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WillyT

(72,631 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 09:21 PM Nov 2013

Republicans Struggle With Division And Big Changes In Crucial Virginia - MSNBC

Republicans struggle with division and big changes in crucial Virginia
By Jessica Taylor, NBC News
11/3/13

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Democrats appear poised for another big electoral victory in Virginia on Tuesday as conservative and Tea Party Republicans face real questions about whether they can win again in this fast-changing state. The gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli has remained unchanged for weeks, with McAuliffe holding a steady and sizable lead in most polls.

Those surveys tell a stark story: The GOP is losing not because the party failed to nominate the most conservative candidate -- but because they did.

Cuccinelli's attempts to fashion himself a jobs and business-centered candidate were largely ineffective. Instead, his vocal positioning against abortion and gay marriage, along with his record as state attorney general, haunted his candidacy.

Poll after poll demonstrated key weakness for Cuccinelli: a deficit with women voters as high as 20 points, and problems with independents and GOP voters partial to Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis.

"Virginia has changed and they haven't," former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, a moderate Republican who represented the D.C. suburbs for 14 years, said of his party's controlling conservative wing. "They're an anachronism. They're losing young people, they're losing women, they're losing people moving in. You've got to adapt to that."

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More: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/03/21296054-republicans-struggle-with-division-and-big-changes-in-crucial-virginia?lite


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Republicans Struggle With Division And Big Changes In Crucial Virginia - MSNBC (Original Post) WillyT Nov 2013 OP
This seems to be the new story but Democrats must not back away from the push to GOTV. Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #1
Division? Hell, they can't do simple addition or subtraction. Scuba Nov 2013 #2
LOL !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #3
Just as long as they don't multiply, we'll be ok. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2013 #4
yes! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #5

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. This seems to be the new story but Democrats must not back away from the push to GOTV.
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 09:35 PM
Nov 2013

We can remain strong and steady, the GOP is not going to make it easy for us, we will have to fight and put candidates on the ballot who must then perform well. I would love to see Virginia and all other states going blue.

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