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RandySF

(60,206 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 12:59 AM Nov 2013

I can't stand T-Mac, but I got to give him credit.

Terry McAuliffe is a corporate and he always will be, but I have to give him credit where it is due. He took the lessons of 2008 and 2012 and applied them to 2013 by investing heavily and early into voter contact and other GOTV-related activities. He took the lesson from the election of 2006 and defined his opponement early before Cooch even knew what hit him. Finally, and to my greatest surprise, he ran on a liberal agenda and even refused to shy away from marriage equality in a state where it might have not been helpful. Sure, he had a bad opponent, but he still ran a textbook campaign.

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I can't stand T-Mac, but I got to give him credit. (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2013 OP
I admire your fairness. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #1

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
1. I admire your fairness.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 04:02 AM
Nov 2013

I think it is the height of fair mindedness to give credit where it is due when it is due to someone we don't really like. It says a lot about the person giving the credit.

Julie

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