GOP thinking?

Thinking? That's for liberal wussies. Real men go with their gut.

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Yeah, I think people are starting to realize that the alternative is, you know, Terry McAuliffe.

No, it's because their previous poll didn't include Sarvis. McAullife's favorables are unchanged.

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Anyone saw yesterday's debate?

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There are rumors that Bolling will endorse and do a commercial for McAuliffe.

You misspelled Scozzafava.

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August 11, 2006 was the day Virginia politics changed.  Forever.

What happened on August 11, 2006?

The world discovered the existence of a site named YouTube.

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Virginia Republicans can't accuse anybody for corruption with a straight face thanks to Bob McDonnell.

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This was a low point for their party so they're naturally going to enjoy reminding themselves that those days are over.

Everybody who doesn't prey on hate enjoys being reminded of that.

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This was a low point for their party so they're naturally going to enjoy reminding themselves that those days are over.

Everybody who doesn't prey on hate enjoys being reminded of that.

Love it when you speak über hack to me, baby.

What's so hackish about what I said? These were the days when anti-gay and anti-muslim bigotry was almost a prerequisite for any self-respecting candidate.

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Will the democrats gain the lower house if the margin is big?

Not a chance. They are currently almost in super-minority.

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Terry McAuilffe winning in a landslide is almost literally nauseating.

You brought it upon yourselves.

It's our fault Virginians are Italophobic? That's what this is really about.

lolwut

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What's really impressive is that McAuliffe has a positive favorability rating. How is that even possible when it seems like most Democrats don't even like him?

As Kos mentions repeatedly, he ran an unapologetically liberal  campaign, going as far as championing an assault weapons ban.
Thus he surprised pleasantly all liberals who saw him until a few months ago as the living embodiment of Third Way/DLC politics.

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Shades of Phil circa 2006 with the PA Senate race but...

New Quinnipiac shows McAuliffe only up 45% to 41% with 4% undecided - http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/virginia-governor-race-ken-cuccinelli-terry-mcauliffe-poll-99080.html?hp=r3

With Sarvis out of the question, McAuliffe's lead is down to two points. Only 62% of Sarvis voters are said to be definitely voting for him.

Seems like undecided Republican voters are coming home.  

How about it being an outlier?
Cuccinelli has been abandoned by national Republicans and his campaign's spending has been decreasing for a month now. That's the surest sign we'll ever have that his case is hopeless.

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Shades of Phil circa 2006 with the PA Senate race but...

New Quinnipiac shows McAuliffe only up 45% to 41% with 4% undecided - http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/virginia-governor-race-ken-cuccinelli-terry-mcauliffe-poll-99080.html?hp=r3

With Sarvis out of the question, McAuliffe's lead is down to two points. Only 62% of Sarvis voters are said to be definitely voting for him.

Seems like undecided Republican voters are coming home.  

How about it being an outlier?
Cuccinelli has been abandoned by national Republicans and his campaign's spending has been decreasing for a month now. That's the surest sign we'll ever have that his case is hopeless.

Oh, it may be an outlier. But I do expect his numbers to go up (he's not really going to get 39%!) and I'm sure the undecideds and Sarvis voters include a lot of Republicans who will end up voting for him even as he loses.

Weren't we expecting the same thing to happen with Todd Akin?

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Virginia Dems have released a new ad highlighting Santorum's campaigning on behalf of Cuccinelli.

Remember what I said about Italophobia...?

Democrats were also itching to catch a photo of Cooch together with Ted Cruz. Does that mean they are Hispanophobic too?

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Fox News brought up a poll, claiming Cuccinelli has the mojo going into Tuesday's big election.

If I were McAuliffe, I would NOT want Obama near you because Obamacare is UNPOPULAR.

Doug, is that you?

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Who's Doug ?

This is TX Conservative Dem (aka Steve Boudreaux from PoliticalDog101.com)

You almost got me fooled Doug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Schoen

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McAuliffe likely wins by a couple of points

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So why did McAuliffe underperform?

Because he is a sleazebag?

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I didn't really follow the race but, what made both candidates so unappealing?

McAuliffe is a soulless hack and Cuccinelli is a Neaderthal.