Well, so much for the Republican Backlash. :-)

[Clio the Leo]

We have turned the tide BACK in our favor ........ in the Virginia State Senate. :)

Democrats claim Cuccinelli's seat in Virginia Senate
Defying recent voting trends that saw several Northern Virginia Republicans win big in November, Del. David W. Marsden (D-Fairfax) won a special election Tuesday night to represent a broad swath of southwestern Fairfax County in the Virginia Senate. He beat Republican Stephen M. "Steve" Hunt, a former Fairfax County School Board member. The results were to be certified late Tuesday night by the Fairfax County Electoral Board and Marsden is expected to be sworn in with the Senate's 39 other legislators at noon Wednesday.

-- Derek Kravitz

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/01/democrats_claim_cuccinellis_se.html

If that's not a mandate against the GOP I dont know what is! (heh!)

Edited because I forgot to say, "It is clear the electorate sees this as a referendum on the President and his policies .... and his purple tie." :silly:

[MadMaddie]

1. That's great news!!

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Beautiful lavender tie there. We've got us a President with fashion sense! eom

[Clio the Leo]

10. I'm not convinced I like it.....

.... a President should wear a blue tie or a red tie .... or a blue and red tie .... or a green tie if it's St. Patty's day.

Gotta save the pastels for retirement! (ha ha)

[BlueCaliDem]

13. LOL! Believe me, it's a beautiful tie. My hubby is an Interior Designer and he LOVES

the tie. Has one of his own and says that the President has good taste. :D Seeing Michelle, I wholeheartedly agree!

[Clio the Leo]

15. Oh it's a LOVELY tie....

.... it just doesn't say "Leader of the Free World"

(Hey, I gotta get in ONE Obama criticism in a term and I've decided this will be it. :) )

[BlueCaliDem]

29. There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism - even about a lavender tie

for the leader of the free world. On the other hand, it shows our President is connected to the younger generation and isn't some stiff pol.

Young people identify with him because of his nontraditional ways. With that Easter colored tie, he's securing the votes of the next generation who love him.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. :D

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. OK....

Now you've got me picturing a tie with "Leader of the Free World" emblazoned on it.

Sort of like Mel Brooks' suit jacket in "Blazing Saddles"

[Kdillard]

3. Lol. Thanks. K and R.

[tblue]

4. Ha ha ha! (thinking of the Cheney Gang and their endless hysteria)

Anything that will piss them off is a good thing.

[jenmito]

5. K&R. Does this count as a loss for Michael Steele? n/t

[ProSense]

7. Yes,

Michael Steele is a loser.

:rofl:

[jenmito]

8. I thought so.

Thanks for the confirmation. :D

[Clio the Leo]

11. The people of Fairfax county decided to lose that zero...

.... and get with this hero. :)

(gotta talk to Mr. Steele in a language he understands .... late 80s hip hop)

[Avalux]

6. K & R. Great news!! n/t

[Imajika]

9. Awsome win!

Nice to see us pull out a close one like this.

[Clio the Leo]

12. Lets hope its a trial run for next week. NT

[bigwillq]

14. Anyone know anything about him?

:shrug:

Still busy at work. Will probably Google later but any thoughts on him would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Clio the Leo]

16. Yep....

.... he's a Democrat ..... in Virginia.

~ That is All ~

[bigwillq]

17. All good and dandy

but a DEM in Virginia can very well be anti-choice, anti-equal rights, etc, etc...to me that's really not much better.

[Clio the Leo]

18. You're talking to a yellow dog Democrat....

... Democrat = good, Republican = bad, Libertarian = satan spawn

~ The End ~ :)

[bigwillq]

21. So it's ok if an elected official

is anti-choice and anti-equal rights as long as they're a 'D'? :shrug:

[Clio the Leo]

33. Not if their Republican opponent ISN'T....

.... but that never happens. Sometimes, a right-leaning Dem is the best you can get. I'd LOVE a right-leaning Dem over the No-mongers I have representing me.

[bigwillq]

24. Some things I found:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/12/AR2010011203717.html


Marsden, 61, a two-term delegate from Burke who switched political parties earlier this decade while serving as the head of the state Department of Juvenile Justice under both Republican and Democratic governors, won the 37th state Senate seat vacated by Attorney General-elect Kenneth T. Cuccinelli (R) by rallying a voter base reeling from big losses in November's statewide and House races.


Marsden campaigned on a moderate platform that focused on the two issues most Americans are wrestling with -- jobs and the economy.

David Winkler, 49, of Burke said he was swayed by Marsden's moderate political stances on small businesses and the economy.


In the final days, both campaigns turned aggressive. Marsden decried Hunts' "very bad judgment," referring to his views on homosexuality and sex education and Hunt told a group at a Fairfax County Republican Committee last week that he intended to "demolish" Marsden in the election.



More http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/01/final_37th_special_election_no.html

[ieoeja]

27. Marsen sounds more liberal than I would have thought.

I think you would have to agree with him decrying Hunts views on sex education...

Ran an anti-choice, pregnancy counseling center that distributed brochures claiming condoms fail about one-third of the time and that abortion is one of the leading causes of breast cancer.


... and homosexuality ...

While serving on the Fairfax County School Board, Hunt was unanimously censured by his colleagues after he sent a letter to high school principals denouncing homosexuality as a "very destructive lifestyle" and urging them to expose students to former gays and lesbians who had rejected homosexuality.

[bigwillq]

28. Good to know.

Thanks for your info. These are the things I wanted to know. Glad you responded. I look for things other than just a 'D' next to a person's name. :hi:

[a kennedy]

30. like being one of the d*mn blue dogs.....

:mad: :puke:

[bigwillq]

31. Exactly.

Just because they have a 'D' next to their name doesn't mean they're any good.

[Cha]

19. This is fascinating!

Thanks, Clio~

[goclark]

22. Yea for our Team ~ The Democrats! nt

[leftynyc]

20. Good news for the Democrats

which means we will see nothing about this in the media.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

23. Deeds sucked - plain and simple.

Sometimes, it really is the candidate and not the trend.

[beac]

25. Combined with the fact that the race was being called for the GOP long before Obama

even won the Dem nomination in '08. There was very little chance that any Democrat would have won the governor's mansion in '09. That doesn't take away from Deeds general suckiness, of course. He just made it an even more resounding defeat for us. :(

[old mark]

26. Where is the media coverage on this democratic win?

I would be shocked to suspect biased news coverage......


mark

[mopinko]

32. anyone care to wager on a recount/challenge?

margin was small, and involved absentee ballots. i predict the whiners will cry foul.