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brooklynite

(94,501 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:42 PM Dec 2013

Let's review Virginia for a minute, shall we?

President Barack Obama (D), twice
Senator Tim Kaine (D)
Senator Mark Warner (D)
Governor Terry McAuliffe (D)
Lt Governor Ralph Northam (D)
Attorney General Mark Herring (D)

Now, what can we learn from this?

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Let's review Virginia for a minute, shall we? (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2013 OP

D is a good letter shenmue Dec 2013 #1

That we can beat crazy Republicans? Mass Dec 2013 #2

That those of us ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #3

Yes Virginia CatWoman Dec 2013 #4

What can we learn? Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #5

Much of this is due to the intensity of the state conservatives cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #6

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

1. D is a good letter

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:43 PM

Dec 2013

Mass

(27,315 posts)

2. That we can beat crazy Republicans?

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:43 PM

Dec 2013

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

3. That those of us

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:50 PM

Dec 2013

in Virginia who are liberal are converting people, one person at a time.

CatWoman

(79,295 posts)

4. Yes Virginia

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:52 PM

Dec 2013

there is a Santa Claus

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

5. What can we learn?

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:54 PM

Dec 2013

That I singlehandedly control politics in the Commonwealth, since I voted for 'em all...

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

6. Much of this is due to the intensity of the state conservatives

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 05:59 PM

Dec 2013

The Virginia Republican party consistently uses their rules to opt out of having a primary and instead selecting candidates at the convention, which is like the bar scene from star wars, with more confederate flags.

Thus the most popular Republicans are seldom on the ballot.

That and the high NoVa turnout in Presidential election years has given D's a good run.

If, however, the state Republican party ever starts seeking the most electable candidates (hopefuly never), we will see that this is far from being a blue state just yet.

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