VA-GOV 2017: It's a Wave (GE: Nov 7th - Thread #2)

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 I just got up to see the results coming in and it's already over?  WTF?  What time do the polls close in Virginia?

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Not even 8:30 and it's been called. When was the last time a VA statewide race has been called this early? McDonnell in '09? Warner in '08?

1.5 million votes have already been counted.  I'm annoyed too.  I thought they'd wait for me before they started counting.  

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Someone please tell me how those shills over in Fox are reacting!

Tucker is very neutral, he's not too upset. He's not a Gillespie type of Republican, but he still "endorsed" him because he said (and I agree) that Northam is beyond awful with his racial dog whistling (see the Confederate Pickup ad).

Tucker Carlson is a joke.

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Northam is currently ahead in Charlottesville 88-11.

For reference, the PRC (People's Republic of Charlottesville) voted 79.7-13.2 Clinton last year.

Still praying that Republicans still somehow hold the HoD, but that's very unlikely. Ugh, the GOP really needs to get its people out to vote next year.

I'd take a People's Republic of anywhere over the Republican Party's Fourth Reich any day.

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Its time for the GOP establishment to give the crazies in their base a middle finger.


Since the crazies dont have the money to run a third party campaign the establishment should just run third party campaigns against crazies( the establishment does have the money to run a third party type campaign ).


Once they do they will have taken back the party from the crazies who then force the gop nominee to run to far too the right.

On virtually every issue, 'establishment' Republicans are every bit as extreme as the 'crazies.'  It's only their tone that is different.

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Political consultant Ron Gunzberger who operates Politics1.com is advising Larry Hogan.  Hogan will be reelected easily.

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Brucer Rauner, Charlie Baker, and Larry Hogan are probably quaking in their boots right now, especially Bruce.

Baker is popular in MA....he is safe.

Yea come on. He has a 70% approval rating and is fairly popular. He shouldn't have much worrying for 2018.

No Republican in a Clinton state is safe, even in a gubernatorial race. I definitely think he's still favored, though.

Don't forget though that when they're up for reelection in 2018, Trump will have completed MAGA.

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Shocked that NJ is about as close as Virginia right now.

At one point it was closer than Virginia. Murphy flat-out sucks.

But boy, what a great day it is to be a Democrat!

Kinda ironic the "competitive" Virginia race is about as close as the blowout NJ race. Congrats to dems tonight, but you're not winning 2018 without a fight

The Republican areas in New Jersey have come in earlier than the Democratic areas.

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Well, get used to it Republicans.  This is what you get when you make a deal with the devil.

What?! Republicans have won nearly every other special election since Trump took office.

They have held open seats, but haven't made any gains.

Virginia is not a gain for the D's.

The New Jersey Governor is.

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JFern, no.

Berniecrats and Centrists won side by side, why can't you shut up and enjoy a victory?

Have a Constitutional convention, bring in a Parliament with proportional representation, and you can split apart.

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https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/928111976676511745/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffivethirtyeight.com%2Flive-blog%2F2017-election-live-coverage-results%2F

^^^ This is what should REALLY scare the GOP ^^^

It's almost as if nobody under the age of 30 cares about confederate monuments and went to school with enough Hispanic/non-white people to know that MS-13 is not a threat to them.

Or maybe they want the monuments taken down.