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11-07-2013, 09:53 PM
Listen Cucci McCauliffe doesnt care if you call to congratulate him, he was too busy to answer you call anyway he was busy laughing at ya
I would have bet a grand Cuccinelli was going to spank McCauliffe when this started.
YOU COULD practically hear elated Virginia Republicans doing backflips in their kitchens last spring when the Democrats picked Terry McAuliffe to run for governor — a candidate so flawed, so insubstantial, so unversed in state government and so tainted by decades of shady dealings that he would simply collapse in the heat of an election, handing the GOP a victory tied up with a red bow. “One good statewide ad campaign could define McAuliffe before this race even starts,” National Review Online wrote in April (http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/344972/no-really-democrats-nominated-mcauliffe-governor). Who knew that Mr. McAuliffe, the most prolific (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-trounces-cuccinelli-in-late-donations-in-virginia-governors-race/2013/10/31/f0749b7a-423a-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html) campaign fundraiser of his generation, would have so much money or that he’d use some of it on negative advertising?
No fair! That’s the cry from some Republicans, especially tea party acolytes of Ken Cuccinelli II, the GOP candidate who lost narrowly Tuesday. In a spilt-milk snit, they are crying foul. A sulking Mr. Cuccinelli has refused to make the traditional call (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/close-result-in-va-governors-race-hardens-gop-divisions/2013/11/06/b44b8486-46b0-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html) to congratulate Mr. McAuliffe on his victory.
It may be news to the tea party, but politics can be rough. The vicious and negative ads, statements and news releases flew in both directions, every day, for months. Yes, Mr. McAuliffe, who raised $34 million (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/11/04/the-single-most-telling-chart-of-the-virginia-governors-race/), outspent Mr. Cuccinelli by $15 million. His fundraising prowess cannot have come as a surprise to the Cuccinelli camp; Mr. Cuccinelli’s lesser haul in turn resulted in part from his position on the far right of the Republican spectrum.
We’re not in the business of offering advice to political parties, but we do believe that the two-party system has produced good governance for Virginia and is worth retaining. So it’s worth saying this to Republicans: If they wish to remain a viable political force in a moderate, purple state, they should take the right lessons from Tuesday’s defeat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-cuccinelli-has-himself-to-blame-for-loss/2013/11/07/d8b8cc54-47da-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html?hpid=z4
I would have bet a grand Cuccinelli was going to spank McCauliffe when this started.
YOU COULD practically hear elated Virginia Republicans doing backflips in their kitchens last spring when the Democrats picked Terry McAuliffe to run for governor — a candidate so flawed, so insubstantial, so unversed in state government and so tainted by decades of shady dealings that he would simply collapse in the heat of an election, handing the GOP a victory tied up with a red bow. “One good statewide ad campaign could define McAuliffe before this race even starts,” National Review Online wrote in April (http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/344972/no-really-democrats-nominated-mcauliffe-governor). Who knew that Mr. McAuliffe, the most prolific (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-trounces-cuccinelli-in-late-donations-in-virginia-governors-race/2013/10/31/f0749b7a-423a-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html) campaign fundraiser of his generation, would have so much money or that he’d use some of it on negative advertising?
No fair! That’s the cry from some Republicans, especially tea party acolytes of Ken Cuccinelli II, the GOP candidate who lost narrowly Tuesday. In a spilt-milk snit, they are crying foul. A sulking Mr. Cuccinelli has refused to make the traditional call (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/close-result-in-va-governors-race-hardens-gop-divisions/2013/11/06/b44b8486-46b0-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html) to congratulate Mr. McAuliffe on his victory.
It may be news to the tea party, but politics can be rough. The vicious and negative ads, statements and news releases flew in both directions, every day, for months. Yes, Mr. McAuliffe, who raised $34 million (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/11/04/the-single-most-telling-chart-of-the-virginia-governors-race/), outspent Mr. Cuccinelli by $15 million. His fundraising prowess cannot have come as a surprise to the Cuccinelli camp; Mr. Cuccinelli’s lesser haul in turn resulted in part from his position on the far right of the Republican spectrum.
We’re not in the business of offering advice to political parties, but we do believe that the two-party system has produced good governance for Virginia and is worth retaining. So it’s worth saying this to Republicans: If they wish to remain a viable political force in a moderate, purple state, they should take the right lessons from Tuesday’s defeat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-cuccinelli-has-himself-to-blame-for-loss/2013/11/07/d8b8cc54-47da-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html?hpid=z4