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5. Welcome to DU, hooverville29~

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 10:14 PM

Nov 2013

Glad you're here! Your question is good. McAuliffe is damaged goods. But YEEEKS he's BEYOND better than the alternative! The alternative, in Virginia, is "Hello 6th Century!" HORRIFYING to me to see that it's still this close. It should be a slam-dunk.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 OP

You are wrong about that.. HipChick Nov 2013 #1

But as to his point, why aren't we winning huge, esp. with Sarvis siphoning off GOP votes hooverville29 Nov 2013 #3

Welcome to DU, hooverville29~ calimary Nov 2013 #5

Those rural areas? A lot of them used to be reliably blue. X_Digger Nov 2013 #31

"On my best behavior" quinnox Nov 2013 #2

Dammit Manny DireStrike Nov 2013 #4

Terry is not an extremist. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #6

Sarcasm missed???? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #7

It's hard to tell with Manny some times. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #12

I always read the signature nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #15

As do I. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #16

Yeah nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #20

Not even close to where we need to be to win elections MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #9

What's your game here? BainsBane Nov 2013 #25

Reagan already looks like a commie Fumesucker Nov 2013 #36

Then how do you explain Chris Christie winning N.J.? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #8

Exactly. Put up a "severe progressive" against conservative in NE Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #14

...like Bill de Blasio, amiright? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #19

City politics a bit different. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #21

Or like Bernie Sanders! NuclearDem Nov 2013 #23

In Vermont dude... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #27

PW said conservatives vs hard core progressives end in conservative victories in New England. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #28

I think NE was North East hfojvt Nov 2013 #30

D'oh, that's right. I don't know why I pictured New England as being larger. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #32

Exactly. Christie is a man we can do business with. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #22

She got no support from the party hootinholler Nov 2013 #26

seems like some of the party leaders did not get behind her hfojvt Nov 2013 #34

I'm on pins and needles with the 1% difference right now. It's going the way of the Rove playbook. ancianita Nov 2013 #10

You mean that Goddam Commie anarcho-syndicalist McAuliffe? Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #11

No, VA shows us what happens SoCalNative Nov 2013 #13

Most of those idiots drained votes from Cuchinelli nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #18

sorry but that is just plain, flat out, untrue dsc Nov 2013 #33

Yes, yes it is, and those studies also show nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #37

No they just plain do not dsc Nov 2013 #42

Ok, so the PhD s in poli sci who ran the numbers nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #43

McAuliffe could not have won except for AtomicKitten Nov 2013 #17

Is that how you describe McAluliffe? BainsBane Nov 2013 #24

Jon Stewart on the Virginia race. woo me with science Nov 2013 #29

in both races tonight, the more centrist candidate won scheming daemons Nov 2013 #35

I hope people remember that during the 2016 election when they complain that Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #39

"Make No Mistake™... just as it should be..." MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #40

When Dems nominate people who aren't too left wing in border states--they win. Look at Missouri Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #38

Let's take it one step further Oilwellian Nov 2013 #44

You just can't win for losing can you Manny? William769 Nov 2013 #41

I think this is an EXTREME post. You are hyperbolic here. Kindly chill out. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #45