The Virginia Gubernatorial Race Proves the GOP Is Suicidal

[Capt. Obvious]

The race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli is a rich stew of national personalities and issues, consumed by Virginia voters with “tastes” similar to voter groups nationwide. That’s why the media will see this off-year election as a bellwether for voting trends nationwide.

Speaking as a conservative Republican, I believe the McAuliffe-Cuccinelli campaign has been a recipe for disaster cooked up with the same ingredients that flavor the GOP’s toxic national brand. And that’s the reason why, at this writing, McAuliffe, with his well-earned reputation as a crony-capitalist, is leading Virginia’s attorney general by 6.7 percent and is likely to be the state’s next governor.

This Virginia “test-kitchen race” offers a taste of America’s political future that should be of concern to voters across the remaining 49 states for the following reasons.

Daily Beast

Wonderful Schadenfreude read. I think I even got aroused reading it.

[Laelth]

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Thoughtless 24 minutes ago

A party whose membership tends to despise most other Americans has no future.

The GOP is doomed unless it purges itself of Tea Party prejudices.

Music to my ears.

-Laelth