Jane Norton and Ken Buck: High Heels vs. Cowboy Boots in Colorado
VA-Gov: Kaine: Ditching base cost Deeds the race
Maybe the party has learned the biggest lesson of the 2009 elections:
Kaine said the key to victory for Democrats in a highly competitive Virginia is recognizing that party members need not be "apologetic" about their affiliation to find success. He noted that about 200,000 more people voted in the Democratic primary...
More On Last Night’s Big Lesson
Last night Markos described Democratic losses as "a base problem" and said:
Tonight proved conclusively that we're not going to turn out just because you have a (D) next to your name, or because Obama tells us to. We'll turn out if we feel it's worth our time and effort to vote,...
VA-Gov: Why we’re getting blown out today
Ben Tribbett explains what happened:
In Virginia this year, one poll showed the percentage of the likely electorate under the age of 30 falling 70% from 2008–and the African American share of the vote falling 39% from 2008! That’s why virtually every poll has shown today’s likely electorate as having voted for...
VA-Gov: Imminent GOP pickup
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/26-28. Likely voters. MoE 4% (9/14-16 results)
McDonnell (R) 54 (50)
Deeds (D) 44 (43)
The only drama here is whether Deeds' horrible campaign drags down Democrats further down the ballot.
McDonnell Has Double-Digit Leads in Two More Polls
Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch
It's starting to get an "Is there an echo in here?" quality, but two more polls show the Virginia governor's race being firmly in the hands of Republican Bob McDonnell.A Suffolk University poll (link not available yet) conducted Oct. 26-28 says McDonnell leads Deeds...
“No one would ever dare opt out!”
In this afternoon's flurry of activity around reports that Harry Reid (D-NV) was leaning toward including the public option in the Senate's version of the health insurance reform bill, Tom Carper (D-DE) was quoted as saying he believed there'd be an option -- not even necessarily public, in the governmental...
Who is the worst candidate, Deeds or Christie?
Between the two imploding campaigns, it really is hard to tell which campaign qualifies as the worst of the cycle.
Creigh Deeds (D-VA)
Deeds emerged from a contested three-way primary after his two opponents -- Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran -- nuked each other dead. One would assume that his candidacy for the...
McDonnell Holds Comfortable 8 Point Lead Over Deeds in Virginia
Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch
Republican Bob McDonnell is leading Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia governor's race by 48 percent to 40 percent,according to a Mason-Dixon poll conducted Oct. 6-8 for Media General News. The margin of error is 4 points.The poll touches on what some...
Mocking a Candidate’s Stutter: Creigh Deeds Gets An Apology
Here's...
Bipartisanship we can agree on
Maybe that partisanship thing is overrated. Just look at the common ground the Democratic Governors Association can find with Kenneth the PageBobby Jindal:
DGA to Jindal: We agree
Washington, D.C. – Republican Governor Bobby Jindal got one thing right today about Bob McDonnell.
Jindal, who is campaigning tonight for Virginia...
VA-Gov: McDonnell defends opposing birth control
What's crazier? Having opposed birth control for married couples, or thinking that there's nothing extreme about having opposed it?
Transcript:
WALLACE: You criticize tax credits for child care. And you even opposed a Supreme Court ruling legalizing birth control for married couples. Mr. McDonnell, isn’t that a pretty...
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